Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [noun] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm , I have n't , I was gon na go and , I tried phoning Lorne one time I was going through to Glasgow just to see if I could , can I have a , can I have a pint with him or something , erm , just to chew it over cos he suggested you know he 'd made various helpful suggestions , in the meantime I did n't manage to meet him , but in the meantime I did manage to speak to my father-in-law who has a camcorder and er he will be more than happy to erm , he 's also got editing equipment , he would be more than happy you know , to do the home made video that we 've talked about , I need to talk to him about this because the obvious place to do will be the Lyceum on one of your shows |
| 2 | She had to resist a constant urge to glance back over her shoulder to make sure they were not being followed , although she had given fitzAlan enough time to be well ahead of her before starting out . |
| 3 | The policeman 's note had promised action some time during the next two or three days , which could no doubt be split into a fraction of a second for a data check to establish that Sampson was a worthy and responsible citizen and neither a pervert nor a dangerous lefty , and then many hours of waiting in a paper tray to be shunted and shuffled and finally put into an envelope . |
| 4 | We resolved to give claimants more time , if they seemed to need it , before deciding whether or not they were ‘ living together ’ . |
| 5 | It had taken Carlson some time but he believed that he had finally worked out who was responsible for the ritualistic murders on the planet . |
| 6 | There was nothing about how the pathologist had reached the conclusion that death had taken place some time between 1974 and 1977 . |