Example sentences of "be [not/n't] [adv] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In January 1642 , Charles I foolishly entered the House of Commons seeking to arrest five leading Members of Parliament ( who were not there at the time ) and he received a magnificent rebuke from the Speaker of the House . |
| 2 | Child care manager Lucy Wheatley said : ‘ It is not usually at the time of the miscarriage that the woman suffers but several months later . ’ |
| 3 | Child care manager Lucy Wheatley said : ‘ It is not usually at the time of the miscarriage that the woman suffers but several months later . |
| 4 | I know that the hon. Member for Sherwood ( Mr. Stewart ) was not here at the time , and he will not be with us much longer , but many Members who are present tonight were here then . |
| 5 | One of the first houses in the goldfields was built to welcome them and the two children ; the roof was not on by the time they arrived but many miners joined in helping to complete it , the sight of two young Englishwoman being a delightful rarity . |
| 6 | The court held that the theft was not over by the time the lady was tied up . |
| 7 | If it sounds funny now , it was not so at the time . |
| 8 | I mean , would n't know , I would n't know , I was n't here at the time . |
| 9 | I was n't there at the time and I 'm damned if they 're going to top me for your brothers . |
| 10 | But I was n't there at the time . |
| 11 | Although I was n't there at the time , just mention it to those who were and watch their colour change to grey ! |
| 12 | oh no , it was n't there at the time of the Telegraph article was it ? |
| 13 | Oh I was n't there at the time was I ? |
| 14 | The train could n't stop in time and he was n't there by the time we had reversed . |
| 15 | The train could n't stop in time and he was n't there by the time we had reversed . |