Example sentences of "[vb past] that [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea came from old Mrs Ferrar , who proposed that from time to time the family should confer on some subject which should ‘ tend either to the information or to the excitement of the affections ’ . |
| 2 | It seemed that at times he wished to bolster up his psychoanalytic theories with appeals to ‘ hard data ’ in natural , biological sciences . |
| 3 | But I noticed that at times the fat proprietress went to their rooms ; to play cards , she said . |
| 4 | She also noticed that at times Silas left his table to chat with his guests , and even as she wondered if he 'd come to her table he sat in the chair opposite her , his presence making her feel warm . |
| 5 | The whole area had a horribly uneasy and melancholy atmosphere and he noticed that from time to time on that bright summer 's day occasional metallic rattlings came from the depths of the quarry . |
| 6 | Mr McAteer said that he felt that at times his flow of questions was interrupted . |
| 7 | At that instant she chose the path of her own life , and understood that in time she would have to part company with her friend . |
| 8 | Erm Isaac Azimov writes er , rather amusingly about this , he says why did , why did Weismann bother , he said Weismann was Jewish , of course , Weismann knew that since time immemorial , er , Jewish little boys have been having their foreskins chopped off , Weismann only had to look at his own children , when they were born , to see that even Jewish little boys are born with foreskins . |
| 9 | Ian Scott , co-ordinator of its rural adult education project , said that at times the enthusiasm of the groups being taught had to be dampened : ‘ At the opening class of a course being run in Co Durham , the students frightened the tutor by demanding that there should be a march on County Hall . |
| 10 | He said that at times it appeared that the only effective opposition to what was becoming a single-party government was from the press . |
| 11 | Although both ‘ Bomber ’ Smith and the engineers hoped that in time they would be able to bring construction times down nearer to three years ( from the beginning of work on site to the commissioning of the first sets ) , the time actually taken was typically five or more years . |
| 12 | Furthermore , in common with other non-Catholic teachers , they considered that at times when it became essential to redeploy teachers , it would be non-Catholics that would be first in line for re-deployment . |