Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] of the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , no , better not , ’ she argued as she caught sight of the time . |
| 2 | Putting out a hand to pick up her brush , intending to try to do something about her limp blonde hair , Laura gave a yelp of dismay as she caught sight of the time on her wrist-watch . |
| 3 | Louise , gritting her teeth against saying everything she wanted to say , spent part of the time making tea in the terrible little lean-to . |
| 4 | Economics students defected 60% of the time ; non-economists defected 39% of the time . |
| 5 | Economics students defected 60% of the time ; non-economists defected 39% of the time . |
| 6 | The old man grabbed hold of the Time Lord 's hand and removed it from him . |
| 7 | I took account of the time . |
| 8 | For example , regarding prostitutes , the most crucially sexualized women of the time , questions were asked concerning the size of their genitalia , and various medical projects were embarked upon to prove that an enlarged clitoris was a sign of a tendency to prostitution ( in the same way that phrenologists were measuring criminals ' heads ) . |