Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] during the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That stopped obviously during the war ? |
| 2 | Take-home pay rose persistently during the inflation of the 1960s and early 1970s . |
| 3 | They cover mainly the period since 1950 in order to allow for the full return to peacetime economic conditions which occurred largely during the reconstruction period after 1945 . |
| 4 | That also means there are tough times ahead for materials suppliers with a large exposure to commercial construction , though some , such as Blue Circle and RMC , diversified wisely during the boom . |
| 5 | Indoors she wore a long black pinafore-like garment , sleeveless and reaching almost to the ground , which she had made from a cotton material used later during the war for black-out curtains and called , I think , sateen . |
| 6 | Sir Thomas Sopwith — who had won an award as an engineer , in 1910 , for flying from Kent to Belgium — formed his company , ‘ Sopworth Aviation ’ and built aircraft used extensively during the war , such as the Sopworth Camel . |
| 7 | Perceptions of opinion polls changed dramatically during the campaign . |
| 8 | But inspired by the experience of Jim Duffy at the back and battling Stainrod himself up front , the pattern of play changed dramatically during the final half hour , to the extent that it was the visitors who were forced to hang on , especially after Stainrod had forced goalkeeper Theo Snelders into an own-goal during the latter stages . |
| 9 | The number of departments in the ministry and their functions changed frequently during the century ; but there was a general tendency for them to become more numerous . |
| 10 | The area suffered badly during the time of the plague which gave rise to the legend of the Butterstone . |
| 11 | Elections , and history , might have been quite different had people known about the depressions of previous presidents like George Washington , who suffered terribly during the Revolution . |
| 12 | A further 1,800 troops came ashore during the day , and an exchange of fire was reported between US Marines and gunmen at Mogadishu port . |
| 13 | Studies in Europe for instance show that er in populations which experienced starvation during World War Two such as the Netherlands , the rate of fraternal twinning dropped dramatically during the war , but then recovered to its pre-war level after the war , and this strongly suggests that the rate of fraternal twinning was related to how much food women were eating , and when they were starved they were less likely to two eggs than when they were fell fed . |
| 14 | In recent months the residents of the area around the bar had been complaining almost nightly to the police about the noise that went on until the small hours and about the hypodermics left strewn around the piazza , a serious health hazard to the children who played there during the day . |
| 15 | Two women came forward during the trial . |
| 16 | It was probable that with a type of aggravated libel , and a defence that was blatantly bogus and came apart during the trial , they decided to add a nought to the amount of damages . ’ |
| 17 | I arrived home during the night , so I did n't wake Maryann up . |
| 18 | Can anyone help with any information about a nasty scrape to my car which happened sometime during the day at Rutherford . |
| 19 | Colin was brought there by Dickon and Mary nearly every day , and he saw all the changes that happened there during the spring and early summer . |
| 20 | Suffragette Emily Davidson , who was to throw herself under the King 's horse at the Derby in 1913 , hid there during the census of 1911 , to protest for Women 's Rights . |
| 21 | This reticence is all the more striking when contrasted with the plethora of Second World War movies made both during the war and for many years afterwards . |
| 22 | As we returned home during the afternoon of 31 December , it was freezing . |
| 23 | The chief union negotiator Roger Poole indicated repeatedly during the dispute that the unions were prepared to make concessions , but NHS chief executive Duncan Nichol insisted that these concessions should be specified in advance of any meeting . |
| 24 | The trust has received letters of support from Americans who served there during the war and hopes much of the money can be raised in the United States . |
| 25 | It has published major studies of the likely impact of the Channel Tunnel on Kent , consulted widely with local people , and petitioned vigorously during the passage of the Bill . |
| 26 | As Hickson and Jacques worked together during the war , their mutual regard and close co-operation under adverse wartime conditions grew into a genuine partnership through which the providing bodies came to recognise their inter-dependence . |
| 27 | And they 've already received support from Americans who worked there during the war . |
| 28 | All sixteen of our branch committees met regularly during the year , ensuring CPRW 's ideals were translated into local influence and action . |
| 29 | The poem seemed to offer the possibility of regeneration ( " In my end is my beginning " is its last line ) from a false civilization , and is in that sense close in spirit to The Idea of a Christian Society , which also sold well during the war years . |
| 30 | Could it be that someone took him up on the extravagant wagers he offered constantly during the election and that he 's been forced to three ball his monkey suit to meet his gambling debts ? and then there was the letter in Saturday 's Darlington and Stockton Times from stop-at-home Nick ThorneWallis , Labour chairman of Darlington council 's transport committee . |