Example sentences of "and [vb past] the [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another member , Bernard Edwards , entered for the second time with his partner Steve Kenning and achieved the excellent time of 2 hours 34 minutes and a few seconds , knocking more than a quarter of an hour off their time last year . |
| 2 | He opened his own salon in 1923 and hit the big time in 1935 , when he designed the wedding dress for the Duchess of Gloucester . |
| 3 | She decided that she would make a phone call just to check that Jenny had left home and knew the right time of her arrival . |
| 4 | He simply announced that although Edward V had been recognized as the rightful heir , this was only because men were ‘ then ignorant of the very sure and true title which our sovereign lord that now is , king Richard III , hath and had the same time to the crown of England ’ . |
| 5 | He simply announced that although Edward V had been recognized as the rightful heir , this was only because men were ‘ then ignorant of the very sure and true title which our sovereign lord that now is , king Richard III , hath and had the same time to the crown of England ’ . |
| 6 | Elf astrologers and geomancers studied the portents to divine the best time for the new king to begin his reign , and calculated the best time for him to pass through the flame . |