Example sentences of "but [prep] [adj] time he " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had lived outwith Scotland for only 5 years but during that time he had travelled further by land and had seen a greater number of interesting places than most people do in a lifetime . |
| 2 | The whole performance had taken no more than a minute , but in that time he 'd succeeded in turning the Chamber 's table into a fish-market gutter . |
| 3 | But in that time he was credited with the discovery of three rarities the spring gentian , the mountain avens and the bog orchid , which was then lost again and only recently rediscovered . |
| 4 | But at that time he was fully occupied with BAT . |
| 5 | Vanbrugh was appointed as designer but at that time he is not known to have had any architectural experience ; his career had until then been a military one . |
| 6 | ‘ Nowadays , David might reasonably be thought a part of this , but at that time he too seemed to be running out of steam . |
| 7 | Nothing is known of Hotham 's early years , but at some time he established himself as a hatter and hosier in Serle Street , Lincoln 's Inn , London , and later ( c .1752 ) in the Strand , advertising his wares by circulating copper tokens in London and the provinces . |
| 8 | Speelman had to give up his queen to avoid being mated , but by that time he had so many pieces for it that he was still able to draw comfortably . |
| 9 | He was finally given a pension , but by that time he was old , he was half paralysed , and he was nearly blind , and he died in eighteen thirty-six , only six years after he 'd received this recognition and this pension . |
| 10 | Lenin 's attitude , in so far as it is discernible , will be looked at in a moment , but by this time he was more cut off through illness from daily supervision of affairs . |
| 11 | He then served as curate at St Ignatius , Ossett and St Nicholas , Gipton , but by this time he was becoming increasingly involved in additional administrative tasks . |
| 12 | But by this time he realised that the best opportunities came to those who kept their feet on the ground — not their heads in the clouds . |
| 13 | The firm of Beckinton , Wilson & Co. , iron merchants , was dissolved in 1836 , but by this time he was investing in a fleet of sailing ships to carry his own cargoes . |