Example sentences of "were [adv prt] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you find it hard to stick to a diet , try keeping a diary for a week where you record what you 've eaten and when , how hungry you were and what sort of mood you were in at the time . |
| 2 | The declaration stated that , whereas heretofore , to wit , etc. , in consideration that the plaintiff , at the request of the defendant , had then consented to allow the defendant to weigh divers , to wit two , boilers of the plaintiff , of great value , etc. , defendant promised that he would , within a reasonable time after the said weighing was effected , leave and give up the boilers in as perfect and complete a condition , and as fit for use by plaintiff , as the same were in at the time of the consent so given by plaintiff ; and that , although in pursuance of the consent so given , defendant to wit , on , etc. , did weigh the same boilers , yet defendant did not nor would , within a reasonable time after the said weighing was effected leave and give up boilers in as perfect , etc. , but wholly neglected and refused so to do , although a reasonable time for that purpose had elapsed before the commencement of this suit ; and , on the contrary thereof , defendant afterwards , to wit on , etc. , took the said boilers to pieces and did not put the same together again but left the same in a detached and divided condition , and in many different pieces , whereby plaintiff hath been put to great trouble , etc . |
| 3 | This is so irrespective of whose possession the goods were in at the time . |
| 4 | Keith and John were over by the time Paul met John . |
| 5 | I thought they , they were out by the time this book was published that er Maggie Thatcher was out , was , I mean this |
| 6 | He was smitten not especially by Sandra 's looks , but by her whole demeanour , and those who were around at the time must have thought he had understated his feelings when he said later , ‘ It was a no-big-deal act for me . |
| 7 | But any flowers there might have been in the garden would probably have been eaten by the resident goats , rabbits and God-knows-whatever-else were around at the time , for the kind-hearted Edwardses never turned any sick or homeless creature away . |