Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] time he would " in BNC.
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1 | At that time he would have been like many thousand of other youngsters , the sweepings of the hungry ‘ forties . |
2 | Erm and then he 's talking , he 's going on to education which er obviously at this time he would think is very important erm because that 's how he would start the revolution , you know , i in the first place . |
3 | But he was taking far too many punches which at one time he would have slipped with ease . |
4 | The next thing he knew — by this time he would have the undivided attention of the entire bar — one of the Americans tore his fur hat off and screamed , ‘ OK , craphead , where is he ? ’ while one of the bobbies reached into the open back seat and pulled out an attaché case that he had to spend an hour telling them he had never seen before . |
5 | By this time he would not have been surprised if she had taken up the lecture and returned him a brief history of the next four centuries . |
6 | By this time he 'd let Josie 's body down and was checking through her pockets , which was a no-hope situation if ever there was one — women almost always carried their stuff around in handbags , and hers had to be back inside the building somewhere . |