Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the nuclear industry had by this time received yet a further green light . |
| 2 | Her general practitioner had at one time treated her unsuccessfully for this with an antidepressant . |
| 3 | All those who went through the ordeal had at some time survived an accident or illness when their lives had been despaired of . |
| 4 | A possible intervention of the King 's Proctor to upset the divorce had for some time been lurking in the Government 's mind . |
| 5 | Steelworkers in the public sector had for some time been in dispute with their employers , the British Steel Corporation , and had come out on strike . |
| 6 | Councillor Matheson also asked if any social workers presently in the employ of Orkney Islands Council had at any time in their careers , attended conferences , seminars or other courses organised by the Reachout Trust ? |
| 7 | Although this took place only three days later , Brunel and Burn had in that time examined forty-four schemes and produced a nine-page report vindicating the efforts of Angell and Pownall . |
| 8 | I would imagine that the site had at one time been occupied by a large merchant 's house as four of the houses were built over a medieval cellar . |
| 9 | Lukács ' early assault on Marxist economism , subsequently retracted under criticism from the Leninist orthodoxy of the Comintern , became particularly influential in the post-war period among Marxist intellectuals who sought to redefine a new Marxist humanism against the economism of Stalinism with which Lukács ' name had by that time itself become associated . |
| 10 | There were two outbuildings across the yard ; one looked like a converted barn and the other had at one time styed pigs . |
| 11 | Goebbels 's propaganda had by this time in any case lost practically all credibility . |
| 12 | The Principal had by this time become almost as fluorescent as the neon sign outside his academy , and we eyeballed one another in a spirit entirely lacking in camaraderie . |
| 13 | As it happened , my father had around this time come to the end of his distinguished service at Loughborough House with the death of his employer , Mr John Silvers , and had been at something of a loss for work and accommodation . |
| 14 | This student had at one time worked in catering until her love for learning foreign languages prompted her to tackle French and Spanish as a mature student . |
| 15 | Although the subject was something not discussed , almost everyone in the road had at one time or another been confided in and had helped Mrs Browning as far as they could , although she seemed to feel she should not worry any particular neighbour too much so went from one to another , as it were in turn . |
| 16 | The science of astronomy had by this time totally undermined the old Ptolemaic system . |
| 17 | The carving had by this time become careless and clumsy . |
| 18 | Scholars in this field had for some time been engaged in a debate over the importance of acquired and inherited personality traits in behaviour . |
| 19 | Unfortunately the bed manufacturer had during that time increased the price to £120 each and this was their only source of supply . |
| 20 | It is this belief that enables Fay to say that her tutor had at one time known ‘ everything there was to know about chemistry ’ and that ‘ history does n't change … apart from you add a bit on to what happened last year ’ . |
| 21 | The papacy had by this time lost most of its former immense temporal power . |
| 22 | We are told that the animal had at some time been shot and wounded , so today it had been put out of its misery . |
| 23 | We are told that the animal had at some time been shot and wounded , so today it had been put out of its misery . |
| 24 | Worse , although carbon dioxide was used to extinguish the initial blaze , the fire had by that time spread into the adjacent reactor building . |
| 25 | When he sought to appeal , a preliminary objection was raised that an appeal did not lies , as the appeal was in a ‘ criminal cause or matter ’ in respect of which the Court of Appeal had at that time no jurisdiction . |
| 26 | Her Black Sea fleet had by this time been destroyed , the allies had landed not only in the Crimea but also at Nikolaev to the west and Novorossiisk to the east , and the Turks retained a position at Sukhumi which gave them the chance of counter-attacking in the direction of Tiflis . |