Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [vb pp] [det] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they approached , Corbett realised the fortifications of Earlston were a square tower of pleasing proportions within a stockade or peel which Corbett had seen many times on his journeys into Scotland . |
| 2 | The manner of his election was dubious in the extreme ; Gallus had spent much time at the court of Theuderic , but at the time of Quintianus 's death he was in Clermont ; while the citizens were trying to decide on a new candidate the Holy Spirit descended on Gallus , according to his relative Gregory , and on the advice of his uncle Inpetratus he set off and presented himself to Theuderic , who authorized his consecration . |
| 3 | The next stage in the economic shock therapy will be freeing energy prices , which Mr Yeltsin has postponed several times for fear of a popular outcry . |
| 4 | Poet and painter Adrian Henri has spent much time in Dieppe and its environs . |
| 5 | The move , a cost-cutting measure Pick has employed several times in the past , halves the company to 30 or so , leaving Pick with its development core and about five salespeople . |
| 6 | The move , a cost-cutting measure Pick has employed several times in the past , halves the company to thirtysomething , leaving Pick with its development core and about five sales people . |
| 7 | On the very day of the dinner Charlotte Poole was writing in her journal : ‘ We are shocked to hear that Mr. Thelwall has spent some time at Stowey this week with Mr. Coleridge , and consequently with Tom Poole . |
| 8 | Cattell had absconded several times from a previous home , mixing with older people , some of whom were allegedly involved in crime , drug abuse and prostitution . |
| 9 | She and Charity had spoken several times on the telephone , but both being so busy , no meeting could be arranged until today . |