Example sentences of "and [vb past] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.

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1 How can I be sure that this year 's cures will not be in disgrace and condemned by the time you read about them ?
2 Which in turn brings us to the most remarkable fact of all , namely that so far from corroborating the police 's recent claims , the witnesses they located and interviewed at the time signally failed to mention any suspicious behaviour whatsoever .
3 Those soldiers not incorporated into the FAA were meant to be disarmed and demobilized by the time the new army was established .
4 The team specializes in work with the elderly , and consisted at the time of five full-time equivalent ( FTE ) qualified social workers .
5 Charlie pulled out his fob-watch and glanced at the time .
6 ‘ Any alterations or changes to the page must be noted and initialled at the time .
7 There seem in fact , however , to be two exceptions to this general rule , namely Molla Yegan , who almost certainly resigned the office , and Abdulkerim , who must either have resigned or been removed from it if the facts given in the he was appointed Mufti in the time of Mehmed II and died in the time of Bayezid II — are correct .
8 Edwards , Manchester United 's chief executive and major shareholder , was at pains to emphasise that Knighton had been in a position to complete the deal , but had not done so ‘ in the interests of the club ’ and had at no time sought compensation .
9 While moral suasion had been favoured in the War ( in preference to rationing ) as a means of restricting domestic demand , and had for a time been partially successful , as peace returned it lost much of its impact .
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