Example sentences of "she [verb] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 Some of this Katherine gleaned dimly from the set of house rules she read through three times in a room distinguished only by orderly barrenness .
2 did she hesitate for some time before the answers ?
3 That she belonged to some time , when I was a little kid , that had somehow been barred from my memory .
4 She is as remote from me , as strange , as if she belonged to another time .
5 She thought for some time before saying : ‘ In some degree ’ puts it quite well . ’
6 That was why she had reacted to him with such ferocity , why she had such difficulty tearing her mind away from him , why she shivered inside each time she pictured his face .
7 He seemed obtuse , as she felt by this time that she had more than cancelled out any slight encouragement she might have given him at first .
8 She remembered from last time how quickly it got too tight .
9 She was sitting back relaxedly and looking more contented than she had for some time .
10 He recalled tales about her , that she had at one time belonged to a respectable family of farmers ; unbelievable now , for she could certainly no longer be placed in that category .
11 Feeling closer to him than she had at any time since her mother 's death , Rory hid her face against his shoulder .
12 However , she had by that time passed her eightieth birthday .
13 She had by that time , however , had a whole week in which to do quite a lot of thinking .
14 Was n't she entitled to some time of her own after a busy week 's teaching and little free time on Saturday ?
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