Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pers pn] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | He hit me many times and my arm was red . |
| 32 | His face was moving a little , twitching by one eye , but he saw them this time . |
| 33 | Towards the end of spring , he saw him earlier than usual , and he saw him several times standing close beside the crossing gates on the up side , his face almost pressing between the bars . |
| 34 | When I tried to lead her indoors she became indignant , shaking me off , ‘ Do you call yourself my niece , trying to get me into a burning house ! ’ and it took me some time to persuade her that all was well . |
| 35 | It took me some time to work this out , for I still had such sympathy for Charlie that I could n't look at him coolly . |
| 36 | It took me some time to put the fantastic story of the Gauguin inheritance behind me — not out of my mind , but to the back of it , not only because I wondered if they might deteriorate , but also at the bizarre irony of a family sitting on a fortune which they refused to touch . |
| 37 | It took me some time — weeks — to discover that he was poor and wore clothes handed on by a negligently competent brother-in-law in the soft drinks business . |
| 38 | I was caught in a group near the door and it took me some time to realise that I ought to be looking at the pictures , since that was why we were there . |
| 39 | Such was Felicity 's introduction to Overclyst , and it took her some time to recover from it . |
| 40 | It took her some time to get used to that but she got the knack of it in the end , and they spent hours together shooting at marks , or at rabbits on the Down or pigeons in the high trees at the forest edge . |
| 41 | It took her some time to adjust to her new billing as sister to the future Princess of Wales . |
| 42 | It took her some time to unfasten the stiff buttons . |
| 43 | It took her some time to get used to her face without them . |
| 44 | It took her some time to orientate . |
| 45 | She spotted Adam almost as soon as she entered the club , but though he was sitting only a short distance away with a stocky sandy-haired man she did n't recognise , it took her some time to reach his table , since she was obliged to stop at every few strides to talk to customers . |
| 46 | When I first acquired a cube , Conway and Roger Penrose , from Oxford University , had already solved theirs and remarked that it took them some time to realise the power of conjugation . |
| 47 | This group has long been noted for its breadth of vision but nevertheless it took them some time to realise the unique advantages of the photosynthetic ‘ mechanisms ’ in plants and thereby to derive what may be an original approach to the problem . |
| 48 | It took him some time to convince them , apparently . ’ |
| 49 | It took him some time to arrive , only tentatively at first , at the conclusion that the hard , rectangular shape of the dining table could have played some part . |
| 50 | It took him some time to sleep . |
| 51 | One official said : ‘ It took us some time to explain away the opening ceremony episode . |
| 52 | ‘ It took us some time to trace Mr Maxwell since his business interests take him all over the States . |
| 53 | It took us some time to get to Kitumbeine and the district officer had knocked off . |
| 54 | It took us some time to reach the conclusion that this was ineffectual , for the class teachers , in copying the professional development teacher , had failed to adapt their teaching to the new context , creating a rather sterile repetition of the initial lesson … |
| 55 | These have now been cleaned up , but it took us some time to cope with this disgraceful state of affairs … the condition of these children , and the behaviour of many of the mothers , has completely dissipated the goodwill and welcome accorded to them by the Welsh people , whose hospitality is proverbial . |
| 56 | you did n't grumble about it did you this time ? |
| 57 | ‘ He gave me much time and attention but did not allow me to waste a minute ; he left me fully free to express my feelings and thoughts but did not hesitate to present his own ; he offered me space to deliberate about choices and to make decisions but did not withhold his opinion that some choices and decisions were better than others ; he let me find my own way but did not hide the map that showed the right direction . |
| 58 | It was only a momentary lapse on his part , but it gave her enough time to whirl round on him , her eyes widening as she spotted a revolver in his hand . |
| 59 | It gave him more time to devote to music and allowed him to pour his suffocating feelings of negativity into songs . |
| 60 | No doubt it gave him more time to enjoy his new pride and joy , a Harley Davidson , classic Hells Angels style motorcycle . |