Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bill Clough lay thinking about this for some time . |
| 2 | I may even be abroad for some of that time . ’ |
| 3 | in psychology and chucked in electrical engineering and started a psychology course and he had to work at the same time as he studied for some of that time |
| 4 | Both parents were present and absent for some of this time . |
| 5 | He was silent after that for some time , and eventually she asked what he was thinking . |
| 6 | For much of that time , local government acted as an arena through which wider political debates about the state were conducted . |
| 7 | Patrick had fallen off a ladder over a year and a half ago and had been off work for much of that time . |
| 8 | People have been studying the behavioural functions of the brain for something less than two centuries and , for much of that time , their efforts have been hampered by a combination of inevitable ignorance and adherence to implausible psychological theories . |
| 9 | The absence of new gilt issues for a period from 1988 to 1991 and the steeply inverted yield curve for much of that time meant that the eurosterling bond market developed strongly . |
| 10 | He had been in and out of the England team for ten years and had played 55 Tests , probably the best off-spinner in the world for much of this time . |
| 11 | For much of this time the country was in a continual state of war , with the Moors in the south and the Christians in the north constantly invading each others ' borders . |
| 12 | For much of this time Holroyd Smith was synonymous with Blackpool , the location of his achievement by installing one of the world 's first sustainable application of electricity to street transport . |
| 13 | There was no real communication between me and my father , who was also on holiday from school for much of this time . |
| 14 | Although Marseilles is known to have been shared between two kings for much of this time , details of the division are hard to establish . |
| 15 | Malcolm has served the church very faithfully during his term in office in spite of being under severe pressure of work during much of that time . |
| 16 | During much of that time she had been moving constantly , school friends , teachers and happy times discarded until she felt like a fugitive . |
| 17 | Furthermore , income tax was relatively low ; it did not rise above 4s 6d to 5s in the pound during much of this time , and middle-class incomes of £250 p.a. to £1,000 p.a. enjoyed the lowest percentage burden of both direct and indirect taxation combined . |
| 18 | But we must not forget the great flysch troughs which were developed in Alpine Europe through much of Cretaceous time and which in many cases continued on into the Tertiary . |
| 19 | They come up to meetings which erm , this goes on to say determine not to miss a single spiritual meal both private study , meeting attendance are urgent for all , there 's nothing new here brothers it 's all things that we 've heard before and this is why sometimes we can sort of nod off because we , we sort of think well I 've heard all this before , follow theocratic ways , procedures and policies not always easy to do , but it can be done , recognizing the organization that Jehovah is using keep awake by finding your place in God 's arrangement that is n't that little corner up there , by the way , we 're not talking about that one , but finding our place where we can work for Jehovah wholeheartedly do not quibble about assignments and arrangements I think we 're all guilty of that at some time are n't we ? |
| 20 | I have benefited from all of this at some time ; so have others . |
| 21 | Now do n't worry abo if you forget all of this by next time . |
| 22 | One in three women over the age of 80 at some time have a fracture of the hip . |
| 23 | Toby was doing his own brand of gaping by this time . |
| 24 | Steven thinks that just be I only just got in he said , I 'm having my tea and he said there 's no way I 'm gon na do nothing like that at this time of night when I 've been fourteen hours at work So then he stormed off back home again so he said well you 'll have to move it cos it 's obstructing the dual carriageway someone might come round that corner fast and hit it . |
| 25 | Hell , everybody I know 's done something like that at some time or another but that does n't make them a murderer ; I think McDunn 's crazy but I ca n't tell him that because , if he 's wrong about that and I 'm wrong about it being something to do with those guys who died in the Lake District a few years ago , then there 's only one suspect left and that 's me . |
| 26 | We 'd have killed for an outcome like this at any time since 1975 . |
| 27 | Secondly , if she 's likely to … be like this for some time , that the Lord Whatsit is the best nursing home available . ’ |
| 28 | They lay half entwined like this for some time , occasionally exchanging kisses . |
| 29 | I also understand that one of the street lights in Lower Dolphinholme is burning continuously and has been like this for some time . |
| 30 | I was bending like a banana backwards like this by this time . |