Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as her frail body began rejecting its new organs , Kelly realised her time was near . |
| 2 | The treatment itself was distressing and made him feel very ill , but the care and kindness of the medical staff and of the radiologists made his time bearable for both of us . |
| 3 | Paisley used his time to hammer home the religious significance of the battle with O'Neill by writing a commentary on Paul 's Letter to the Romans , the book which Paul had written while awaiting trial in prison . |
| 4 | Sylvie bided her time . |
| 5 | Mr Edgar spent his time in the library , and did not ask about his wife . |
| 6 | At the outset , it was decided to use direct observation of how clients spent their time as the principal measure of effectiveness . |
| 7 | In the years following his proof of the existence of other galaxies , Hubble spent his time cataloging their distances and observing their spectra . |
| 8 | In the summer of 1914 Braque was once more at Sorgues , while Picasso spent his time between Sorgues and Avignon , where he worked in the company of André Derain . |
| 9 | The other girls in the compartment spent their time comparing their passport photographs , and commenting upon the rowdiness of some boys in the corridor , who seemed , to their disbelieving , priggish admiring indignation , to be drinking beer out of cans , but Clara , though she saw , was too rapt to speak . |
| 10 | The US State Department thought it time to look closely into the causes and extent of British criticism . |
| 11 | Dana took her time in following her sister , and Claudia imagined she would take full advantage of her sister 's absence . |
| 12 | The goods-train took its time . |
| 13 | Angie took her time fetching cups and saucers . |
| 14 | Maxham took his time getting up . |
| 15 | Three months gave her time to give notice on her present job , and , with luck , have funds released from her grandfather 's estate , the mortgage secured , and , hopefully , the sale of the flat completed . |
| 16 | Anne was approaching her thirteenth birthday and King Edward considered it time that she and his son Prince Richard , then ten years of age , became better acquainted . |
| 17 | Ottaviani overran his time , but at first refused to be stopped . |
| 18 | Odd-Knut asked what time it had been when Kjell-Arne heard the noise . |
| 19 | Despite the many improvements in state provision Eva found her time at social services a great eye opener . |
| 20 | If she had realised how Luch spent her time , the abuse might have been less . |
| 21 | Gould spent his time in the city preparing for the final and most ambitious expedition of all his trips in Australia . |
| 22 | The not very exacting demands of a theology degree gave him time to make a lot of useful Anglican friends . |
| 23 | When Karen had her time off , which she understood was two full days a week , she herself would be left in charge of Harry . |
| 24 | David Straney increased Glenavon 's lead when the Larne defence allowed him time and space to score . |
| 25 | An ample private income allowed him time to indulge his tastes for writing , politics , and rowing . |
| 26 | In the aftermath the Border needed time to breathe and recuperate , and while religious civil war threatened Scotland as a whole , the far from religious reivers bided their time . |
| 27 | Thereafter Marshall divided his time mostly between his various residences , where he entertained such notables as Thomas Carlyle [ q.v . ] . |
| 28 | My presence , which Helmut claimed only when business lent him time , Jean-Claude demanded constantly . |
| 29 | In 1830 Artis returned to Castor and for the next few years divided his time between his business interests in Doncaster and small-scale excavations at Castor . |
| 30 | Caulker had been deeply concerned ( and I am convinced rightly so ) that the conference concentrated its time and discussion on the provision of sophisticated and expensive technology for developing countries , ignoring the need to lay foundations in schools for fundamental growth of knowledge , skills and attitudes to understand them . |