Example sentences of "was [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I came out of the forces , he was only waiting for the time that I came out , for him to retire . |
| 2 | Roirbak was physically shaking by the time he 'd broken the connection with Jahsaxa . |
| 3 | The telephone was already ringing by the time Folly returned to the flat , and she had almost picked it up before realising that the only person likely to be ringing her was Luke . |
| 4 | The company had been well placed to take advantage of the 1960s consumer boom , and was already prospering by the time Horsley joined the Board in 1963 , at the age of twenty-nine . |
| 5 | The dome of Santiaguito in Guatemala has been growing ever since 1922 , and was still growing at the time of writing . |
| 6 | It is true that much contemporary prose has a clarity and directness that was often lacking at the time when Huey wrote , while technical aids have developed beyond what he could have imagined . |
| 7 | It was then getting near the time that I could turn him out , again I put it off , frightened of what he might do . |