Example sentences of "time [noun prp] had [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would certainly be necessary to make some further enquiries among the tourists , particularly about their activities during the key period between the time Kemp had arrived back in Oxford , and the pre-dinner drinks when everyone except Eddie Stratton , it appeared , was accounted for . |
| 2 | The sky had darkened to violet by the time Mortimer had formed up his troops for the march out of town , and a star-speckled dome was overhead when the column of fifty Marines , plus Benny , Ace and Petion marched out of Port-au-Prince at a slight jog . |
| 3 | By this time David had started up the Arts Lab and asked me if I would teach street theatre and improvisation there , so I was destined to go to Beckenham . ’ |
| 4 | And all the time David had spoken only briefly to Juliet , to move Gaynor and help her with her gown . |
| 5 | Home , alone , Jay played through the last time Dionne had come over . |
| 6 | By the time Maggie had to go back to London they had never felt closer in warmth , even happiness . |
| 7 | The English pundit , John Reason , hardly gives the impression that endearing himself to Scots is high among his priorities , but many surely enjoyed his observation that , by the time Dume had peeled away the last player obscuring his verdict , Turnbull must have felt he had been down there longer than Tutankhamen . |
| 8 | By that time Arthur had started again as near as possible to the place where he had begun . |
| 9 | The last time Willie had had so many children at the cottage he had been sick . |
| 10 | It was also the first time Liverpool had gone ahead of their rivals — 45 wins to 44 — since the derby series , than at 127 games , began . |
| 11 | The leading two mile chasers had clashed on six previous occasions and each time Katabatic had come out on top . |
| 12 | He had caught up with and passed his rival in a latter of a few strides in a quite extraordinary spurt of acceleration for a steeple-chaser carrying twelve and a half stone at the end of a three-mile chase , and for the big horse it was simply too much : Mill House weakened rapidly and by the time Arkle had strode home to a rapturous reception Mill House had been passed by Rondetto . |