Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The extension provided Rabbani with more time to form a consultative assembly , the Council of Resolution and Settlement ( Hal wa Aqd Shura ) , which would elect a permanent president and prepare for a general election . |
| 2 | In fact he was identifying himself with his Girondin friends who were guillotined by the Jacobins in October and November 1793 ; although the story that Wordsworth visited France at this time to take help to the Girondins may be untrue , this is clearly what he would have wished to do if an opportunity had arisen . |
| 3 | I 'd like to reach Salisbury in good time to take a look at the city 's many charms . ’ |
| 4 | The event which affected Britain at this time was the fall from power of Magnentius . |
| 5 | I had not seen Otley for some time and climbed up on the wall for a better view . |
| 6 | ‘ Ivy writes ’ , I told Elizabeth at this time , |
| 7 | Many of the famous liners of this century have visited Madeira at some time during their voyages . |
| 8 | He then went into the Army and did not see Minton for some time . |
| 9 | Salford chairman John Wilkinson added : ‘ Our scouts have watched Gary for some time . |
| 10 | But the guy who joined Cyril at that time , Cliff Barton , was a buddy of mine who lived opposite me , and who had turned down the gig with Mayall . |
| 11 | And yet , it seemed to me , this was the most important single issue facing Scotland at that time . |
| 12 | Dick fancies that the Examiner has asked him why he has not thought of rigging a drogue ( a thought which has in fact harassed Dick for some time ) . |
| 13 | The vital question facing the union was precisely the vital question facing Britain at that time ; it was the time to make a choice . |
| 14 | Mr Rawlins announced his intention to leave Sturge at some time in the future towards the end of last year although he had no specific plans for the next step in his career . |
| 15 | Perhaps it did n't affect Britain at this time . |
| 16 | Beefy will report fit for today 's fourth Texaco Trophy clash with Pakistan , but skipper Graham Gooch said : ‘ It 's a problem which has troubled Ian for some time . |
| 17 | But at the height of the tourist season it was odds on that her old room had already been taken , and she could n't see herself tramping Venice at this time of night , looking for alternative accommodation . |
| 18 | I love Venice at Carnival time . |
| 19 | At Northern Foods Horsley 's brother-in-law , Chris Haskins , was taking a bigger and bigger part in the running of the company , leaving Horsley with more time , and he was delighted to have a chance to help in a project which instantly appealed to his idealistic nature . |
| 20 | And that meant that Downes could not possibly have killed Kemp before that time , and Downes was going to make absolutely certain — as he did — that he was never out of sight or out of touch with his group — except for the odd , brief visit to the loo — at any time that afternoon or early evening . |
| 21 | De Klerk 's action in freeing Mandela at this time , after years of international pressure for his release ( particularly around the time of his 70th birthday in 1988 ) was seen as an acknowledgement of the urgent need for the government to open negotiations with legitimate black leaders , in response to the ANC 's Harare Declaration of August 1989 when it set out its own proposals for political change in South Africa [ see p. 36837 ; see p. 37176 for recent communications between Mandela and de Klerk on this issue ] . |
| 22 | Edouard Manet LE BALLET ESPAGNOL ( 1862 ) A fresh and virtuoso impression of a company of Spanish dancers who were visiting Paris at that time . |
| 23 | Rumours have circulated Manchester for some time over Sharpe 's future and they intensified after he was sent home from pre-season training with what United described as a virus . |
| 24 | The train leaves this is an express it leaves Euston at some time , we do n't know when , at some time . |