Example sentences of "he [was/were] [adj] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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1 | He was tall by the time he reached the counter , with that thin , stringy look of a rider and the ching … ching sound of spurs . |
2 | He was married at the time but he was nae . |
3 | Indraugnir was mighty even as dragons measure strength but even he was weary by the time he bore Aenarion to his destination . |
4 | No wonder he was weary by the time he walked up to his front door at the end of each day . |
5 | ‘ But he was unconscious by the time the Pitts died . |
6 | He was unconscious by the time he arrived at hospital in Sanford and remained in a coma until he died . |
7 | A partial answer might be that he was confident at the time that Argentina would be the first country to exploit atomic energy for industrial purposes . |
8 | He added that he was concerned about the time it took for the incident to be reported to the Inspectorate of Pollution and the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate . |
9 | ‘ Well , he was busy at the time , you see . |
10 | He got him to hospital and the doctors said that he lived for 70 minutes , but he was dead by the time we got there . |
11 | He was single at the time , but not for long . |
12 | Yes whether he was naked at the time of the arrest or or just er , what , what I 'm getting at is er that I put some trousers on Mr . |
13 | He was off-duty at the time and was on his way to Sandon to collect his police dog . |