Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] time [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Estimates based on volumes of erupted material in fact show that the discharge from volcanoes forming island arcs and continental-margin orogens averages a very modest 1 km 3 a- 1 This rate has no doubt varied somewhat through geological time as the rate of lithospheric subduction has changed . |
| 2 | The T'ang period was the main flowering of culture in China , and more poetry was written during that time than any other . |
| 3 | Clear away , saving the spirit for another time if its not too dirty . |
| 4 | Avoid all restaurant or take-away food during this time as it is difficult to know what you are eating . |
| 5 | The uproar in the kitchen continued for some time while Nanny pressed his face against her coat and added her own voice to the tumult . |
| 6 | The three men stood together for some time while the long-faced sheep ambled around them , sometimes coming close to examine them but scuttering away at the slightest of their movements , sending a ripple of bells through the whole flock . |
| 7 | She had lived there for some time although it is not known where she lived before coming to Darlington . |
| 8 | For some time before this heavy clouds had increased and in the west the sky had become a dense purplish-black , a range of mountainous cumulus against which the outlines of buildings took on a curious clarity and the trees stood out livid and sickly bright . |
| 9 | He became very depressed for some time before he could reassess himself , start to use his considerable abilities and begin courting his wife again . |
| 10 | It was so faint that he had to look at it for some time before he could make any sense of it . |
| 11 | She stumbled on in this manner for some time before I talked her into accepting a chair and a cuppa . |
| 12 | That was still untended and wild ; the house had been empty for some time before they bought it , or rather Mr Paul had . |
| 13 | This polychrome type of design seems to have been invented at Knossos , where it was fashionable for some time before it was adopted generally in the east of Crete . |
| 14 | Whenever I put food out around a sett prior to an evening watch , I can usually hear a badger munching a peanut or two for some time before the first animal comes into view . |
| 15 | She had to wait for some time before the door was opened , and she hoped very much that it would be opened by Clelia , but it was not ; it was opened by a thin , brown , balding , youngish looking man . |
| 16 | My head was throbbing and the shoulder was beginning to ache from the kicking , which had probably been going on for some time before I came round . |
| 17 | Indeed , it should be emphasized that Picasso had been dissatisfied with the limitations imposed on pictorial volumes by a scientific or linear system of perspective for some time before he became aware of the fact that Cézanne 's painting suggested a new concept of form and space . |
| 18 | ‘ They had known each other for some time before they married , though , had n't they ? ’ ventured Greg . |
| 19 | She found the trug in the outhouse , not the kitchen , and cleaned it before trotting off towards the rectory , which was quite a long walk from Vetch Street , through a rowdy street market where an organ-grinder and his monkey were performing , and a Punch and Judy man stood on the corner , and Sally-Anne — no longer McAllister now that she was out of the house — for all of her advanced years stood and watched Mr Punch for some time before she guiltily remembered what she was supposed to be doing . |
| 20 | so it meant that for some time before contingency fund development was introduced you must of had some concerns er about the accuracy of the figures you were putting forward for the publication , can , can I explain that a little more ? if after a few years a major repair needs to be carried out there was no contingency fund , it might mean sticking another two or three hundred pounds a year on the service charges , might it not , to cover a major repair |
| 21 | ‘ I was there for some time before you arrived , Caroline . |
| 22 | He had been sitting by the fire for some time before he decided to open the letter . |
| 23 | As often as possible , they should invite Fido to play and play nicely for some time so Fido enjoys himself . |
| 24 | This has n't been used for some time so it 's a bit so I 'm just going to wipe it out so there are no particles or foreign bodies in there . |
| 25 | Also , bear in mind that traces of drugs remain in the system and can be detected for some time after you have stopped taking them . |
| 26 | The din and chaos continued for some time after help arrived from the êchelon of spectators , Charles and Peregrine among them . |
| 27 | However , the patient is likely to continue coughing for some time after the antibiotics have been stopped , and the sputum that is produced when the patient coughs will be found to contain numerous pus cells on microscopic examination . |
| 28 | Morgan sat in the leather chair facing Buckmaster 's desk for some time after his chief had left , his bulk squeezed between the arms . |
| 29 | They relaxed , sagging apart , but lay without moving for some time after the car had departed . |
| 30 | Well , before the invention of sound recording — and indeed for some time after — the only thing people could compare it with was stenography . |