Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] time but [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ah but so did I and I did nothing but write during that time but I 've never known and everything I 've said about that is true , has turned out to be true . |
| 2 | ‘ Not for some time but we are not worried , miss , it 's not unusual for the gentry , if you will excuse me saying so , to keep folks waiting for payment . ’ |
| 3 | Most of these had been producing un-hinted PostScript fonts for some time but they now all had the tools to create the all-important encrypted Type 1 fonts and had licenses to produce PostScript typesetters . |
| 4 | We have been trying to breed Red Pandas for some time but they are very difficult . |
| 5 | I had been expecting this news for some time but it still came as a terrible shock . |
| 6 | We sit there for some time but I keep glancing up , and gradually become terrified that the man is somehow not dead or has become a zombie and is climbing back up the shaft towards us , to push the grating up and put his already rotting hands down and grab us both by the hair . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ Mr Millman waited for some time but she failed to arrive and he stupidly decided to drive home himself . ’ |
| 8 | He went home feeling better than he had done for some time but he died suddenly during sleep 3 days later , presumably from a breakthrough cardiac arrythmia . |
| 9 | Not only will they see each other and converse in real time but they will be able to share and manipulate together the contents of their computer screens . |
| 10 | Actually this was done in double-quick time but I can never forget the excitement and the terror of that night . |
| 11 | Bere Forest also had a tough match against Meridian B and , once again , they found themselves a goal down at half time but they took a 2–1 lead in the second half before Meridian B equalized to take the game into extra time . |
| 12 | We used to go on holiday at this time but I think maybe the sun will do him a world of good . |
| 13 | There must have been text books around at one time but I can not even identify any titles let alone suppliers . |
| 14 | Yeah it is now , yeah they used to have private caterers at one time but I believe it 's , it 's part of the club now and the profit making concern . |
| 15 | She was very unfashionable at one time but I remember reading and enjoying her books . |
| 16 | ‘ I think there was a sign at one time but it was knocked down . ’ |
| 17 | I had got my back almost round to the steps by this time but I knew I 'd never get my parka open and the front door key out unless I had an edge . |