Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for Vivian ( Lord ) Bowden I can only report that he once offered me a job in what was to become UMIST and was particularly accommodating when I asked for time to think about it . |
| 2 | The bellends are long and low and though they give good shape for wind deflection I found at times I needed a little more height when cooking . |
| 3 | I used at times to feel somewhat worried when she would play the supremely confident coquette with me and I would be enthralled by her charms , but then I came to the conviction , some time ago , that such moments of relatedness could only be nourishing for her developing personality as well as delightful to me . |
| 4 | I originally intended to have figured all the Psittacidae — but I stopped in time ; neither will there be — ( from me ) any letterpress . |
| 5 | If I noticed in time I would have to run after him and ask for it . |
| 6 | I started on time but I ca n't — ‘ |
| 7 | I , I said near time , I advising people it 's nearly time , when it is time they will most certainly know and emphatically it 's time . |
| 8 | Whether in London , Abu Dhabi or Al Ain , in a hotel or in the desert I searched for times of quiet as a starving man searches for food . |
| 9 | I discoursed on time and the past |
| 10 | In fact , the behaviour of the janissaries bred a smouldering resentment which erupted from time to time into acts of armed resistance . |
| 11 | Clearly demonstrated the complexity of the issues in a well-argued presentation which suffered at times from being a little unfocussed . |
| 12 | In addition there are difficulties associated with trials relating to incidents which happened in times long gone by . |
| 13 | The army of Austria-Hungary comprised three separate forces : the Imperial and Royal force , the Royal Army of Hungary and the Imperial Army of Austria , which combined in time of war . |
| 14 | It is possible to tidy up Freud 's theory and see the ‘ archaic heritage ’ as transmitted by cultural institutions , such as religious and legal codes , as Freud himself did at times . |
| 15 | At the head of Lock Avon we were reasonably sheltered by the surrounding amphitheatre of high crags , which emerged at times from gently swirling clouds of blowing snow . |
| 16 | The courier service from Leuchars had become increasingly dogged by attacks from ME109s , which appeared at times to have advance intelligence of when the planes would leave and land . |
| 17 | I am old enough to remember the clean streets , the neat parks , the dignity of Carmel Road , the sedate trolley buses , the low rates , the LNER trains which ran to time , the prosperous water , gas and electricity works and the big crowds at Third Division north games at Feethams . |
| 18 | To a large extent the areas nearest to the Mediterranean were the most civilized , but there were cities further north with important cultural traditions , including Lyons , Bordeaux and Autun , and there were other cities , including Trier and Paris , which had at times been the residences of emperors . |
| 19 | It appeared deserted , a trifle sinister even amid the overhanging trees — and , though she had not before registered the fact , it lacked the sound of happy voices which had in times past always greeted her return . |
| 20 | An indicator of popular views of Party leaders can be seen in the wild rumours which circulated from time to time about prominent figures in the NSDAP . |
| 21 | A giant poster advertising Calvin Klein shorts for men , which stood in Times Square , New York in the early 1980s , inaugurated a new freedom in fashion 's portrayal . |
| 22 | The delay was with the approval of District Council at the request of the developer , who asked for time to consider if Hill could be improved . |
| 23 | Two or three hours on the journey , but on , having said that you got in time for the train fare , the and the |
| 24 | Karen brushed them off with talk of a ‘ little twinge ’ that she got from time to time and rose briskly to clear the table . |
| 25 | A few years earlier a friend and fellow member of Brooks 's , Cyril Salmon , a former Lord Justice of Appeal , had put my name down for election to the Seniors Golfing Society , an English-based club for golfers over the age of fifty-five who met from time to time at a variety of attractive courses . |
| 26 | Jessica followed closely , watching the stop-lights and the curly hair she caught from time to time around the head restraint on his front seat . |
| 27 | ‘ How frightful , ’ she murmured from time to time , as Mrs. Mounce catalogued another misfortune , another misunderstanding . |
| 28 | ‘ The lasagne 's fine , ’ she murmured as she played for time and thought of the three months ' mortgage she had to find and how impossible she would find it to pay one months ' mortgage , let alone three , if she did n't have a job . |
| 29 | Quiss roared behind her , and she turned in time to see him sweep his arm over the surface of the thin , artificial board in a gesture of fury and frustration . |
| 30 | She turned in time to see his warm dark eyes rake down the shimmering black silk dress that whispered around her slender body . |