Example sentences of "[vb past] the [adj] time of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another member , Bernard Edwards , entered for the second time with his partner Steve Kenning and achieved the excellent time of 2 hours 34 minutes and a few seconds , knocking more than a quarter of an hour off their time last year . |
| 2 | She decided that she would make a phone call just to check that Jenny had left home and knew the right time of her arrival . |
| 3 | ‘ They chose the busiest time of the year when the Christmas rush is on and that makes it even more appalling . |
| 4 | had the best time of three hours four minutes . |
| 5 | Of the two , Mr Yates , who will be 81 in November and has been in Congress almost without a break since he was first elected in 1948 , had the easier time of it . |