Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [pron] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd suspected it for some time , but last week had seen it for herself . |
| 2 | What could be anticipated with confidence was the beneficial results of redistribution , for Unionists had expected them for some time . |
| 3 | Delaunay felt that the basis of his art was ‘ simultaneous ’ contrasts of colour , a concept which he adopted from Chevreul , whose colour theory had interested him for some time . |
| 4 | When he handled her breasts they were tender ; she had noticed it for some time . |
| 5 | So impassive and peculiar had the Collector become , so obviously on the verge , everyone thought so ( you would have thought so yourself if you had seen him at this time ) , of giving up the ghost , that his face was scrutinized more closely than ever for any trace of remorse as the gorse bruiser was carried out . |
| 6 | Before he had become involved with Sien he had used her for some time as a model . |
| 7 | There was a fairly large number of letters about him , sent in the last few months both to Jackson 's and to Viola Machin by people who had known him at one time or another . |
| 8 | Tshisekedi , of the Democratic Union for Social Progress , had been offered the post in July but had refused it at that time [ see pp. 38323-24 ] . |
| 9 | His mother had nagged him for some time about entering his lodger 's room . |
| 10 | In a letter to Charles Empson , the Newcastle bookseller , dated 1 October 1831 , when he was eight parts into the Parrots , and Gould , who had overtaken him by this time , was already ten parts into his own publication , Lear complains : |