Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adj] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heightening this achromatic gloom was the pall of smoke over Verdun most of the time , which turned the light filtering through it to an ashy grey . |
| 2 | Richard Baxter was born in Rowton , Shropshire , on Sunday , 12th November 1615 at the time of morning worship . |
| 3 | Patel 's seventh-wicket pairing with Cairns had reached record proportions on Day 4 by the time , when 97 , he pulled Lewis towards the midwicket boundary and sensed a first Test century . |
| 4 | This technique was last used on 5 October 1990 at the time of ERM entry in order to bring a 1% reduction in interest rates to 14% . |
| 5 | For example , in March 1955 at the time of Ashby 's Will Harvey Lecture , there were only five tutor-organisers employed by the Eastern District , those in Essex , Fenland , Norfolk , Northamptonshire and Suffolk : the posts in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire were vacant and there were as yet no tutor-organisers with special responsibilities over several counties . |
| 6 | As is turned out , Gold Award winner Fairbrother 43 at the time had already done more than enough to guide his side towards a commanding score on a pitch where stroke play was never easy . |
| 7 | Nothing about ‘ turning corners ’ , or any other lovely cliches just ‘ no ’ … but they still came AND out sang Leeds much of the time . |
| 8 | ( In 1971 , Arsenal won the Double after being six points behind leaders Leeds United at the time of the semi-final . ) |
| 9 | Arias Navarro had been director-general of the state security service from 1957 to 1965 and was Interior Minister from June 1973 until the time of his appointment as head of government |
| 10 | Most of the young black people in my study use LE most of the time , even when speaking to other members of the family who were born in the Caribbean . |
| 11 | Much of the game took place in mid-field , or in front of the Treasure Island goal , and Meredith had his back to Stella most of the time . |
| 12 | I was at Bletchley most of the time , code-breaking . |