Example sentences of "in time [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay , at that point in time they had n't actually er taken |
| 2 | In time they reached legendary , almost Messalina-like proportions . |
| 3 | Originally , they were the property of the crown , but in time they passed to the local aristocrats . |
| 4 | In time they made new villages , cleared more land for crops and traded with the older inhabitants . |
| 5 | His mother 's friends at court became his : in time they included , along with Walahfrid , Lupus of Ferrières ( welcomed by Louis and Judith at Frankfurt in autumn 836 ) , the palace clerics Prudentius , Wenilo and Berno , and the seneschal Adalard . |
| 6 | The whole incident made the short cut longer than the long cut but in time we reached the approach to the camp , much to the relief of Hassan who seemed to have less and less faith in the Second Son 's navigation . |
| 7 | After this confrontation they were quite kind , and in time we became good friends . |
| 8 | In time I became Wolsey 's friend , the only man to stand by him when he fell from power and lay in bed gasping out his life and cursing the king who had turned against him . |
| 9 | In time I learnt to tell at a glance , from the decorations he wore , how often a man had killed , just as I might tell from his campaign medals where a British soldier had served . |
| 10 | On odd nights that would worry me but in time I realised they were the kind of neighbours who never caused a disturbance . |
| 11 | In time I learned to get my own back , |
| 12 | At that moment in time I did n't want to become entangled in problems with Simon and Celeste . |
| 13 | Mr. and Mrs. Philpot retired to Solva in Pembrokeshire , and in time he became an Independent member of Haverfordwest RDC , and Chairman of the Parish Council . |
| 14 | Her father obtained a commission in the Royal Marines in 1755 , was promoted to captain by 1761 , and later became groom of the bedchamber to George III , though in time he fell from favour at court . |
| 15 | God created the world , humans fell , in time He sent His Son Jesus Christ , who lived , died and rose again , and who will come at the end of time . |
| 16 | In time he hoped to see Britain and France as the " joint standard bearers " and moral leaders of a " middle of the planet " third force . |
| 17 | In time it had become apparent that , although Wheeler enjoyed giving orders and making speeches , there was not much else he could do . |
| 18 | In time it became customary to grant more than one reversion to an office , so that a queue of expectant administrators could be seen waiting to step successively into a dead man 's shoes . |
| 19 | ‘ Course , in time she came to know her mother 's death was n't an ordinary drowning accident , but she kept up the pretence . |
| 20 | The worst of it , in time she came to sing |
| 21 | Of the children Rachel was the worst injured , with tiny pieces of glass from the windscreen in her eyes , but in time she recovered . |
| 22 | One switchboard operator said that at this moment in time she did n't know . |
| 23 | Just in time she stopped herself from confiding that she 'd almost forgotten how to dance . |
| 24 | She almost apologised , but in time she stopped herself . |