Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [art] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not going to school , and having to pretend I did n't live on the island all the time , has meant that I did n't grow up with anybody of my own age ( except Eric , of course , but even he was away for a long time ) , and about the time I was thinking of venturing further afield and getting to know more people Eric went crazy , and things got a bit uncomfortable in the town for a while . |
| 2 | The greatest areas of concern for tax-payers were about the Revenue 's staff 's apparent lack of authority to deal with certain problems , difficulty in getting through to the right person on the telephone , and about the time it took to resolve problems and answer queries . |
| 3 | Nicholson saw them around Sunset Strip and for a time they were joined by Elvis Presley , who had seen Rebel Without a Cause forty-four times and could speak Dean 's lines word perfect . |
| 4 | Fabric boots then multiplied , and for a time they looked like sleeping the market , but their disadvantages in poor conditions did not offset their greater comfort in good ones , and some substantial improvement in waterproofing was needed before this could take place . |
| 5 | Before they lost Richard Biddle with a hamstring injury , the Quakers looked like they could actually match the ex-Premier League side and for a time they promised to take the lead . |
| 6 | You can always look back and say " What if " , but we must remember that we got ourselves out of a couple of scrapes on last two days and for a time we looked absolutely terrible , but we turned it around and could have won . |
| 7 | The only other event at Huntingdon that I recall with any clarity was when I had my first ever flight in an aircraft — and for a time I was quite determined that it was going to be my last . |
| 8 | ‘ The transfer talk did get to me , I admit , and for a time I did n't know whether I was going or coming . |
| 9 | His death quite literally shattered the Prince and for a time he lost all sense of purpose . |
| 10 | It destroyed him and for a time he was engulfed by a deep chasm of despair , drinking heavily , taking amphetamines and LSD — and he was in his sixteenth year of smoking marijuana . |
| 11 | Jeremy was swiftly ejected from his first job , at the Rotherham Advertiser and for a time he made Paddington Bears for a living . |
| 12 | Fergus had not been aware of the precise moment when the Lad of the Skins drew his soul from his body with the Knife of Light , but he had known a great coldness , and a sense of desolation , and an abandonment so complete that it had overwhelmed him , and for a time he had scarcely been aware of what was happening . |
| 13 | Reza Khan had promised Ironside that he would not depose Ahmad Shah and for a time he did not . |
| 14 | Instead he became a prolific journalist , contributing to at least four daily newspapers , as well as several provincial weeklies ; and for a time he assisted Thomas Hansard [ q.v. ] in publishing parliamentary reports . |
| 15 | In Australia , all launching is done this way , and for a time it was common in the U.S.A. The disadvantages , however , of the low tow position are as follows . |
| 16 | In February 1973 an eruption suddenly burst out on the tiny island of Heimaey , and for a time it seemed as though the town of Heimaey , Iceland 's biggest fishing port , would be destroyed . |
| 17 | Writer Brian Clark gave me the persona of a middle-class , middle-aged professional with a wife problem and for a time it became my trademark . |
| 18 | We started many years ago by believing that innovation and uniqueness would provide the revenue to give us a good return , and for a time it did . |
| 19 | Gower , in at No. 5 , was left 18 not out , and for a time it seemed that the match had been swung . |
| 20 | Then I injured my knee , and during the time I had off to get my knee better , I discovered that there was life outside the ballet . |
| 21 | And after a time they accepted it as their vocation to be childless . |
| 22 | But the scent was old and after a time they went on again . |
| 23 | I said hello , and after a time she remembered who I was . |
| 24 | and after a time you know you say ha and you just because the lawyer for the other side always goes for the very worst scenario |
| 25 | Hari knocked on the door and after a time it was opened by an elderly lady who stared down at her with a frown . |
| 26 | Our house is only a flat , it 's not very long , and from the time it took my sister to leave me , go to the kitchen and tell my mum and bring her back , the baby was in my arms . |
| 27 | That brought Nottingham within range and in no time they produced a broadside which knocked Northampton sideways . |
| 28 | Formalities did not take long , and in no time they were riding upwards in the lift and then walking along a corridor to the door of Ven 's suite . |
| 29 | He heads north , and in no time we 're outside Denice 's impressive town house in St John 's Wood . |
| 30 | ‘ And my mother 's on my side , and will talk my uncle round to her way of thinking , and in no time I shall be betrothed to Isabel . |