Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the time [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is more than probable that during the period of Haymo that the Church at Halling was repaired and enlarged ; the chancel and tower being a century earlier however was most likely built during the time Laurence was Bishop , 1251–74 . |
| 2 | In fact the Forge Foundation seems to be a respectable body , chaired at the time Kalb got money by a past president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science . |
| 3 | The three horses on the highway had been caught and tethered by the time Michael came back through the trees , leading the roan . |
| 4 | Unfortunately the damage was already done by the time Richard was fully recovered , and in spite of his commendable efforts to rescue what was left of the business he had built from his own sweat , it was far too late . |
| 5 | Many experts in the auction rooms make it their business to hang out with aristos waiting for the time Uncle Marmaduke 's Van Dyck has to bite the dust , so they are privy to the ‘ who 's just acquired a new mistress whose florist is Cartier ’ chatter . |
| 6 | The BachGesellschaft and Handelgesellschaft editions were , after all , virtually complète by the time d'Indy published his first Rameau volume . |
| 7 | I remember at the time Wilko saying how he though Kerslake was an excellent buy , and how he 'd been after him for a long time . |
| 8 | The company had been well placed to take advantage of the 1960s consumer boom , and was already prospering by the time Horsley joined the Board in 1963 , at the age of twenty-nine . |
| 9 | ‘ The main damage was at the back , to dressing rooms , for example , and there will still be a lot of work to do by the time December arrives . ’ |
| 10 | Miller insists he has never been motivated by money , and his days at Love Street were probably numbered from the time St Mirren allowed his then assistant , Drew Jarvie , to leave the club and join Dundee . |
| 11 | She thought of the time George Galloway had come to her home while her husband was off work with badly bruised ribs and told them that he was giving William a week 's notice . |
| 12 | From the time Colin [ Chapman ] died until the time Mike left , he was Mr Lotus . |
| 13 | The doctor had been and gone by the time Maxim reached the little cottage on the hillside above Caswell 's father-in-law 's garage . |
| 14 | Shigeru Tokinoya , who was in charge of textbook screening at the time Professor Ienaga 's book was banned , said : ‘ All of our corrections should have been upheld … |
| 15 | I think he just figured he would n't do it — he 's in this big rock band and would n't think of doing it , although I think at the time Phil would have ! |
| 16 | The old Customs House was built at the end of the fifteenth century , having been started around the time Funchal first had its own customs post in 1477 . |
| 17 | But the mood had passed by the time Harry walked once more into Breakspear College , sucking at an extra-strong mint and glad to see that a different porter was manning the lodge . |
| 18 | Little enough daylight was left by the time Pedro came skulking back , and for most of the evening she had sat , talking to him , stroking the soft rug of his ear between tense fingers , and waiting for the fit to come again . |
| 19 | I had already made up my mind what I was going to say by the time Frankie had rapped on the door . |
| 20 | I had recently been working on Orwell 's radio scripts in the BBC 's Written Archive Centre at Caversham , one of the most important archives for modern British history outside the Public Record Office , and here in this room in Sackville Street were books written by all the authors and broadcasters I had grown familiar with , who were working at the time George Orwell was broadcasting and before . |
| 21 | The imperial system of government was well established by the time Barbarossa came to the throne , with the established chain of command already described . |
| 22 | If such a ship or ships failed to enter , the city would capitulate by the time January entered its twentieth night . |