Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [vb past] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Removed long before the shells had time to form , they were no more than a cluster of marble-sized orange balls in a thick yolky substance . |
| 2 | Candidates from 3 of the Parties found time for Christian Aid also . |
| 3 | ‘ If we knew where one of these things was going to be flown into space , ’ he said , speaking quickly before the words had time to escape , ‘ and we could sort of hang on to the sides or whatever , or maybe drive it like the Truck , and we took you with us , then we could jump off when we got up there and go and find this ship of ours , could n't we ? ’ |
| 4 | The words took time to sink in — to herself as much as to the rest . |
| 5 | Greater weight is given to propositions contained in judgments where the judges took time to consider their judgments . |
| 6 | What sort of man … this letter business did n't ring true at all … that they had taken the two girls and released one could simply mean a problem of identification , although even that was unlikely , but to send a first message before the parents had time to become frantic , possibly before they even knew … the whole thing could be a hoax , and yet the girl 's condition … a hoax gone wrong ! |
| 7 | Several years ago the authorities decided that the mountains needed time to ‘ rest ’ from such a massive intrusion , and the walk has never been held since . |
| 8 | Yet in spite of the rush , all the officers found time to attend the wedding of their engineer , the cheerful Bill Cumper . |
| 9 | Working out the details took time , but the United East India Company came into existence in 1709 , and combined the assets of the two existing companies , at the price of enlarging their loan to the government to £3.2m. and reducing the interest charged to 5 per cent . |
| 10 | But it is possible that the details took time to be formulated . |
| 11 | But it is possible that the details took time to be formulated . |
| 12 | The Services needed time to grow closer together : it was just not possible to find enough officers with the experience in tri-Service co-ordination to go further in 1963 . |