Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [noun] [prep] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I agree that it would if I constantly compared her with my current partner , or wistfully mentioned her name from time to time . |
| 2 | During this period contractors frequently made payments in cash and individual sub-contractors changed their names from time to time to avoid detection by Inland Revenue inspectors . |
| 3 | The vigour , sometimes amounting to brutality , with which she utilized her seapower in time of war , by wholesale interference with neutral shipping carrying contraband or trading with her enemies , did much to increase the hostility with which she was now widely regarded . |
| 4 | Progressing slowly , seeming older by years than he had seemed on this beach the day before , more bent and huddled , the Commander shook his head in time to the steps he took . |
| 5 | The aircraft was just about to touch down when the pilot found himself in unfamiliar surroundings and opened his throttle in time for his wheels to clear the cliff-edge at the end of the runway . |
| 6 | The Council began its work at time of escalating violence . |
| 7 | The orchestra was playing a polka and the audience tapped their feet in time to the rhythm . |
| 8 | She became close to both women and , although she still saw her mother from time to time and still has a very strong relationship with her that has not been diminished by the divorce , a special bond was forged with the two older women . |
| 9 | He left his village and went to live in a deserted tomb ; an obliging friend locked him inside and brought him bread from time to time . |
| 10 | Dexter tapped his feet in time to the music and eyed a handsome youth leaning by himself against the bar . |
| 11 | So now he lay on his back and thought of nothing and took his pulse from time to time . |
| 12 | THE nation remembered those who gave their lives in times of conflict yesterday , as thousands gathered at Rememberance Services around the country . |
| 13 | Much has been written about the pioneering spirit of the men and women who left their homelands in times of primitive travel facilities and poor communications , to settle on virgin land of which they had little or no knowledge . |
| 14 | On the opposite pavement , three West Indian boys waggled their bodies in time to music coming from a nearby shop . |