Example sentences of "they [vb past] [verb] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos I think they 'd gone some time ago . |
| 2 | They began to spend less time together . |
| 3 | They started fighting last time Star Eye were here . ’ |
| 4 | To the crew it was a routine trip and one they had made many times before by night . |
| 5 | They had made good time . |
| 6 | They had met nineteen times . |
| 7 | It was a course of discussion they had followed several times before , each time with greater perplexity as their bright , affectionate little boy metamorphosed into a silent , awkward adolescent . |
| 8 | The two groups returned safely to Jalo , where they had to wait some time for news of Jock Lewes and Bill Fraser . |
| 9 | There they had to wait some time until the Constable could find the key and lock the door on them . |
| 10 | IN 1963 ABC TV published the findings of an experiment they had conducted some time earlier into the perception thresholds of children watching Television . |
| 11 | Thomas grunted that they had wasted enough time and must continue on their journey . |
| 12 | They had had little time to socialise and some had lost contacts with friends and neighbours as a direct result of being in full-time employment . |
| 13 | as if it had happened a few years ago , Mr Donal John MacLennan , leaning on his metal gate as his sheep thronged the pens of today 's farm at Corry , knew that Johnson and Boswell had been guests in this place , and that they had had good times here . |
| 14 | Perhaps the shock is severe enough to catapult the person into feeling all the pain and extremity of loss that their defences might not have let them do if they had had more time to get organized . |
| 15 | These doors were now firmly closed , but they had opened several times since Zen 's arrival , admitting a succession of visitors who had forced their way through the mass of bodies and expectant faces in the corridor outside , sweltering under television lights and waving microphones in front of anyone who appeared . |
| 16 | They had spoken several times on the telephone and he had rediscovered many things about her , things he had forgotten — her pleasant manners , her humour , her gentleness , and above all her dedication to her music . |
| 17 | Not long ago some highly placed career men resigned their jobs because , they said , they wanted to spend more time with their families . |