Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rain had obviously driven in some time during the night and the dried splashes were clearly visible on the tiled floor . |
| 2 | But the system of fixed exchange rates established after the war and based on the dollar had already disintegrated by that time . |
| 3 | To pass the time , the conversation had ranged over a variety of topics , from sport to current affairs , then had finally settled after some time on shop-talk — inevitable when any group of cops got together anywhere in the world . |
| 4 | When the Bank of Scotland had threatened to imprison his Constable partner Robert Cadell in Calton Hill Gaol , Cadell took refuge in the debtors ' sanctuary at Holyrood — where Thomas de Quincey had also stayed for some time . |
| 5 | I chose the example I did because it gave an important history of another library , Glasgow , and because it had also belonged at one time to the Guildhall Library , which had passed it on to them . |
| 6 | Rhoda he had also known for some time . |
| 7 | It was a no-win situation for the unfortunate air crews taking part , and it would have been understandable if morale had completely cracked at that time . |