Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his letter to Labour MPs , Mr Foster has asked for backing on the grounds that he has seen the parliamentary party through the dark years , and now wants to guide them through better times . |
| 2 | Big firms have long ago weaned themselves off their dependence on the banks who , in the 1960s and 1970s , supported them through thin times and thick . |
| 3 | They begged him to let them off this time , but he rang back hour after hour , day , after day : " Sell your car . |
| 4 | Indeed , leave all practical matters to me for all time . |
| 5 | Will you really stay with me for all time , be my wife ? ’ |
| 6 | Charlton confessed : ‘ This one has been troubling me for some time . |
| 7 | I sat with a tomato juice in front of me for some time straining my ears to hear what Nigel was saying . |
| 8 | For I appear to be going round in circles in answer to a question which has been worrying me for some time . |
| 9 | I WOULD like to post a question that has been troubling me for some time . |
| 10 | Platt said : ‘ It has been niggling me for some time and , although it is nothing serious , it has been decided to sort it out sooner rather than later . ’ |
| 11 | My quizzing about the intellectual world which I was about to enter with some trepidation left him with a wry smile , which puzzled me for some time after , as my naïvety about the world of further education lasted well into my early days in college . |
| 12 | My little girl Natasha was with a friend at the time and because my mum had n't seen me for some time she was concerned . |
| 13 | I was too upset to eat or drink , but she sat with me for some time , talking gently to me , wiping away my tears , and helping me to recover . |
| 14 | When you said you had been ‘ meaning to ask me for some time ’ , did you mean over the five and a half lonely years to date of my grass widowhood or merely since I 've had no car and no earnings ? |
| 15 | Something else about the chimney-breast , I realize , has been worrying me for some time now . |
| 16 | And erm he 's hired from me for some time now |
| 17 | It was impossible for the garrison to fire upon them for some time without risk of injuring their neighbours along with their enemies . |
| 18 | I had not seen them for some time . |
| 19 | He had been with them for some time ; two or three years before , he had told her that he did n't know where he had been born , or who his parents were . |
| 20 | What could be anticipated with confidence was the beneficial results of redistribution , for Unionists had expected them for some time . |
| 21 | We have heard them for some time ; now we see them , red and white on the green of the plains . |
| 22 | I watched them for some time , thinking smugly ‘ Ha ! |
| 23 | Heather had borrowed his binoculars , Mossop said , and studied the cottage through them for some time . |
| 24 | Yet Dysart 's expression reminded him of something else she had said : that Dysart and Clare had been arguing immediately before the explosion ; that there had been friction between them for some time . |
| 25 | what we 're dealing with is a small group of MP s who thought there were some advantages in the Paignton amendment I 've discussed it very thoroughly with them for some time , and they agree that there were real difficulties about the Paignton amendment which I 've now addressed |
| 26 | The fact that Marc had registered her exact words seemed to say that they meant something — that he had n't simply dismissed what she had yelled out from the shower , but that he had remembered and , as it seemed now , had brooded over them for some time . |
| 27 | she kept in touch with them for some time but er , I 've not seen her for a year so , I would n't know . |
| 28 | erm it might be an id if you can find them for next time |
| 29 | So if you have a look at those and play with them for next time erm and make sure that you learn those two rules about if the signs are the same |
| 30 | Sheep would not safely graze nor would spring lambs nor calves ; the average farmer could hardly be expected to stock them for old times ' sake . |