Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cadfael had been awake and afield more than an hour by then , for want of a quiet mind , and had filled in the time by ranging along the bushy edges of his peasefields and the shore of the mill pond to gather the white blossoms of the blackthorn , just out of the bud and at their best for infusing , to make a gentle purge for the old men in the infirmary , who could no longer take the strenuous exercise that had formerly kept their bodies in good trim . |
| 2 | ‘ In any case , I have looked up the time of your flight . |
| 3 | It was the way he 'd got out the time Barry had locked him in the tractor-shed . |
| 4 | She 'd been down to Goring for Marius ' funeral , ( having found out the time by ringing Morrison at Orme Gardens ) . |
| 5 | The counsellor was conscious that Susie had said nothing , while Peter had taken up the time . |
| 6 | Yet I felt at last I had straightened out the time that had buckled when I lost all my writing . |