Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the hearing , Miss Lamplugh said : ‘ I did not actually think about my sister at the time . |
| 2 | At least five tragic scenarios had gone through my head by the time he told me that Dad had died . |
| 3 | There have been several times when I was tempted to try and get in touch and apologise for my attack at the time of Simon 's death . ’ |
| 4 | I can assure you that did less than nothing for my morale at the time . |
| 5 | Leonora was suffering serious doubts about her sanity by the time the train drew in to Paddington Station the following Saturday evening . |
| 6 | She dismissed Swan with a smile and , having fumbled in her shoulder bag for her copy of The Times House of Commons , turned to Arden . |
| 7 | Not much was known about its owner at the time , he was called Colin French . |
| 8 | For Scott the design of the film rather than its storyline was the real statement and he refused to philosophize about its meaning at the time of Blade Runner 's release , and quick demise ( it was subsequently resurrected as a cult movie and video hit ) . |
| 9 | I never did discover who he was , the son of the house or just another guest , and my own obtuseness and incuriosity now appear to me more revealing than anything else of my state at the time . |
| 10 | After David had been there a couple of weeks , I used to go off doing odd bits of work in London , working as a journalist , although I was n't very keen on that side of my life at the time — there were other things that interested me more . |
| 11 | But the reason I started performing was because of my boyfriend at the time — he writes Coronation Street now so he 's doing all right , no sympathy . |
| 12 | It was so clear in his mind , he could hear his nan 's voice , even smell that strangely comforting smell of scorched linen as she pressed down on the iron , and yet he had understood little of their conversation at the time , had n't understood , in fact , until years later . |
| 13 | But it is clear from Fulk le Réchin 's history that the counts themselves knew nothing of their ancestry before the time of Ingelgerus , Fulk the Red 's father , an indication of the block that earlier , looser kinship ties created in human memory . |
| 14 | From what I learned of their disappearance at the time , I never believed they would re-surface intact . |
| 15 | The Coalisland — Dungannon march had given everyone a good day out and had used up a lot of their energy by the time the moment of confrontation arrived . |
| 16 | Consequently , it was argued , the police were not acting in the execution of their duty at the time of the arrests . |
| 17 | The various local and international fluctuations in market forces make it impossible to fix the price of oriental rugs in terms of cash amounts ; regardless of their accuracy at the time of writing , they would soon become out of date . |
| 18 | While , of course , it is necessary to become sensitive to the needs of others , even if this means taking on a little of their pain at the time , it is not good to allow this negativity to linger ( remember my experience with Charlotte ? — Chapter 3 ) . |
| 19 | Although it was embellished in 1750 by John Browne , Forston Manor was already extremely sophisticated for a house of its size at the time , for it has some details that are ‘ Baroque ’ , a style that often moved rectangles into curves . |
| 20 | FAIREY BARRACUDA II forward fuselage DP872 has returned to the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton , Somerset , following suspension of its restoration for the time being . |
| 21 | The symptoms she endured varied from month to month , worsening or improving according to the circumstances of her life at the time . |
| 22 | Police withdrew the fine and three penalty points when Nichola , 37 , explained no-one was behind the wheel of her car at the time . |
| 23 | Charles felt fairly confident of her safety for the time being . |
| 24 | On this occasion the 24-year-old occult fanatic was cleared of the charge because he claimed he was misinformed of her age at the time of the offence . |
| 25 | He visited the home of Simon Peter , was supported by well-to-do people and never encouraged Zacchaeus to dispose of the whole of his wealth at the time when he returned money to those he had cheated . |
| 26 | Mrs Kennerley sent a copy of the letter to his campaign team as proof of his patriotism at the time . |
| 27 | Any of your readers who caught Bill West in conversation with Melvyn Bragg and Nigella Lawson on ‘ Start the Week ’ , or who read Norman Stone 's review of his book in the Times , would have to assume there were two competing books bearing the same imprimatur — one by an articulate and well-informed author , the other by an incoherent eccentric . |
| 28 | ‘ Michel said I reminded him of his audience at the time when he made speeches . |
| 29 | During our work with this widow , whose husband had died very unexpectedly , it turned out that since the time of his death until the time she contacted us , she had kept herself in a state of perpetual motion between her house and that of her son who lived some fifty miles away . |
| 30 | In the following sentence the narrator comments on what happened a week later than the time of the lady 's speech , from the point of view of his context at the time of writing his contribution to the novel , In a week afterwards … |