Example sentences of "on [prep] [art] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ You bring them on from the time they 're little , and they think they 've got it made , then — wallop . ’ |
2 | They pay thousands and thousands for the Van Goghs and Modiglianis they 'd have spat on at the time they were painted . |
3 | One of the first houses in the goldfields was built to welcome them and the two children ; the roof was not on by the time they arrived but many miners joined in helping to complete it , the sight of two young Englishwoman being a delightful rarity . |
4 | I have a suspicion that somehow the heating was on by the time they reached their new destination . |
5 | And who can say what will be going on by the time you read these words ? |