Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [adj] time [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the ancient bacteria that lived before that time had been intelligent , they would have recognized it as a very serious pollution . |
| 2 | Everybody whom we met at that time remembered you all with great affection . |
| 3 | The nastiest little attack we endured at this time came from , of all papers , the Lancet . |
| 4 | He lost little or nothing by the concession and , as we have seen , the papal letters had for some time indicated the likelihood of such a solution being acceptable at Rome . |
| 5 | As already mentioned , the Irish bishops had for some time found the separation of church and state both a workable and desirable solution . |
| 6 | The fact that the applicants in the main proceedings had for some time circumvented the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy did not give them any legitimate expectation that they would be allowed to continue to do so in the future . |
| 7 | Gervold , abbot of St Wandrille , who had for some time supervised the exaction of tolls at various Channel ports ( particularly Quentovic ) and established cordial relations with Offa , evidently mollified Charlemagne and a trade embargo was not maintained . |
| 8 | Unfortunately the bed manufacturer had during that time increased the price to £120 each and this was their only source of supply . |
| 9 | Although this took place only three days later , Brunel and Burn had in that time examined forty-four schemes and produced a nine-page report vindicating the efforts of Angell and Pownall . |
| 10 | They left at closing time split up outside , I reckon . |
| 11 | This leads to a further conclusion that these wares were brought to the site by the Catuvellauni , who had at that time embarked on westward expansion . |
| 12 | Schweppe had at that time suffered an apoplectic attack from which he died 18 November 1821 , at his home ( Les Petits Crêts ) in Bouchet , Petit Saconnex , Geneva . |
| 13 | He recalled tales about her , that she had at one time belonged to a respectable family of farmers ; unbelievable now , for she could certainly no longer be placed in that category . |
| 14 | There were two outbuildings across the yard ; one looked like a converted barn and the other had at one time styed pigs . |
| 15 | The trio — all of whom had at one time endured menial jobs in factories , Stock making gaskets , Aitken fizzy drinks and Waterman manufacturing telephone dials — were now at the helm of the 1980 ’ s most phenomenal Hit Factory . |
| 16 | Mr Hewitt , dying of cancer in hospital , said to Mrs Sen — his close friend for thirty years , with whom he had at one time cohabited — " The house is yours , Margaret . |
| 17 | He had at one time used the property as a guest house and a number of people , who had at one time or another resided in the guest house , had become friends of his . |
| 18 | By taking my hand and giving signs , he had at one time wanted me to come to his house — an invitation no doubt to show his friendship . |
| 19 | There was Miss Sharon Hughes with whom the deceased had been very friendly and who , it is said , he had at one time wanted to marry . |
| 20 | He had at one time suspected his mother of doing precisely this . |
| 21 | All those who went through the ordeal had at some time survived an accident or illness when their lives had been despaired of . |
| 22 | However , she had by that time passed her eightieth birthday . |
| 23 | The rhynchosaurs had by that time became extinct . |
| 24 | But the nuclear industry had by this time received yet a further green light . |
| 25 | We received a call from the hospital , which had by this time received the results of the X-rays . |
| 26 | I had by this time met the latter . |
| 27 | The wheezing noise of the bellows had by this time excited the interest of some sentries on a large freighter moored nearby , but Maclean shouted out that they should mind their own business . |
| 28 | The Supreme Court ruled on Dec. 13 that he should be returned to prison but Alcalde had by this time left the country . |
| 29 | Canada , with which Newfoundland had by this time merged , duly requested and consented ; Australia , New Zealand and South Africa merely ‘ assented ’ . |
| 30 | A majority of the EC , in which the Georgian Menshevik I.G. Tsereteli had emerged as a leading figure , had by this time adopted ‘ revolutionary defencism ’ , accepting that until peace had been secured they must uphold the front . |