Example sentences of "[prep] this time he was " in BNC.
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| 1 | During this time he was inspired by a book called London Labour and London Poor by Henry Mayhew . |
| 2 | During this time he was ordained deacon and priest . |
| 3 | During this time he was desperately pressed with debts and with the payment of his common service of 1,450 florins to the Roman curia , which he effected by February 1321 . |
| 4 | Less than a month separates the publisher 's acceptance of the book and Nietzsche 's completion of the revision ; and during part of this time he was busy preparing lectures on Plato and , unexpectedly enough , on Latin epigraphy . " |
| 5 | At this time he was still a rank-and-file militant , but quickly , as the 1820s moved along , he came to be recognized as the outstanding trade-union leader in Lancashire in the textile industry . |
| 6 | It may be that at this time he was retained also by Simon of Montfort , Earl of Leicester [ q.v. ] , who had awarded him a money fee before 1245 . |
| 7 | At this time he was described as a small , trim , wiry figure of somewhat severe appearance , but with a whimsical sense of humour and ready wit . |
| 8 | At this time he was already experimenting with voltaic cells , electrical machines and kites , and the electro-deposition of metals . |
| 9 | Just at this time he was thinking about and drafting his meditation about home , namely the West Country , in the poem which became East Coker . |
| 10 | It was at this time he was indicted on child abuse charges . |
| 11 | Around this time he was a heavy drinker although , as a conscientious professional , he did not let it affect his game . |
| 12 | Lenin 's attitude , in so far as it is discernible , will be looked at in a moment , but by this time he was more cut off through illness from daily supervision of affairs . |
| 13 | So we called round but could n't find a record company , although by this time he was with RCA . |
| 14 | By this time he was regarded by MI6 as one of its most trusted officers who was very adept at handling the most complex and dangerous operations . |
| 15 | Ironically , the most successful and varied stage of Hardy 's architectural career came under Crickmay between 1869 and 1872 , despite the fact that by this time he was working on a freelance basis while writing his first novels . |
| 16 | He then served as curate at St Ignatius , Ossett and St Nicholas , Gipton , but by this time he was becoming increasingly involved in additional administrative tasks . |
| 17 | In the court case of June 1790 , Henry Cecil was awarded £1000 damages and a divorce , but what makes the whole story so remarkable is that by this time he was already secretly remarried . |
| 18 | By this time he was writing rather apologetically to Constanze , telling her that she must be more delighted to see him back in person than with any money he would be bringing in — he had even been obliged to lend his impecunious patron Prince Lichnowsky 100 gulden , a request he could hardly refuse … . |
| 19 | Indeed , by this time he was so immersed in the project that , as his close companion of the time , Lady Sackville , pointed out , he was not paying nearly enough attention to either her , or his work on Britannic House for the Anglo Iranian Oil Co . |
| 20 | From 1337 onwards Ramsey was also in charge at St Stephen 's chapel , and by this time he was a wealthy man . |
| 21 | The firm of Beckinton , Wilson & Co. , iron merchants , was dissolved in 1836 , but by this time he was investing in a fleet of sailing ships to carry his own cargoes . |
| 22 | By this time he was universally known as Algy . |
| 23 | By this time he was well associated with Kent and on the death of his father he was left a considerable estate in Westcomb near Greenwich . |
| 24 | By this time he was certainly in his own home , fed . |