Example sentences of "but [prep] this time [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first ten minutes of the second half , we started playing a bit ( but at this time we needed 4 goals to go thorough ) and Whelan scored after a good cross by Kelly . |
| 2 | But by this time he realised that the best opportunities came to those who kept their feet on the ground — not their heads in the clouds . |
| 3 | Lowell , hearing her voice through the bedroom window , dressed hastily and splashed his face with cold water , but by this time she had gone . |
| 4 | He is one of the finest strikers so I suppose you ca n't totally blame the defence but by this time I thought we were in for a beating . |
| 5 | There was other stuff in similar vein but by this time I had my hand on the Yale latch and was opening the door . |
| 6 | Indeed , I did not deserve so kind a one , but by this time you have received my last . |
| 7 | At the time of its merger with Powick , in the closing stages of the rundown of the latter hospital , the fusing of specialisms was seen to offer many advantages , but by this time it had already been decided to resettle residents in permanent community hostels . |