Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I recently went to Ireland , and my visit was the headline news story in every Irish newspaper , but during that time there was not a single column inch devoted to it in the English press , whereas it was very prominently reported in the European press . |
| 32 | And one of the craziest debates during that time there was whether to allow beer waggons over . |
| 33 | He had spent less than an hour in the Dragon and during that time he had succeeded in needling at least four men . |
| 34 | During that time he took his decision about Marler : to continue keeping an eye on him . |
| 35 | During that time he sought inspiration and enrichment of the texture of the story in the surrounding countryside , in the paintings of Turner ( ‘ What he paints chiefly is light as modified by objects ’ ) and Romney ( ‘ I am struck by the red glow of [ his ] backgrounds , and his red flesh shades ’ ) , in the faces of women he met at dinner parties or saw by chance in a passing omnibus . |
| 36 | It took Maidstone four hours to decide what to do and during that time he drank only coffee . |
| 37 | By the time Johnny moved back to Brighton he had spent over 20 years at Selhurst Park and during that time he had made an invaluable contribution to Palace 's progress both on and off the field , for which he will long be remembered with gratitude . |
| 38 | He had lived outwith Scotland for only 5 years but during that time he had travelled further by land and had seen a greater number of interesting places than most people do in a lifetime . |
| 39 | During that time he made important progress in a number of directions . |
| 40 | During that time he proved to be a wonderful companion . |
| 41 | During that time he was ordered by gang members to shave off his beard to change his appearance and was again threatened that his family would be harmed if he did not do as he was told . |
| 42 | During that time he never finished lower than 24th on the official Order of Merit and was a regular member of Europe 's Ryder Cup side . |
| 43 | During that time he may mate with other females , and add the eggs to his collection . |
| 44 | During that time he also rode for Ferguson when he rode Lacken Beau for the Ballymena trainer at Downpatrick . |
| 45 | He had spent nearly all of his forty-eight years in the First Church of Christ the Spiritualist , and during that time he had witnessed literally thousands of encounters with people from the Other Side . |
| 46 | During that time he worked with wool blending as Teasing Foreman and latterly as assistant to the Raw Materials ' Manager in the Warehouse office . |
| 47 | Although Ross had insisted on seeing her every day , during that time he had never done anything more than kiss her hand . |
| 48 | During that time he has been pushing hard to make up any lost ground . |
| 49 | He made 70 1st Division appearances for us — during that time our defence was usually under considerable pressure , most of the matches were tense affairs , and the strain on the captain was that much greater . |
| 50 | About bloody time somebody sorted you out . |
| 51 | And so for that time we live now , both of us , and we are perfectly happy , and the waiting is not weary , but good and happy for us both . |
| 52 | Was I think he said it were about twenty six pound a week for that time you see ? |
| 53 | At about this time my third sister was born . |
| 54 | It was about this time she began seeing more and more of Laurence Wheldon … |
| 55 | At about this time there also emerged the Islamic Revolutionary Party ( IRP ) , to provide a banner under which approved candidates could run for election to the Majles , and the Revolutionary Guards or Pasdaran-e-Enqelab-e-Eslami . |
| 56 | About this time it was announced that pensioners whose means were insufficient to pay their rent were to have the amount made up by social security allowances even if they were living in a private home , so with a light heart I set about making application . |
| 57 | Last year at about this time it produced the admirable Victorian Newcastle painter Ralph Hedley ; this winter it is showing in ‘ A Romance with the North East ’ Rober and Isa ( Thompson ) Jobling , who lived and worked there until the 1920s producing powerful and poetic images of its countryside coast and people . |
| 58 | About this time I wrote to her : |
| 59 | About this time I had , by a certain wicked attempt — for I had a bold heart which rather put me upon courting than avoiding danger — set a hornet 's nest about my ears so I thought it better to remove myself to France and be a little more discreet in my armours . |
| 60 | At about this time I was able to discard the dread of the " chop " from Halton and a balm to my ego was a gain in my outdoor activities , particularly in cross-country and track , I felt very comfortable at the workshops , I also adored the evening sessions at school when we were lectured by such great names of the day as Churchill , Trenchard , Beaverbrook , General Smuts , a host of politicians , and near our own held , such fine names in aviation as Handley Page and others ; splendid names in their day . |