Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [noun] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I agree that it would if I constantly compared her with my current partner , or wistfully mentioned her name from time to time . |
| 2 | During this period contractors frequently made payments in cash and individual sub-contractors changed their names from time to time to avoid detection by Inland Revenue inspectors . |
| 3 | Some congregations changed their allegiance over time . |
| 4 | Holm , 24 , who reached the last 16 at Wimbledon last year before losing to Stefan Edberg in four sets , also trailed 5–4 in the second set but found his range in time to break New Zealander Steven in the 11th game to level the match . |
| 5 | There was something about this huge expanse of rugged land that changed his sense of time . |
| 6 | The vigour , sometimes amounting to brutality , with which she utilized her seapower in time of war , by wholesale interference with neutral shipping carrying contraband or trading with her enemies , did much to increase the hostility with which she was now widely regarded . |
| 7 | It is possible to argue that he wrote in the proportion to which each location claimed or received his spans of time and attention — and as he spent more than twice the length of time out on the islands as he did getting there , the greater part of his book addresses the west . |
| 8 | A few , those who had been last in the line , turned their horses in time and rode for Ruthyn to carry the news , and were not hindered in their going . |
| 9 | Progressing slowly , seeming older by years than he had seemed on this beach the day before , more bent and huddled , the Commander shook his head in time to the steps he took . |
| 10 | The aircraft was just about to touch down when the pilot found himself in unfamiliar surroundings and opened his throttle in time for his wheels to clear the cliff-edge at the end of the runway . |
| 11 | The Council began its work at time of escalating violence . |
| 12 | Culley went back to the street , passed the front of the house , then turned and retraced his steps in time to see the car pull out of the cul-de-sac and move away from him . |
| 13 | Unlike Ellen , though , he always returned his books on time , so the librarians put up with him . |
| 14 | He delivered his dissertation on time , was awarded his doctorate , and was lucky enough to obtain a lectureship in the Comparative Literature Department at the University of Suffolk , ‘ the last new job in Romanticism this century ’ , as he was wont to describe it , with justifiable hyperbole . |
| 15 | The orchestra was playing a polka and the audience tapped their feet in time to the rhythm . |
| 16 | She became close to both women and , although she still saw her mother from time to time and still has a very strong relationship with her that has not been diminished by the divorce , a special bond was forged with the two older women . |
| 17 | He left his village and went to live in a deserted tomb ; an obliging friend locked him inside and brought him bread from time to time . |
| 18 | Dexter tapped his feet in time to the music and eyed a handsome youth leaning by himself against the bar . |
| 19 | So now he lay on his back and thought of nothing and took his pulse from time to time . |
| 20 | Suddenly , he jumped high in the air , referee Steve Griffith signalled that the kick was good , blew his whistle for time and that was that . |
| 21 | WILLIAMS ) came in at a run from the " Coriolanus " matin e e , still in his toga , and just made his position in time . ] |
| 22 | THE nation remembered those who gave their lives in times of conflict yesterday , as thousands gathered at Rememberance Services around the country . |
| 23 | Much has been written about the pioneering spirit of the men and women who left their homelands in times of primitive travel facilities and poor communications , to settle on virgin land of which they had little or no knowledge . |
| 24 | He had come a long way with the Elder , as had his family from time immemorial . |
| 25 | On the opposite pavement , three West Indian boys waggled their bodies in time to music coming from a nearby shop . |
| 26 | The office of collector of supply was one which held its value over time , for the salary appears to have increased at a rate which more than compensated the holder for the ravages of inflation . |
| 27 | It had been eight years since the council published its accounts on time . |