Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [prep] [det] time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three pound fifteen shillings yeah and that 's how , that 's how the work went at that time but as I say these boatmen erm they used t they used to sit down on lock gates day in and day out and did n't have a ship to come in but I 've kno kno known them to row down the river at high tide or it 's before high tide and there 'd be another erm , there 'd be other boatmen there , one was called , he went down , he used to go down and get 'em going , there used to be a race between these two families or the and the first one got the boat , the first one roped it in you see , or wh what we call roping in , moor mooring the ship up , that was |
| 2 | And they sat in the car with the windows down in the freezing dawn and they watched the distant city lights going out under the dawn at five in the morning , they sat there for a full half hour , looking , and thinking how beautiful the city looked at this time and at this distance … |
| 3 | Silence reigned for some time as they attacked the meal . |
| 4 | The din and chaos continued for some time after help arrived from the êchelon of spectators , Charles and Peregrine among them . |
| 5 | The noise continued for same time and as the male laughter increased I realised the parcel must be a large one . |
| 6 | The uproar in the kitchen continued for some time while Nanny pressed his face against her coat and added her own voice to the tumult . |