Example sentences of "take [prep] the time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In August 1333 the king declared that divers woods and other places in Surrey had been unjustifiably disafforested under colour of the Statute of 1327 : there was evidence in ‘ divers inquisitions taken in the time of his progenitors and … other memoranda in the Exchequer ’ that they ought to remain in the forest . |
| 2 | Luke is wrong , therefore , in saying that the census carried out at the birth of Jesus was taken in the time of Quirinius . |
| 3 | Terry was really taken at the time with bands like The Cardiacs , but none of the rest of us could get off on that impressive-sounding , orchestral rock band kind of approach . |
| 4 | Had a sexual history been taken at the time of his first visit , it would have emerged that , although he had a long-lasting and stable sexual relationship with one person , his partner was of a promiscuous nature and was known by Philip H. to have had several casual sexual encounters over the preceding year . |
| 5 | The decision to refurbish the Branch was taken at the time of the merger with Holt 's Whitehall last October . |
| 6 | The essence of what the popes required of the emperors and how they saw the imperial office is enshrined in the imperial oaths taken at the time of coronation and in the prayer at the conferment of the sword . |
| 7 | Notes taken at the time of operation commented on the appearances of ‘ an anaplastic thyroid carcinoma infiltrating strap muscles anteriorly and carotid sheath posteriorly . |
| 8 | His final decision was possibly taken at the time of the war with Alaric , when he may have thought that there was propaganda value to be gained by standing as the defender of the catholic Church ; he was subsequently baptised , probably in 508 . |
| 9 | Because of the results of blood tests taken at the time of your accident , Len . ’ |