Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [pron] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , he said : ‘ The case we would have put had already been voiced March and it would have taken two months for the appeal to be heard during which time there would be no money coming in to provide council services , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Former Guatemalan President Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo , who had proposed the creation of Parlacén in 1986 , had been accused by critics inside Guatemala of seeking the presidency of the new body in order to claim immunity from prosecution for crimes he had allegedly committed during his time as President . |
| 3 | It is often said of the Prime Minister that he retains all the instincts and skills which were politically honed during his time in the Whips ' Office . |
| 4 | Josiah Wedgwood died in 1795 and is remembered as the ‘ Father of English Potters ’ , but it was not only as a pottery manufacturer that he was renowned and respected in his time . |
| 5 | Everything a pocket has ever carried in its time . |
| 6 | Thalberg ( 1812–71 ) was considered in his time Liszt 's only true rival . |
| 7 | You must have grown during your time with the Fussies . ’ |
| 8 | Owen had seen it done during his time in Alexandria , where hysterical prostitutes were quickly restored to life and reason by an experienced old Austrian police officer of the Labban Red Light quarter . |
| 9 | It contains a mass of radioactive byproducts spawned during its time in the reactor , some of them extremely hazardous . |
| 10 | Sinead has since said of her time at Grianan : ‘ I have never , and probably never will again , experienced such panic and terror and agony over anything . ’ |
| 11 | When finally she becomes a mother-in-law she is entitled to tyrannise her daughter-in-law , reminding her that ‘ I have suffered in my time now it is your turn ’ . |
| 12 | And nor is it simply a question of numbers — among these studies are some of the subtlest , most ingenious and most penetrating essays written in our time , and the factor common to almost all , the naive or the clumsy as well as the brilliant , is the conviction explicit or implicit that Joyce is an outstanding , indeed for some the outstanding , modern writer . |
| 13 | ‘ The artist ’ , she said , ‘ is never accepted in her time . ’ |
| 14 | As a juvenile romanticist Kingston , like his contemporary Ballantyne , used the device of the intrusive author accepted in his time and , besides , the didacticism expected in books for the young , didacticism made easier by the continuity and the extent of time afforded by serial publication in the boys ' magazines of the period . |
| 15 | The FA are aware of Souness 's comments , particularly about referee Brian Hill , whom he accused of letting ‘ things go on which I 've never seen in my time back in England ’ . |
| 16 | I have seen in my time Frenchmen , Italians and Russians . |
| 17 | But I 've seen in my time coble to ship cattle with to swim them off . |
| 18 | ‘ He is the best goalscorer I 've ever seen in my time in professional football , and anyone who has seen Liverpool over the years will agree he 's a very special player . ’ |
| 19 | But the animals that are to be seen in our time can be interpreted as the end-products of an arms race that was run in the past . |
| 20 | After the wounds he 'd seen in his time , how could one little splinter have such an effect ? |
| 21 | And it 's possible that the curious telephone conversation in the flat , with its reference to postponing something for a week , related to your time limit . |
| 22 | He found it difficult to see what progress had been made since his time . |
| 23 | By recognising the complexity of the work of the ward sister and the demands made on her time , doctors can help by cooperating in good ward management . |
| 24 | His creativity continued unabated to the end of his life , but his efficiency in administration and political reform soon led to enormous demands being made on his time . |
| 25 | He exists in a series of time-capsules , deeply aware of personal responsibilities , of demands made on his time , of kindnesses he wishes to offer , but nonetheless often unable to escape from the maelstrom he has created around himself . |
| 26 | It was not a job that Ernie Brewer had had time to get around to , with all the other demands the garden made on his time . |
| 27 | Problems such as deadlines , noise , marital strife , excessive demands made on our time by others , and so forth . |
| 28 | With demands made on your time by employers during the day and children in the evenings , months can slip by before you manage to see friends and family . |
| 29 | Finally , look after your health — if you are really going to the top enormous demands are going to be made on your time and strength and you can not afford to be careless . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Must have grown durin' my time with the Fussies , ’ he repeated , pondering the words . |