Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adj] more time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wandered one more time round the whole place , seeing the sunlight slant in through the barred unopenable windows ( which would keep people out as well as horses in ) , smelling the sweet hay and the faint musty odour of the horses themselves , feeling the swirls of fresh air coming from the rows of small ventilators along the roof , hearing the creaking and rushing noises in the car 's fabric and the grind of the electricity-generating wheels under the floor . |
| 2 | ‘ And I threw back the bedclothes before I had any more time to think about it and burst out of the bed ; threw myself into the middle of the bedroom , screaming and roaring and thrashing about . ’ |
| 3 | Amaranth , who loved his clean-cut looks , rewarded him with a blinding smile , and said she had much more time for Disraeli . |
| 4 | There was less violence , the ‘ appels ’ were not so severe , and we spent much more time in the classroom doing theoretical work for our exams . |
| 5 | We spent some more time moving around Leicester , going from tavern to tavern trying to discover if anyone else had seen Irvine 's strange companion . |
| 6 | He tried one more time . |
| 7 | My father was still forced from time to time to act as an interpreter , but from now on he spent much more time at home , rather than meeting his friends in the cafés for a game of cards . |