Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun sg] [prep] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a process which had been gathering momentum for some time and has continued since . |
| 2 | Liberalism and reform was gaining strength at that time , as manifested in the socially aware novels of Dickens and the activities of Dr Barnardo and his homes for waifs . |
| 3 | Of course , we only got one thrashing set at that time o' day , you see ; and we d finish in March or the fore-part of April time . |
| 4 | Although the tapes had been in the possession of the Walsh investigating team for some time , their significance concerning Fiers had apparently surfaced only recently when the investigators turned their attention away from members of the administration of former President Ronald Reagan in favour of concentrating on the connection between senior CIA officials and the Iran-contra affair . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been selling patchwork for some time now , ’ she went on . |
| 6 | If , at the same stage , the cost-leadership policy is being coupled with an aggressive pricing policy in order to gain market share , the benefits of that investment would not show up in ROI or accounting profit for some time . |
| 7 | What were you doing ringing at that time ? ’ |
| 8 | Interviewed on the French TV channel Antenne 2 , Mr Benard conceded that the underestimate of the project 's costs ‘ poses really serious problems for us ’ , although he added : ‘ There is no question of stopping work at this time . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It needs to be worked through at local level and discussions will be taking place for some time , ’ said Mr Smith . |
| 10 | More seriously , it is quite unlikely that the actions of any single archbishop could greatly alter the course or speed of the realignment of secular and ecclesiastical power which was taking place at this time . |
| 11 | Certainly a slight shift of emphasis was taking place during this time — so that , for instance , it was recognised scientific and technological developments , but , it was assumed , in different ways and for different reasons from boys . |
| 12 | To my ears it sounds like a composed solo as opposed to an improvisation , and as such is very typical of his rock/metal soloing approach at that time . |
| 13 | No mother of a case had worked at a nuclear establishment before her child 's conception , and no mother had a record of being monitored for exposure to ionising radiation at any time before diagnosis ( table V ) . |
| 14 | 6 IF super Mario Bros 3 had been a film it would have been the biggest earning movie of all time . |
| 15 | An eighteen or nineteen-year-old is usually much more mature than a fourteen or fifteen-year-old , and may even be contemplating marriage by this time . |