Example sentences of "[pron] be [adv] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both Mike and I were away at the time . |
| 2 | I was near at the time , with Tiffany , in Mansfield . |
| 3 | Well not so much cheaper cos I was most of the time I was doing it for nothing anyway . |
| 4 | ‘ I know because I was there at the time . ’ |
| 5 | But er , I did n't believe in , well it was me dad 's pigs of course , but I was there at the time as well like , you know . |
| 6 | I was there at the time . ’ |
| 7 | I was still at the time in a relationship with a man I had lived with for four years and was emotionally dependent on , in more ways than one given my immigrant status in this country . |
| 8 | I think the fact that I was abroad at the time may have had something to do with it — having left the country I 'd also left my conscience behind . |
| 9 | This explains why cases do not come to court when the conditions of my comically weak description of the explicit extension of our legal conventions are met , which is most of the time . |
| 10 | I am sorry about the late arrival of our response which is partly due the time involved in consulting member organisations . |
| 11 | Sometimes when they were in a needy mood , which was most of the time , David would be out in the lobby at Advision Studios where we were recording , and they would be cuddling and cooing and wooing — it was disgusting . |
| 12 | When nobody from the long list of eminent organizations which had registered their opposition could be present , however ( which was most of the time ) , the burden of maintaining a presence and regular cross-examining was left to a few stalwarts . |
| 13 | Every time she missed the ball — which was most of the time — she became more angry . |
| 14 | Where you have your main account depends very much on where you are most of the time . |
| 15 | ‘ We have a number of differing accounts from the people who were there at the time . |
| 16 | The Society has displayed confidence in the contributors by printing their nostalgic talk verbatim and the result is a fascinating account of the town in the earlier part of this century , through the voices of the men and women who were there at the time . |
| 17 | She was away at the time |
| 18 | Rodrigo , who was elsewhere at the time , heard the news with dismay . |
| 19 | The prime minister , Giulio Andreotti , who was away at the time , was welcomed home on Monday March 25th by headlines announcing a showdown with Mr Cossiga . |
| 20 | But I had it from Makepeace , who was here at the time . |
| 21 | The police raided the Crown in Dock'ead an' stopped the boxin' that was goin' on there , an' they nicked a lot o' street bookies who was there at the time . |
| 22 | Fortunately no one was aboard at the time . |
| 23 | " There was once upon a time " , he declared in 1901 , " when I was foolish enough to believe that the foreigners were the great curse of the British seamen . |
| 24 | In addition to fully appreciating the significance and context of much of the material they wanted to use , pupils also intended to create new material themselves by acting roles as if they were there at the time . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's only for a time , ’ Fred said on the last night of the tour . |
| 26 | Well , so it is most of the time . |
| 27 | It is only for the time being . |
| 28 | It is only during the time of waiting , wrote Harsnet , during the time without hope , that these things assume significance , only during the time without hope that one is conscious of them , that one remembers them with despair , that one anticipates them with dread . |
| 29 | ‘ We ca n't fix a definite time of death until after the post mortem , but we 're working on the assumption that it was shortly after the time agreed for the rendezvous — midnight . |
| 30 | It was shortly before the time Luke usually arrived on Fridays , and up until today she would have made some excuse to Florian , but reviviscent pride demanded a gesture . |