Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] the time [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His girlfriend was chatting up some big-shot drama critic at the time as well . |
| 2 | ‘ The truth is , no one was further from my mind at the time than my god . |
| 3 | In Lancaster , where I 'd come out , there had always been a mixed scene ; in many places outside the big towns , most of the lesbians and gay men continued to hang together for at least part of the time because there did n't seem enough of us to consider doing much else . |
| 4 | Talk of Sebastian , but not the financial problem he had left Leith with , occupied the remainder of the time until they had finished their meal . |
| 5 | In this they reflected the children 's literature of the time as created by authors such as Noel Streatfield , Christine Pullien-Thompson and Enid Blyton . |
| 6 | I think that was a reflection of the time as well . |
| 7 | There were U A B , Unemployment Assistant Board and there was a means test at the time as well . |
| 8 | Flushed and triumphant after this orgy of extravagance , they left the store at last , keeping an eye on the time because Mabel must n't be late with the boys ' tea whatever happened and then they had a long , annoying wait at the bus-stop . |
| 9 | I was in the control area with Mala at the time so I had to suffer through it . |
| 10 | ‘ I supported the principle of the community charge at the time because I thought the principle was right . |
| 11 | They could choose when to study what and play the rest of the time if they chose . |
| 12 | It was against this background of ‘ stagflation ’ that monetarism increasingly became more influential , providing as it did an alternative explanation of the economic problems of the time as well as a potential remedy . |
| 13 | I was a mature student of the time so I would be pleased to hear from those graduating prior to 1985 . |
| 14 | The West Stand will be out of commission at the time because of the ground 's redevelopment , which has started with the construction of stands to replace the north and south terracing . |
| 15 | But I could n't tell that it was the Queen Mary at the time because he 'd already cut it out . |
| 16 | Proud of his own appearance and punctilious in all his social and religious observances , he was praised by the Spanish ambassador of the time as being |
| 17 | The station at Stamford was built in a plain Tudor style and was described by the Stamford Mercury at the time as ‘ in an Elizabethan Style similar to Burghley House ’ . |
| 18 | That was when the little woman with the pencil in her hair came in and said that was the end of the time unless we wanted to extend it . |
| 19 | We were probably all busy out in the fields at the time since it happened at the beginning of September . |
| 20 | Like Powdermaker ( 1967 ) , who recorded fieldnotes in Mississippi only when she was away from her field data , I found I only took notes at the time if I was willing to risk begin interrogated about what I was going to do with the information I was recording . |
| 21 | ‘ McCabe was probably my favourite at the time because he was so intense for three or four years . |
| 22 | Bill was seldom able to put together a consistent run of appearances in our 2nd Division seasons 1921–25 but , when he did play , his graft and pluck were always appreciated by our fans and the press of the time because Palace continually struggled in Division Two and the hard-working , tenacious attitude which Bill always showed was a valuable asset against powerful and more skilled opponents . |
| 23 | It preceded the Beecham by some five years and , unless I am much mistaken , never appeared in this country at the time though it was included in an anthology RCA issued on LP ( 6/70 — nla ) . |