Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | People often asked me the time just to hear my voice so they could proclaim my gender to their friends . |
| 2 | Ward stirred and asked me the time in a voice heavy with sleep . |
| 3 | ‘ The wizard said that the little man had some sort of golden disc that told him the time , ’ said the Weasel . |
| 4 | Retirement allowed him the time to pursue his botanical interest , often in company with his children and grandchildren , between whom and Evan the devotion was mutual . |
| 5 | I got him every time , until the end and I said I am not serving him this time ! |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd make sure he saw me every time before he went out the door . |
| 7 | And of course , it took her no time to work out that precisely the opposite would apply to the beams coming at her from the front of the craft . |
| 8 | It took her no time at all to turn over the bed along by the rickety fence . |
| 9 | NICRA also had a reasonable complaint that the lateness of the ban gave them no time to negotiate amy alternative date or route . |
| 10 | The doctor gave them no time to think , and went on fiercely , |
| 11 | At your first court , you got a ticket when you arrived from one of the men , gave you the time you got to the court . |
| 12 | The assassin gave her no time to cry out ; a flare of terror — what am I doing here who is that behind me dark dark someone behind me — and Fox tightened her hold on the other 's mind , taking control . |
| 13 | He gave her no time to start crying . |
| 14 | But he gave her no time to explain . |
| 15 | He must have seen her marshalling her arguments , for he gave her no time to use them . |
| 16 | The comments and questions with which Ace and Daak interrupted the Professor 's story did n't annoy Defries : she found that the breaks gave her the time she needed to stretch her credulity . |
| 17 | Cora-Beth 's voice gave him no time to consider the matter further . |
| 18 | He gave him no time to pay and ordered he be jailed for up to the alternative of 14 days . |
| 19 | That gave Webb an easy catch and it gave him the time to see that Bath would have a man over if he ran the ball to the left . |
| 20 | Chris Renninson set Hibberd away down the right and his excellent control took him past two defenders and gave him the time and space to send over a pinpoint cross to O'Shea , who rose unchallenged to head home from close range . |
| 21 | This business gave him the time and money to pursue his hobby of microscopy to a highly professional level . |
| 22 | David Beaton poulticed it every time he could get the old man to stay at peace long enough , but as soon as it started to heal Eachuinn would be up and about , restless , until the deep puncture festered and broke out again . |
| 23 | I says how come you deputation , you gave us a time of which to be here , now we said , we turned up a quarter hour beforehand and I says we get a phone call er a an intermission from Councillor that you could n't make it because that your car broke down . |
| 24 | ‘ It gave us the time we needed to get in here . ’ |
| 25 | They felt stigmatized , as skilled men , by taking unskilled work , and it left them no time to search for work at their trade . |
| 26 | Riven tried to dredge up images of their foes from his books , but the reality of the rain , the darkness , and the approaching pack left him no time to think . |