Example sentences of "and [prep] [adj] time [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They waved once and I waved back , and for some time I could see their bright jackets in the dappled shade of the afternoon sun . |
| 2 | And for next time I 'll get some erm a special set of tables for him a lot easier to learn so that he can learn his tables and he 'll only have to learn about half of them and then he 'll know all of them . |
| 3 | Yes , and during that time they used to have a lot of people visiting from overseas |
| 4 | And during this time he must have trodden pretty much every footpath there . |
| 5 | I know what that man owes to Harry , and what to me , and I have kept the account , and in good time I shall take what is due . |
| 6 | Each exercise only lasts 15 seconds , and in that time you must complete as many repetitions as possible . |
| 7 | So she moves them to a nearby burrow when they are approximately four weeks old and at that time they will have become virtually self-supporting . |
| 8 | She was tackling this man on his own terms and at some time she would be doing it head-on . |
| 9 | They 'll find themselves chartered to carry pig-iron and cheap tin trays , just like everybody else ; and by that time they 'll be down in the South Seas loading rainbows and moonbeams . |
| 10 | ‘ But because when we join up it will be on the back of a full weekend 's fixtures of FA Cup matches — and by that time they will have played 15 games for their clubs — I 've just asked them to keep a little compartment in their minds about England . |
| 11 | It takes at least three years to put into effect any major alteration in a course , and by that time you will have left college , we hope , with a completed degree . |
| 12 | Do n't worry , Billy , I wo n't stay more than a few hours and by that time I 'll know one way or the other . |
| 13 | A.H.Q. expected to detect these transports east of Malta at extreme range and by that time I could spare some Marylands while still meeting the P.R . |
| 14 | And by that time she would be safely in Boston . |
| 15 | But the English reader has a label ready to tie on to Theophile Gautier ; and by this time we can guess what is written on it — ‘ arid aestheticism ’ . |