Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb past] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | And all that time , Franca contained in her breast a storm of anguish and violence so terrible that she had at times , when she was alone and longing to ‘ break down ’ , to clutch her breast with a fierce answering force to keep the black horror from spurting forth . |
| 2 | Karen brushed them off with talk of a ‘ little twinge ’ that she got from time to time and rose briskly to clear the table . |
| 3 | Two or three hours on the journey , but on , having said that you got in time for the train fare , the and the |
| 4 | Your audience must know that you finished on time , without knowing how you did it . |
| 5 | Well , are are you happy that he circulized over time , I mean , we can easily do that . |
| 6 | If I noticed in time I would have to run after him and ask for it . |
| 7 | Quiss roared behind her , and she turned in time to see him sweep his arm over the surface of the thin , artificial board in a gesture of fury and frustration . |
| 8 | Her legs began to hurt and she considered from time to time the possibility of varicose veins . |
| 9 | Because we , we had this when , when we carried out a political fund ballot erm and we asked for time off for stewards to go and talk to members and we asked for time off for a seminar , for a one day seminar . |
| 10 | Because we , we had this when , when we carried out a political fund ballot erm and we asked for time off for stewards to go and talk to members and we asked for time off for a seminar , for a one day seminar . |
| 11 | Yes he was free , he would try to explain , free in body but not in spirit , and he found in time that really he preferred to work with animals rather than people . |
| 12 | He was employed on the reconstruction of the bishop of Winchester 's palace at Wolvesey , and he acted from time to time as architect as well as builder . |
| 13 | In contrast , Cramlington is ‘ non-urban ’ and was intended to be a more or less ( there was always some equivocation about this and it grew over time ) free-standing new town , located on a ‘ green field ’ site quite separate from the Tyneside conurbation . |
| 14 | Even if it landed on time , I would have the four-hour journey to Hull and it was unlikely that I would make it to the funeral . |
| 15 | I originally intended to have figured all the Psittacidae — but I stopped in time ; neither will there be — ( from me ) any letterpress . |
| 16 | But she remembered in time that Gloria had warned her to mind her P's and Q's , so she said nothing . |
| 17 | He was trying to qualify for the Spring Satellite , but he returned in time to defeat Simon Bramwell ( Herts ) , in the final round . |
| 18 | After that result he disappeared for a short while , but he returned in time to be included in Wilson 's government , initially as Secretary of State for Economic Affairs , a post he held between 1964 and 1966 . |
| 19 | Ulster champion jockey Paddy Graffin was taken to hospital with an injured hand after Late Stretch had fallen in the Mares Race , but he returned in time to ride Glenmavis in the final race . |
| 20 | After four months in the West End , Crawford was ordered by doctors to take a twelve-day rest to recover from a severe back strain , but he returned in time to appear in front of Prince Charles . |
| 21 | But he stopped in time , before reaching the bridge . |
| 22 | Milton caught himself opening his mouth to defend Lord Mountbatten 's right to be considered an Englishman , but he stopped in time . |
| 23 | The crowd was still thickening , filling back down the high street , but it looked like time to start . |
| 24 | At first , it touched just one or two establishments , and only in a small way , but it spread with time and today it is one of the major driving forces in AEA 's business . |
| 25 | Although not a Christian , Plotinus was in some respects a forerunner of St Augustine , particularly because he thought of time in psychological terms . |
| 26 | As for Vivian ( Lord ) Bowden I can only report that he once offered me a job in what was to become UMIST and was particularly accommodating when I asked for time to think about it . |
| 27 | ‘ The lasagne 's fine , ’ she murmured as she played for time and thought of the three months ' mortgage she had to find and how impossible she would find it to pay one months ' mortgage , let alone three , if she did n't have a job . |
| 28 | United gave as good as they got at times . |
| 29 | The Taylor Report on crowd safety , which came in the wake of the Hillsborough Disaster , left many clubs with archaic stadiums facing an uncertain future as they battled against time and their balance-sheets in an attempt to meet safety regulations and secure all-seater facilities . |
| 30 | In all plantation systems the question of labour is of vital interest to those who run the estates and the research is especially concerned with how the attitudes , beliefs and values held by planters lay behind the relationship between management and its work-force as it developed over time . |