Example sentences of "[prep] this time they had " in BNC.
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| 1 | During this time they had also become accustomed to a pattern of corporeal proximity , nothing like horseplay of course , or holding hands , or significant touching , but just an ordinary sort of being close together like two friendly animals in a stall . |
| 2 | By this time they had left the classroom and were walking down one of the long , high-ceilinged corridors of the Faculty building . |
| 3 | By this time they had resuscitated him . |
| 4 | By this time they had purchased a building which had been I think a a bank or a savings bank or something at Street in Porthmadog . |
| 5 | By this time they had been chucked out of the garden of course . |
| 6 | By this time they had reached the office and as David caught sight of the man sitting beside Rachel 's desk he said , ‘ Is this the patient ? ’ |