Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wind had freshened by this time and was causing some choppy waves , so we pressed on to try and finish the circuit planned before counting became impossible . |
| 2 | On the few occasions on which she and Hugh had met since that time , neither of them had ever said a word about that holiday . |
| 3 | Rumours of a military coup had circulated for some time [ see p. 38571 ] . |
| 4 | As the official investigation got under way , there were allegations that senior US officials had known for some time of BNL 's dealings with Iraq . |
| 5 | Also unaccompanied , like Nolan , though Harry had mentioned at one time that Lewis was married : his reclusive wife preferred to stay at home to avoid the fuss and fracas of Lewis drunk . |
| 6 | The ideological basis of Kremlin policy seemed confirmed at this time by Stalin , who declared in a speech in February 1946 that the Second World War had vindicated the Soviet system of government . |
| 7 | For the first time , he was beginning to sell records in the United States , but the relationship between DeFries and Bowie had disintegrated by this time . ’ |
| 8 | Not surprisingly , it was among the southern , pastoral peoples that social stratification had developed by that time , so that the label ‘ feudal ’ is attached , for instance , to the Buryat Mongols and the Tatars . |
| 9 | Elisha was the man that God had equipped for that time in history , in that land , and for the specific needs of individual people around him . |
| 10 | It was now criticized as anachronistic , and the German government had signalled for some time its concern over rising costs and their justifiability at a time when German unification put great strains on the public finances [ see also pp. 37212 ; 38508 ] . |
| 11 | Fedorov had suspected for some time , and now he knew . |
| 12 | His attitude to life had changed during this time . |
| 13 | Israeli leaders had recognized for some time the need for a powerful outside backer . |
| 14 | Fujimori had promised at that time that he would wipe out Sendero by the end of his mandate in 1995 . |
| 15 | However , since the presence of the deceased on the premises was in direct contravention of an express instruction issued by the brewery to their manager , the brewery were not liable ; his permission to remain on the premises had ceased at closing time , 10.30 p.m . |
| 16 | While 42 ( 69 per cent ) interviewees had worked at some time or other , the overwhelming majority ( 89 per cent ) were unemployed at the time of interview . |
| 17 | Most of the other students had foregathered by this time and were awaiting their final briefing from their tutor . |
| 18 | Plans for the extension of the war in Vietnam had existed for some time in the Pentagon . |