Example sentences of "her [noun] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we ascribe this to the archetype of the Great Mother , then it seems that her presence at the time of death reveals one of her most compassionate aspects . |
| 2 | Leonora was suffering serious doubts about her sanity by the time the train drew in to Paddington Station the following Saturday evening . |
| 3 | The woman in the fun photos , a 24-year-old Briton , is said to have sold her story of the time she spent in Andrew 's company to an American magazine . |
| 4 | But once Mona , daughter of the PLO 's chief fund-raiser , had admitted that he had enjoyed a summer holiday on her money at the time of the Gulf crisis , the gap-toothed Lothario was on his bike . |
| 5 | If it had n't been for the triumphant glitter in his eyes she would have been lost ; as it was , he had pulled her zip down and was easing her dress from her shoulders by the time she 'd steeled herself to thrust hard against his shoulders with both hands and roll off the bed . |
| 6 | All three were sentenced to 25 years , although Martina Shanahan had served 200 days virtually of solitary confinement at Risley whilst on remand and was said to be losing her mind by the time the trial began . |
| 7 | That book portrayed her as an insecure child , who had overcome her unhappiness at the time of her mother 's elopement by zealously nursing her younger brother . |
| 8 | Police withdrew the fine and three penalty points when Nichola , 37 , explained no-one was behind the wheel of her car at the time . |
| 9 | I 'm getting so I ask my wife to account for her movements during the time the butler was killed . ’ |
| 10 | ’ Occasionally I look at my daughter , ’ Irina would say , ’ and wonder where she 's put her intelligence for the time being . |
| 11 | Had it not been for the critical response to her work at the time , she might now be recorded differently in our history books . |
| 12 | She had regained her senses by the time she made her way back with his drink . |
| 13 | Charles felt fairly confident of her safety for the time being . |
| 14 | Mrs Hepburn said she had been living with her husband at the time of the alleged crimes but was now in the process of divorcing him . |
| 15 | In an unprecedented outburst , TV presenter Selina Scott vented her spleen in The Times , saying most of the articles written about her were either ‘ guff ’ or ‘ venomous ’ . |
| 16 | The others , in so far as she could recover her feelings of the time , seemed to have involved love — inflammation of the senses , certainly . |
| 17 | Merlyn demanded to know why he had not reported her departure at the time . |
| 18 | She was adamant that she had been wearing her G-string at the time — round her ankle . |
| 19 | In some ways Balbinder seemed the least of her problems at the time . |
| 20 | Having resolved never to let it happen again , she aims to provide not only for her retirement but for her daughter Gemma , aged ten , who with luck will be well settled into her career by the time Margaret 's DOUBLE PAYOUT policy matures . |
| 21 | In her obituary in The Times Evelyn Underhill claimed that Eva Gore-Booth would be remembered chiefly as a mystical poet , but it was W. B. Yeats [ q.v. ] who unjustly commemorated her — dreaming of that ‘ vague Utopia ’ , her body and life wasted by politics . |
| 22 | The woman was at war with her father at the time . ’ |
| 23 | On this occasion the 24-year-old occult fanatic was cleared of the charge because he claimed he was misinformed of her age at the time of the offence . |
| 24 | The symptoms she endured varied from month to month , worsening or improving according to the circumstances of her life at the time . |
| 25 | ‘ Kathleen was a martyr to her migraine at the time , as you know , otherwise we should have invited you to stay with us when you were discharged . |
| 26 | It had been a tearful last time with Jonathan , her boyfriend of the time — but casual sex had never been among her hobbies . |
| 27 | Even though her boyfriend at the time was against this , she was determined not to be persuaded to have another baby . |
| 28 | Her boyfriend at the time of the outrage , Patrick Shotter ( 47 ) , is also serving life for the Ballykelly murders . |
| 29 | She dismissed Swan with a smile and , having fumbled in her shoulder bag for her copy of The Times House of Commons , turned to Arden . |