Example sentences of "time [coord] [adv] [vb past] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He practised the phrase a few times and then stuffed the book back in the outside pocket of his jacket . |
| 2 | On a door lintel at Hill there is an inscription , ‘ J.D. — B.G.1692 ’ , which followed a custom of the time and probably commemorated the date of their wedding or betrothal . |
| 3 | A girl from one of the other teams — for all of us had assembled by now — asked him for the time and briefly discussed the weather with him and when , after about 15 minutes , he struck off purposefully around a nearby playing field , he had a tail of 14 people — the entire membership of all four spy teams — determined not to lose their quarry . |
| 4 | Agoos was 22 at the time and even scored a hat-trick for the youth team during his brief spell at the Prenton Park club . |
| 5 | Agoos was 22 at the time and even scored a hat-trick for the youth team during his spell at Prenton . |
| 6 | One complainant wrote to say that this milestone in the study of human sexuality was nothing more than a complete waste of time and simply confirmed the writer 's conviction that ‘ the male population is a herd of prancing , leering goats ’ . |
| 7 | This weakened the Section 's influence at a crucial time and correspondingly strengthened the hand of the Treasury . |
| 8 | ‘ That wis my mother 's name , Goad rest her soul , ’ said the man for the fourth time and then had a flash of inspiration . |