Example sentences of "they [prep] [det] time " in BNC.

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1 They begged him to let them off this time , but he rang back hour after hour , day , after day : " Sell your car .
2 It was impossible for the garrison to fire upon them for some time without risk of injuring their neighbours along with their enemies .
3 I had not seen them for some time .
4 He had been with them for some time ; two or three years before , he had told her that he did n't know where he had been born , or who his parents were .
5 What could be anticipated with confidence was the beneficial results of redistribution , for Unionists had expected them for some time .
6 We have heard them for some time ; now we see them , red and white on the green of the plains .
7 I watched them for some time , thinking smugly ‘ Ha !
8 Heather had borrowed his binoculars , Mossop said , and studied the cottage through them for some time .
9 Yet Dysart 's expression reminded him of something else she had said : that Dysart and Clare had been arguing immediately before the explosion ; that there had been friction between them for some time .
10 what we 're dealing with is a small group of MP s who thought there were some advantages in the Paignton amendment I 've discussed it very thoroughly with them for some time , and they agree that there were real difficulties about the Paignton amendment which I 've now addressed
11 The fact that Marc had registered her exact words seemed to say that they meant something — that he had n't simply dismissed what she had yelled out from the shower , but that he had remembered and , as it seemed now , had brooded over them for some time .
12 she kept in touch with them for some time but er , I 've not seen her for a year so , I would n't know .
13 It may also be appropriate to explain that we have been using both systems , side by side , for over two years with files being transferred between them throughout that time .
14 ‘ Most of the er , dastardly Huns , I think you call them in this time period , seem to be up by the door to the General 's office which , according to Benny , is also a quicker route out .
15 Where politicians have challenged him , he has outmanoeuvred them until such time as he perceived his work to be done ; and then — Vienna 1964 , Berlin 1989 — he simply and quickly stepped aside to move on to fresh projects .
16 About one-third of pupils have traditionally attended them since that time .
17 Cats feel vulnerable when they are defecating and do not like to have anyone near them at that time .
18 Did Louis IX really have a sound title to act as sovereign over them at that time ?
19 All stories were to be based on scientific and historical facts as we knew them at that time .
20 Would you have shared that view with them at that time ?
21 And then after when there was practically no erm commercial trade with them at that time .
22 This was telling them — trying to bolster their morale — that we were coming to their aid when it was virtually impossible for us to aid them at that time .
23 But we never touched them at that time .
24 You were getting all your orders from them at that time ?
25 Thank the Lord for his faithfulness to them at this time .
26 Ask the Lord to bless and encourage them at this time and that they would not suffer from ill health .
27 Most children learn about epilepsy when they first see their parent having a seizure , and it is vital the condition is fully explained to them at this time .
28 ‘ He would n't have to tell them at this time of night .
29 The club and all its supporters send their deepest sympathy to Bobby 's family and friends and our thoughts are with them at this time .
30 This was the last day of these services , and there is talk of reviving them at some time in the future but using modern Sprinter units .
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