Example sentences of "[prep] [det] time he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took Maidstone four hours to decide what to do and during that time he drank only coffee . |
| 2 | During that time he sought inspiration and enrichment of the texture of the story in the surrounding countryside , in the paintings of Turner ( ‘ What he paints chiefly is light as modified by objects ’ ) and Romney ( ‘ I am struck by the red glow of [ his ] backgrounds , and his red flesh shades ’ ) , in the faces of women he met at dinner parties or saw by chance in a passing omnibus . |
| 3 | During that time he took his decision about Marler : to continue keeping an eye on him . |
| 4 | He had spent less than an hour in the Dragon and during that time he had succeeded in needling at least four men . |
| 5 | By the time Johnny moved back to Brighton he had spent over 20 years at Selhurst Park and during that time he had made an invaluable contribution to Palace 's progress both on and off the field , for which he will long be remembered with gratitude . |
| 6 | He had lived outwith Scotland for only 5 years but during that time he had travelled further by land and had seen a greater number of interesting places than most people do in a lifetime . |
| 7 | He had spent nearly all of his forty-eight years in the First Church of Christ the Spiritualist , and during that time he had witnessed literally thousands of encounters with people from the Other Side . |
| 8 | Although Ross had insisted on seeing her every day , during that time he had never done anything more than kiss her hand . |
| 9 | During that time he made important progress in a number of directions . |
| 10 | During that time he proved to be a wonderful companion . |
| 11 | During that time he has been pushing hard to make up any lost ground . |
| 12 | During that time he worked with wool blending as Teasing Foreman and latterly as assistant to the Raw Materials ' Manager in the Warehouse office . |
| 13 | At about this time he returned to Courthill to assist his father , and so he was able to use all the resources of the smithy to make the kind of machine that was in his mind . |
| 14 | At about this time he acquired the churches of Brightwalton and Melton Mowbray , gifts from the monks of Battle and Lewes . |
| 15 | About this time he started to wonder whether he ought to be a monk . |
| 16 | During this time he shared lodgings with W. A. S. Benson , a metalwork designer and friend of William Morris [ qq.v . ] . |
| 17 | During this time he taught Irish extensively and in 1908 founded St Enda 's , a boys ' bilingual secondary school . |
| 18 | During this time he falls completely under its spell . |
| 19 | During this time he continued to work on the design of docks and harbours in the Isle of Man , the river Mersey , and Cardiff , as well as many of the Trinity House lighthouses . |
| 20 | During this time he had remained by the door , his expressionless gaze following her every move . |
| 21 | During this time he had admitted killing William Egan . |
| 22 | During this time he becomes all the world to her , and he is grateful but unaware of her affection . |
| 23 | During this time he became acquainted with John Ray , the great English naturalist , and Robert Boyle , the philosopher , both of whom gave help and encouragement to the young man . |
| 24 | In 1579 , he was appointed Justice of the Peace for Kent and during this time he became associated with Sir John Leveson of Whornes Place who later became his close friend . |
| 25 | During this time he attended evening classes at the City School and at Glasgow University . |
| 26 | During this time he developed an interest in art , to such an extent that he gave up the security of work in 1846 . |
| 27 | During this time he developed and patented several new types of high-pressure steam boiler as well as making improvements to steam-tight glands , valves for pumps , and anti-clinkering fire bars . |
| 28 | During this time he 'd settled with ease into the household , which had surprised the girls who looked after him ; they had anticipated difficulty . |
| 29 | During this time he does not feed , but relies on his body fat , accumulated during the period of good summer feeding — this prolonged fast may later prove very costly . |
| 30 | During this time he expanded the ironmongery business to include the manufacture of wrought-iron conservatories like those advocated by John Claudius Loudon [ q.v. ] , who invented the first wrought-iron glazing bar in 1816 , which was manufactured and later patented in 1818 by W. and D. Bailey of Holborn . |