Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [prep] this time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ronald Duncan , whom I came to know about this time ( our first meeting took place when I made a bicycle tour of Cornwall in the summer of 1947 ) , spoke of having received a telegram from Eliot cancelling an engagement and saying that he had to ‘ bury a woman ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ About some stolen property , ’ said the other , who , I 'd decided by this time , had shifty eyes . |
| 3 | I 'd retired by this time . |
| 4 | We have therefore decided to withdraw at this time ’ . |
| 5 | The ideological basis of Kremlin policy seemed confirmed at this time by Stalin , who declared in a speech in February 1946 that the Second World War had vindicated the Soviet system of government . |
| 6 | … or is it just another of those little habits ( much favoured by men ) that seem to flourish at this time of year . |
| 7 | The other story I recall to mind about this time is that Cranwell in those days must have been the coldest spot south of the Arctic Circle and the ration of coal to fire the single stove in a billet of 22 erks took little account of the temporary hutment , Some genius had laid down that the ration of coal would he 1lb of coal every other day was sufficient to ward off armies of brass monkeys that descended on Cranwell in winter . |
| 8 | Blake was not averse to entering such places , but could think of a number of things he 'd prefer to do at this time . |
| 9 | Because you should have you should have heard by this time . |
| 10 | The last of the shore birds will probably have arrived by this time . |
| 11 | Most will have discovered by this time that love involves risk . |
| 12 | Perhaps it may even spur them to have a rethink ( miracles have been known to happen at this time of year ) and remove the threat of closure not just from St Bart 's but many other wonderful facilities up and down the country . |
| 13 | Now they 're saying things should have improved by this time next year . |
| 14 | No further digestion appears to occur after this time suggesting that the Eco K enzyme has no turnover and remains bound to the substrate [ 5 , 6 , 34 ] . |
| 15 | How relationships may have changed by this time ! |
| 16 | One of them , Alistair Bruce , told the waiting reporters that they would have expected any charges to have materialised by this time . |
| 17 | The eastern Saxons are almost certain to have remained at this time within the orbit of Oswiu and it may also be the case that Aethelwald , the brother of Aethelhere ( HE 111 , 22 ) ( see Appendix , Fig. 5 ) , received Oswiu 's support as the new king of the eastern Angles ; it is certainly not at all impossible that he ruled at first in a dependent relationship . |
| 18 | The wind had freshened by this time and was causing some choppy waves , so we pressed on to try and finish the circuit planned before counting became impossible . |
| 19 | Most of the other students had foregathered by this time and were awaiting their final briefing from their tutor . |
| 20 | A splinter group of the NPFL , led by Prince Yormie Johnson , had emerged by this time as a separate and important force . |
| 21 | For the first time , he was beginning to sell records in the United States , but the relationship between DeFries and Bowie had disintegrated by this time . ’ |
| 22 | Similarly , research activity is planned to double in this time and continuing education , or extra-mural studies , to grow by at least one-third . |
| 23 | Mary Alston , one of the mainstays of the women 's union in the 1920s , had to care during this time for a sick sister , who was in and out of a nursing home ; much later , in the 1940s , she had to give up work for a while to care for her mother . |
| 24 | He draws a clear line between individual patronage which had declined by this time , and the subscription method which , while it left authors obliged especially to those who solicited for them , reduced individual dependence : |
| 25 | The tearing pain returned and the doctor prescribed large doses of morphia which he had kept for this time . |
| 26 | Er three thousand er three hundred is what er we had budgeted to make by this time . |
| 27 | His attitude to life had changed during this time . |
| 28 | A sophisticated burglar-alarm system has aided overnight and weekend security and although the caretaker is not on call from 11am to 3.30pm the levels of demand have fallen during this time as a direct result of his monitoring skills . |
| 29 | just six have come in this time there 's ca n't remember . |
| 30 | ‘ Why , ’ she said sweetly , rising and picking up her clothes , and her bag , now empty of the articles which she had given J. D. O'Connor , ‘ tonight I am going to turn in early , read and rest — such a change after all I have done since this time last week . |