Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pos pn] 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 | Dana took her time in following her sister , and Claudia imagined she would take full advantage of her sister 's absence . |
| 11 | The goods-train took its time . |
| 12 | Angie took her time fetching cups and saucers . |
| 13 | Maxham took his time getting up . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Ottaviani overran his time , but at first refused to be stopped . |
| 16 | Despite the many improvements in state provision Eva found her time at social services a great eye opener . |
| 17 | If she had realised how Luch spent her time , the abuse might have been less . |
| 18 | Gould spent his time in the city preparing for the final and most ambitious expedition of all his trips in Australia . |
| 19 | When Karen had her time off , which she understood was two full days a week , she herself would be left in charge of Harry . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Thereafter Marshall divided his time mostly between his various residences , where he entertained such notables as Thomas Carlyle [ q.v . ] . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | So economists spent their time discussing the logic of the subject and the rationality of policies . |
| 25 | In History Endill spent his time underneath the floorboards playing marbles . |
| 26 | Luckily , the social-climbing medico found space in his guidebook to record in some detail how the top people of that early Victorian era spent their time when not imbibing the chalybeate or soaking in the sulphur . |
| 27 | ‘ Is this were Edwin Garland and your husband spent their time ? ’ |
| 28 | All these workers gave their time and labour freely , their efforts being supported by other citizens who hauled stone and earth at every available opportunity . |
| 29 | He has had over a dozen matches and scored only two goals , so perhaps as Joo said its time for the subs bench ( remember Le Tissier on sunday ) . |
| 30 | ‘ The Prince spent his time in the cabin playing cards with the Prince Fahid . ’ |