Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [vb past] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | and then a , a guy that I served the time on , he , he was he was |
| 2 | He looked down at her , his face tightening and then , so suddenly that she had no time to read his intentions , he pulled her to him . |
| 3 | Margaret , Louis IX 's queen , was the sister of Eleanor , queen of England , and maintained the closest connection with both Henry III and Edward I. In January 1262 , for instance , one of Henry III 's proctors at Paris , Pierre de Limoges , wrote to Walter de Merton , chancellor of England , to tell him that Queen Margaret was so occupied in the business of negotiations that she had no time to write to him . |
| 4 | The ‘ it ’ was presumably the wound rather than the child , but the woman was upset that she had no time to ask if her child would be all right . |
| 5 | Sam said , ‘ Morning , ’ but Camille glanced at him haughtily and looked away : she considered that she had no time for the working classes , although her mother 's best friend had been brought up here in the olden days before the supermarkets and the middle class had come to compete for space . |
| 6 | What Margaret had n't known were the twin reasons for her decision to immerse herself in work : her need to occupy each waking moment with creative thought so that she had no time to dwell on Marcus 's sudden vitriolic departure from her life , and the struggle for economic survival which was facing the advertising agency where she was employed . |
| 7 | Luke moved so fast that she had no time to back away as he turned her into his arms and held her to him , so close that she could feel the hard outline of his thighs through the damp towel , the heavy steady beat of his heart against her breast . |
| 8 | I 'm doubly grateful that you spent the time with me , Jenna , dear , when you were probably pining to get back to your fiancé . ’ |
| 9 | For instance , there was poor communication with mothers in the weighing room because the nurses were so occupied with the recording of weights that they took no time to explain these to the mothers . |
| 10 | The person was even at pains to point out while the interview was being conducted that they had no time or interest in politics at all . |
| 11 | Dr Myerscough said : ‘ I have tried to put myself in the consultant 's shoes in this situation and I think his apparent instinct that he thought the time had come to induce labour was correct . ’ |
| 12 | Then , just over two years later , John announced at the AGM ( which we use as an opportunity to set spiritual and practical goals for the year to come ) that he felt the time had come for church number three . |
| 13 | A forty-year madness , he had called it , one which had laid waste the best years of her young life ; yet he was back in the thick of his obsession now , and so elated by his own recent progress that he lacked the time to ask about her own . |
| 14 | In his budget speech Neville Chamberlain had justified a £10 increase in the tax allowance for second and subsequent children by saying that he saw a time not too far distant ‘ when countries of the British Empire will be crying out for more citizens of the right breed , and when we in this country shall not be able to supply the demand . |
| 15 | Lozano had claimed that the motorcycle was aimed at him , and that he had no time to leap out of the way . |
| 16 | Lozano had claimed that the motorcycle was aimed at him , and that he had no time to leap out of the way . |
| 17 | Fortunately for Napoleon III , Alexander II was so involved for the next six years with the internal reconstruction of his Empire , which the Crimean War had shown to be lamentably weak , that he had no time for a ‘ forward ’ policy in Europe which might thwart French designs . |
| 18 | It struck Nutty that he had no time to take cars for joy-rides any longer , content to flake out in the thick straw in a corner of Firelight 's box after evenings of running and riding and swimming . |
| 19 | The day after that , a man came in and very loudly said that he had no time for God , but he wanted a colouring book for the children of his Greek neighbours , to show his acceptance of them . |
| 20 | Wolfgang replied indignantly that he had no time to write because he was so busy : he got up at six , had his hair dressed , and then composed until nine , after which he gave lessons until lunchtime . |
| 21 | After a spring and summer during which he was so busy with his ordinary duties that he had no time to himself at all — not even his evenings — he returned again to America in the late autumn of 1950 . |
| 22 | Recognizing that he had no time to position his own gun , Howard ducked down , the enemy gun already beginning to flare at one end . |
| 23 | Then he pulled her to him , and kissed her and this time stayed kissing her , and when she did not struggle , he pressed on , and went down to the ground with her and months of longing for her flooded him almost instantly , so that he had no time to swing with her long , cool firmness as he had dreamed of so often , but the instant release in contact with her swept away all his turbulence . |
| 24 | Had n't he admitted it — that he had no time for love ? |