Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been appearing on television at the time . |
| 2 | Sixteen students were not looking for work at the time of the survey . |
| 3 | He was on the run for forty-three days , sheltering for part of the time in a cornfield , being fed occasionally by sympathetic French farmers , but was hunted down and sent to captivity in Belgium . |
| 4 | Sara 's legs were trembling with exhaustion by the time she reached the stables . |
| 5 | As are considerations that go a step beyond them , such as a policeman 's attitude to his wife and family ( he is stopped from going off duty at the time his wife expects : what will be her reaction ? ) or an unmarried policeman 's love life , or for that matter the love life of a policeman who is cheating on his wife . |
| 6 | We can not sleep at the new night time , we feel tired during the daytime ( at a time corresponding to night in the time zone we have just left ) , and our appetite is upset . |
| 7 | I was lying there thinking about fellatio at the time . |
| 8 | We were thinking about coffee at the time in particular , and quite a few of the people wanted to know that . |
| 9 | Thank you erm well that was a very interesting introduction usual political statements there are many of interest to this County Council and its services , erm their worth repeating as part of the time just to add to the with the labour party er for us prices . |