Example sentences of "[pron] had [vb pp] [prep] [det] time " in BNC.

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1 Although she had never shown even the remotest sign of lameness I was looking at the worst case of hip dysplasia I had seen for some time .
2 I went reinforced too by all I had been doing for myself and with the knowledge that I felt better than I had felt for some time and that that growth towards well being appeared to be increasing with each day .
3 Though tragically killed in a recent motorbike accident , Madra was an undisputed maestro of the art , as well as an easy and informative friend whom I had known for some time , so it was a shock to witness the epic genius which came through him , and the transformation which both he and his audience underwent in that open village square the first time I saw him perform .
4 the whole place was gon na come to a halt if anybody fired a flash gun and furiously Fred grabbed the royal people and I grabbed the Finns and we started reorganising the present so they could take place under the enormous great windows that there are in and nobody had said at any time a flash gun will stop the machines .
5 He draws a clear line between individual patronage which had declined by this time , and the subscription method which , while it left authors obliged especially to those who solicited for them , reduced individual dependence :
6 In one corner of the tower lay the bell which had fallen at some time in the past .
7 His supporters were also quick to remind others of her opposition to the principle of referenda in 1975 , circulating copies of speeches she had made at that time .
8 Soon after their marriage , Margaret 's depression , which she had suffered for some time , immediately lifted .
9 She had guessed by that time that , since he had n't yet stated why he 'd waited an hour to see her , he was saving what he 'd come to tell her until they were inside her flat .
10 Armed at all points against the possible disappointments of her life , conscious of the responsibilities of protecting her mother and sister , worried at the gaps in her education , anxious about nuns and antique dealers , she had forgotten for some time the necessity for personal happiness .
11 And it was n't Iris who told us , though she had known for some time that it had come through the Strait shortly after the Belgrano had been sunk .
12 ‘ She said she had known for some time that she and Fabien could not remain at La Tour Monchauzet after their marriage — that they had been talking together about moving away — of going , perhaps , as far as Australia or California and starting a totally new life .
13 She had thought for some time that a mouse lived there .
14 Our review of the surveillance programme had three distinct goals : ( a ) to obtain full follow up of all patients who had participated at any time in the surveillance programme ; ( b ) to identify any other patients , who attended the department over this time and who should have been recruited into the surveillance programme ; and ( c ) to identify all cases of colonic carcinoma occurring in association with ulcerative colitis presenting to the department over this period .
15 We must have done because they talked , as we drove , of common friends we had had at that time , but I remembered none of them — or only a name , here and there .
16 Er I 'm afraid a lot of it had gone by that time .
17 It was possible to think of the episode in a detached sort of way , she found with relief , as though it had happened in another time and place to someone else .
18 He went home feeling better than he had done for some time but he died suddenly during sleep 3 days later , presumably from a breakthrough cardiac arrythmia .
19 The tearing pain returned and the doctor prescribed large doses of morphia which he had kept for this time .
20 It was four years since they had parted , and who knew how much he had changed during that time ?
21 He had known for some time that it was inevitable .
22 The mistake was made even more stupid by the fact that he had known for some time the big tides were due .
23 It had not been as he had dreamed at that time with the beloved of his youth : fame and glory , honour and victory .
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