Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later still he became for a short time a professor at Cambridge . |
| 2 | ‘ Was n't I the best prospect Bermondsey 'ad for a long time before I got me wound ? ’ he asked . |
| 3 | She read for a long time , and I had the bonus of knowing my father was waiting impatiently to fuck her again on this night of nights which was really their honeymoon . |
| 4 | Lane 1 of each gel contains DNA only , the remaining lanes contain samples incubated for the following time intervals : 1,2,3,4,5,7,9,11,15,20,25,30 , 40,50,60,90,120 min . |
| 5 | Cells were treated with chemicals for 30min at 37 °C or as stated and then incubated for the indicated times before isolation of total RNA . |
| 6 | Complete pan relief occurred after a median time of 1 day ( 25% quantile : 0.0–75% quantile : 3.0 ) in the amoxicillin/omperazole group and of 6 days ( 25% quantile : 5.0–75% quantile : 10.0 ) in the triple therapy group ( p=0.03 ) . |
| 7 | Can I also say that the erm the fear expressed about Woolwich , I believe to be fairly well founded Woolwich building , a Woolwich er , Building Society had been on erm , entered into a long time ago on this erm and the letter that was read out at Potter Street area committee from Woolwich indicated that they had n't yet decided whether they would proceed and er I think is I 've talked to the publican since they have promised us an answer this week er we are intending , we have spoken , Dermot 's also spoken to our managing director we are confident we will have an answer from this week and I have to tell you that I think the answer will either no , or it will be so hazy that we 'll need to take some action and make a decision . |
| 8 | frank Connor , profiled in the Irish Times , relaxing at home with his wife Mary and his five-year-old daughter Kelly . |
| 9 | Chaovalit 's formal entry into Thai party politics occurred at a difficult time for Chatichai and his government , already under pressure as a result of an outbreak of serious Cabinet infighting in late September . |
| 10 | I realised that that was an absurdity … after the evidence that India could not be part of the same political system , I still believed for a short time that an Empire of positions — that is to say the possession of points of communication around the globe — gave a significance to this country and a tenable and lasting position . |
| 11 | ‘ She suffered for a long time and although her father never knew about it , her mother did . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ We drove for a long time . |
| 13 | In the meantime , my thirteenth birthday was coming up , and it seemed like a good time to revive my request for the perfect present : a bird of prey . |
| 14 | Endill did not move for what seemed like a long time . |
| 15 | The three years stretching ahead seemed like a long time , then , worth buying a little house in Rummidge for ( Robyn 's father lent her the money for the deposit ) rather than paying rent . |
| 16 | It all seemed like a long time ago , but actually it was only this morning . |
| 17 | Proof came within a short time when in November 1983 more than five hundred deaf people from all over the country joined other disabled groups at Westminster in an impressive lobby in support of a Private Member 's Bill , introduced by Robert Wareing MP , which sought to make discrimination against all disabled people illegal . |
| 18 | ‘ The last two sets were probably the best two sets I played in a long time , ’ said Sampras , who became the youngest ever US Open champion at 19 three years ago . |
| 19 | A dissenting voice came from a Financial Times reporter who had recently visited the northern town of Kompong Thom , briefly captured by the Khmers Rouges in mid-June [ see p. 37533 ] . |
| 20 | Without any recourse to molecular interpretation Boltzmann proposed that " the forces which act on the surface of an elementary parallelepiped at the given time but also on the previous extensions , with the promise that the longer the time since they took place the smaller their effect . " |
| 21 | The political will came at a critical time when it was very necessary to keep the food costs component of the total wage bill ( including the foreign exchange component ) as low as possible to allow rapid and profitable industrialisation . |
| 22 | Dr Robat Williams , who has devised the joint charter , said the launch came at a difficult time because of the General Election campaign . |
| 23 | THE YORKSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB YEARBOOK 1992 — McDermott 's withdrawal came at a bad time : an anticipatory profile of the Queensland firebreather leads the 92nd edition , followed by a réumé of others born outside the county line . |
| 24 | It all came at the right time , she said , at exactly the right time . |
| 25 | ‘ You came at the right time to save me and Hawkins . ’ |
| 26 | Sometimes Julia accompanied her , and as they travelled home one day Carrie said thoughtfully , ‘ You know I never wished Ma dead , Julie , but I 've got to admit her death came at the right time for me . |
| 27 | It came at the right time . |
| 28 | Ghandi came at the right time , you know . |
| 29 | The incident came at an awkward time , preceding by a few days a visit by the Chief Rabbi . |
| 30 | Both meetings came at an important time in Russia 's relationship with the rest of the world and at a critical time for world peace and stability . |