Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [vb past] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This put all other thoughts to one side and I had no time to worry about the captain . |
| 2 | ‘ He was sitting in the village street , and I had no time to stop and see to him . |
| 3 | Er and I took the time at my own risk , took the time at my own risk er primarily because of that very fact that you were there to support the interests of your members and no one else , no one else . |
| 4 | Emil , the crew and I wasted no time watching . |
| 5 | Both Tony and I felt the time was right for a change . ’ |
| 6 | And she bought things with her erm twenty five pound voucher said I was having a lovely time and I forgot the time ! |
| 7 | ‘ It is leap year and I lost no time in popping the question as I think he is the right man to lead Claro and Grindlewood Park into the twenty-first century . ’ |
| 8 | She knew where she was going , and she wasted no time in getting there . |
| 9 | But before she could finish his mouth had covered hers and she had no time to analyse the consequences or curse herself for being so weak . |
| 10 | She refused to let him drive , and she had no time — no inclination ? — for making love with him . |
| 11 | One this girl traced my hand and I traced hers at the same time — I went very slowly , which triggered her ticklishness , and she laughed every time my pencil made it to the place between two of her fingers , but she was brave , she stayed put . |
| 12 | Then suddenly , as she started to focus the digits and she read the time , her feeling of shyness rapidly vanished , and she exclaimed in astonishment , ‘ It 's nearly midnight ! ’ she had never , ever known an evening go so quickly , and at once she was on her feet , ‘ I had no idea … ’ she attempted to apologise if she had overstayed her welcome . |
| 13 | And she said every time she takes it |
| 14 | She did n't know how to budget or how to keep track of her expenditures , and she cried every time she opened her bank statement . |
| 15 | We followed the wall 160 ft , at which point it doubled its width and was continuing and we had no time to go further . |
| 16 | The four-and-a-half gallons of oil take about ten minutes to warm up to the minimum 40°C , and we used the time to taxi around the sheltered bay within Calshot Split , checking for debris and driftwood and surveying the area . |
| 17 | We never rebutted those charges and we lost every time . |
| 18 | Finally she agreed to meet him for lunch the following week , and they agreed a time and a place . |
| 19 | Some said they had no listed buildings at risk at all , others that there were so many their hands were full and they had no time to reply . |
| 20 | And they had the time worked out for every policeman the length of time he was allowed to travel from court to home and back again and you added that time to the time you were engaged in court and it was worked out to the minute — worked out officially how long it took the tram . |
| 21 | Towards the end it got better though , and they got the time right , we timed it towards the end and the wording was right , so it got better towards the end . |
| 22 | To Charles he was an indispensable source of wisdom and experience and he relished the time spent in his company . |
| 23 | I had been invited there by George Every , and he chose a time when Eliot would be coming up too . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't want to leave Ana , ’ she confessed quietly and he had no time to do anything other than look at her intently because Ana walked in at that moment , looking bright and determined . |
| 25 | When I went to that rodeo with Jerry and I was n't home until after midnight , Harry did n't even ask me why I was so late — and he knew the time because he 'd been down to see if Islay 's foal was better . |
| 26 | If Jewish control could not be challenged constitutionally it would have to be done by acts of Steel ; and he saw the time approaching when , like the mayor of Bethlehem , he would have to arm his son against the Jews . |
| 27 | His thoughts often centred on the foot of the horse , and he wasted no time in his introductory lecture before remarking on the correlation of structure and function that was exhibited by the frog of the foot . |
| 28 | Then brother Jack strolled in and he wasted no time in chatting them up . |
| 29 | He returned to England in mid-September but then , to add to his physical woes , he suffered an attack of arthritis : it required massage and he resented the time he had to spend travelling to and from the masseur . |
| 30 | The hours flew by and it seemed no time at all until she was back on the train , reliving every moment as she travelled home . |