Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [vb past] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Feeling closer to him than she had at any time since her mother 's death , Rory hid her face against his shoulder . |
| 2 | She was sitting back relaxedly and looking more contented than she had for some time . |
| 3 | These days he felt happier than he had at any time in his life . |
| 4 | Bigwig was racing back across the field , looking more agitated than he had at any time since the encounter with Captain Holly . |
| 5 | A little over an hour later , Harry felt more in control of events than he had at any time since Heather 's disappearance . |
| 6 | He had always considered Sir John a portly , self-indulgent toper , but at this moment the coroner seemed more at ease , sword and dagger in his hands , fighting for his life , than he had at any time since they had met . |
| 7 | David O'Leary had another reason for the lack of flair : ‘ Once it went to extra time everyone was afraid to make a mistake . |
| 8 | ‘ It was a very important game , because one of the top assessors was there , but if I continued after half time , I could have done myself harm physically . |
| 9 | She is as remote from me , as strange , as if she belonged to another time . |
| 10 | However , you would not get £149.95p each if you fell on hard times and wanted to sell your sovereigns . |
| 11 | However , you would not get £149.95p each if you fell on hard times and wanted to sell your sovereigns . |
| 12 | However , you would not get £149.95p each if you fell on hard times and wanted to sell your sovereigns . |
| 13 | But I would have thought that one lot of er papers would either have gone to the archives office or er been retained in the Advertiser if they amalgamated at some time . |
| 14 | The poor astronaut who falls into a black hole will still come to a sticky end ; only if he lived in imaginary time would he encounter no singularities . |
| 15 | He seemed obtuse , as she felt by this time that she had more than cancelled out any slight encouragement she might have given him at first . |
| 16 | In the early days , when we had some money to spare , we would contribute to the village festivals and later , when we fell on harder times , and they had become richer and more famous for their art amongst international collectors , they would support us . |
| 17 | The lords-of the manoirs and their servants converged as they had in medieval times . |
| 18 | When he moved at this time to larger premises at no. 5 Charing Cross , his maps were reputed the finest being engraved anywhere in the world . |
| 19 | They may range from a brief mention of a thirteenth-century tithe barn near the manor house , to a fully detailed true-to-scale plan of a building as it existed in earlier times , but which is now changed . |
| 20 | Egypt offers dazzling contrasts of desert and rich pastureland , architecture older even than the mud-built villages where life continues much as it did in Biblical times . |
| 21 | The issue of conscription was a particularly tender one for the union , for it had for some time been under pressure from the Admiralty over breaches of the obligation of seamen , nominally enforced by the Board of Trade , that sailors should be on board their ships on time and hence not delay sailings . |