Example sentences of "[noun prp] wrote [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the publication of Macmillan 's memoirs Mr Humphrey Berkeley wrote to The Times to complain about this as being a ‘ gross constitutional impropriety ’ . |
| 2 | Sherlock wrote at the time of the calling of the Convention , " there are no Contentions so fierce as those about Religion … |
| 3 | Eion Young wrote at the time that Lauda had become human , and thus vulnerable , that victory was no longer his consuming goal , and he is right : one comes out of an inferno , as Niki had , with a renewed appreciation of the value of life . |
| 4 | Ruskin wrote to The Times on ‘ The Turner Gallery ’ , the day after Freeman 's letter and , as a postscript , said : ‘ I wish the writer of the admirable and exhaustive letter which appeared in your columns yesterday on the subject of Mr Scott 's design for the Foreign Office would allow me to know his name ’ . |
| 5 | Steel-Maitland wrote to The Times in 1913 to accuse the Liberals of corrupt practices at the Wick Burghs by-election , and Sanders noted that at Taunton they had given away half-crowns wrapped in Liberal leaflets ; both contests went against the trend , so there may be some truth in the allegations . |
| 6 | Philip French wrote in The Times , ‘ Once again , the considerable talent of Michael Crawford is squandered on feeble material , and he is excusably incapable of convincing us of the irresistible attraction of an insipid newcomer called Genevieve Gilles , who delivers her lines as if reading them from the small print of an oculist 's chart ( from which they might well have derived ) . |