Example sentences of "of [pers pn] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know I 'm no angel , Robyn , I know my temper gets the better of me at times , but you must understand the pressure that I was under too . |
| 2 | A dozen or more of them at times . |
| 3 | No I ca n't er , I ca n't tell you that I did definitely , although I , I 've heard a lot of them at times but er , I 'm not sure . |
| 4 | Now the boatmen they used to erm the name , the family of a name of , and the old man , the grandfather his name was and then they had three sons who were boatmen , one was called Arthur John , one had a nickname of Snowball , the other one 's name was George and they used to er , some of them at times used to row from the lock gates out to the Cork Lightship together to get a boat , so they made sure of roping that boat in at , at er in the dock or at Cliff Quay and course they used to get the captain of the ship to sign er a bill and they used to take that to the , to the shipping agent and then he 'd pay 'em the money . |
| 5 | Urged on by their riders with short metal-tipped bamboo rods , the elephants lowered themselves slowly to their knees , facing towards the throne , and remained kneeling for a minute or two , their trunks curling and swaying in front of them in time with the cacophonous music . |
| 6 | It is a real link , not just a ‘ we 'll be thinking of you from time to time ’ relationship . |
| 7 | WML is a real link not just a ‘ we 'll be thinking of you from time to time ’ . |
| 8 | Sir Philip Egerton having been kind enough to give me a Frank I embrace the opportunity to send you some account of Mr. Gould and his movements , presuming that as you expressed a wish to hear of him from time to time , a letter on this subject might not be devoid of interest . |
| 9 | I knew Purvis would get to the bottom of it in time . |
| 10 | Or she could , if she thought of it in time , say that Derek had always been the most frightful liar . |
| 11 | They 'd grow out of it in time , she thought . |
| 12 | The routine of the annexe on Friday after school was disturbed by Mr Crumwallis making ineffectual invasions of it from time to time . |
| 13 | Skin eruptions are common to many of us during times of stress and in women during the pre-menstrual phase . |
| 14 | Television in every home may be a blessing for the old and infirm , indeed for all of us at times , but that , the motor car , foreign travel and umpteen other things have all combined to affect attitudes towards sport and leisure . |
| 15 | ( It comes to all of us in time . ) |
| 16 | Much of it is a matter of planning and approach , and most of us from time to time talk with colleagues and seek advice from older and perhaps wiser hands . |