Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Granny had been living with us for some time . |
| 2 | Who could it be calling on him at this time of night ? |
| 3 | ‘ The chief ‘ s been asking for you for some time , Mr Wycliffe . ’ |
| 4 | Her heart gave a little lurch as she thought about running into him at some time , which she was bound to do . |
| 5 | She had not seen her nearest ‘ big house ’ neighbour , though she had been hearing about him for some time . |
| 6 | If anyone from the group here met Kemp at 3 p.m. , it was n't Downes , because nine or ten of you here will willingly testify to the incontrovertible fact that he was talking to you from that time onwards . |
| 7 | She lay thinking about it for some time , then decided she had nothing to lose . |
| 8 | ‘ It was lovely that Cuan was thinking of us at that time , ’ said Mrs Over . |
| 9 | I had about ten staff working for me at that time , all girls and women , supervised by the Senior Clerkess , Emily Lightbody . |