Example sentences of "time [vb past] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 As time ran out , Martin Cool right on the stroke of full time got in a great volley , it was well held by Ken Vasey .
2 Arnold 's fearful preoccupation with the violence of his time drew on a number of sources , for it was not only the ‘ rough ’ of the East End slums who was ‘ asserting his personal liberty a little , going where he likes , assembling where he likes , bawling as he likes , hustling as he likes ’ .
3 The shields of his men broke bows against the shields of his enemies , and the shouting that had been going on all the time rose to a shattering yell .
4 First of all , you would have to get there by traveling in imaginary time and not care that your history in real time came to a sticky end .
5 My only support at the time came from a Nigerian girl and a Ugandan Asian girl who were also in my class and shared my deep sense of alienation from our environment .
6 The department at that time consisted of a fleet of motor vans and lorries , with milk delivery by horse-drawn floats .
7 Time began with a jolt , their time .
8 He recalled tales about her , that she had at one time belonged to a respectable family of farmers ; unbelievable now , for she could certainly no longer be placed in that category .
9 Her mother at one time took in a lodger — and she was later to be raped by the man .
10 Five years later , in 1916 , he qualified in law , and about that time went through a phase which prompts the single word ‘ Bolshy ’ in his notes .
11 For the first year of Society operation the existing style of ticket was used , but as time went on a superior style was adopted , and these included a range of Member 's tickets as well as Complimentary and Supplementary ones .
12 Time had to a very large extent proved the cure he needed .
13 Musical opinions among the educated circles of the time tended towards a polarization .
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