Example sentences of "[noun] and [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He set barns on fire , was up before the magistrates for theft and by the time he was thirteen he was stealing cars . |
| 2 | All day this shadow grew in her mind and by the time school was over and she was running along the railway line , it seemed to be running behind her like some dark , winged creature . |
| 3 | Werewolf proceeded to try and blow all four stereo speakers and by the time he had the volume where he wanted it , and was playing along on his air guitar , we were through Sidcup and heading for the motorway . |
| 4 | Sir Kenneth invited him round for tea and by the time he had left Andrews had been given the huge task of designing a fulllength ballet involving set changes and 300 costumes . |
| 5 | Erm you get most of your you know you The amount of weight and height you put on from say , nought to six months and then six months to two months and by the time you 've got to about eight or something . |
| 6 | I had to give up caddying when I left school to take up other jobs , but carrying the bags was in my blood and by the time I was twenty-four I was back to caddying full-time . |
| 7 | Before they lost Richard Biddle with a hamstring injury , the Quakers looked like they could actually match the ex-Premier League side and for a time they promised to take the lead . |
| 8 | That brought Nottingham within range and in no time they produced a broadside which knocked Northampton sideways . |
| 9 | Stations at Darlington , Newton Aycliffe , Fishburn and Chester-le-Street were also operating with a single vehicle and at the time of the call all were out . |
| 10 | Doyle had taken over from an unsuccessful coach and in no time had turned everything round . |
| 11 | Certainly er by then perhaps I forgot to mention as we went through the front door my weapon was already out of the holster and by the time we 'd got the bedroom door my weapon would already have been under er my eye level , hence literally aiming the weapon and from there the gun was out , my arm was out , whether I still had hold of P C I I ca n't recall . |
| 12 | Now if you can just say on that , that that excludes any resources for the economic development action plan and for the time being resources for that initiative are being held centrally into Personnel and Finance sub-committee 's budget and as the action plans develop then money will be released from a contingency there to er go to the Planning Department or to whichever department that has actually been implementing that particular part of the action . |
| 13 | The an the result of getting the quotient and by the time you get to looking at those you 'll integration 's hard and you will not ever say again what you said to me a long time ago that you thought integration was a lot easier than differentiation . |
| 14 | They have waited in an unattractive waiting room for long periods and by the time they reach a counter are at breaking-point . |
| 15 | Very soon this rigidity starts to restrict movements and by the time we reach old age we can barely get around . |
| 16 | Exploitation of the alluvial deposits of the Altai still further east allowed Russia to displace Brazil and for a time to be the world 's leading producer of gold . |
| 17 | So , come to this part of Spain and by the time you leave you 'll understand why this area has become the most popular and cosmopolitan playground of Europe for young people . |
| 18 | However , since the scheme was implemented in very unfavourable political circumstances and at a time when overall resources for education were shrinking , its impact was limited . |
| 19 | She 's got lovely colour hair and by the time she 's bloody twenty one her hair will be a mess . |
| 20 | As foreseen by the dark clouds , it began to rain during the afternoon and by the time the headlights of Markby 's car illuminated the front windows of Rose Cottage , it was fairly tipping down . |
| 21 | She said : ‘ We had given up hope and by the time the precinct opened again we had all gone home . ’ |
| 22 | The Aridians , locked in their own war for survival against savage Mire Beasts , are in no position to oppose the Daleks and for a time the TARDIS crew are their prisoners . |
| 23 | Mind you , I will say that when I explained things to her she was up and into her jumper and jeans in a flash and in no time at all we were hammering down the road towards Carlisle . |
| 24 | But he was made of stern stuff Seizing his hammer he begin to bang away with undiminished enthusiasm and by the time the beasts returned the crush was rebuilt and a stout iron bar pushed across the front to prevent further break-outs |
| 25 | The Norwegians choose a long ridge walk to go back to the camp and by the time they have arrived , Tony and I have decided to take the kayaks out on to the Ocean . |
| 26 | A traditionally minded bishop had given the advertisements a welcome boost by complaining in the pulpit and in The Times that the campaign glorified adultery as well as Trumper 's Tea Bags . |
| 27 | At this stage most people would have given up the struggle and for a time settled for Ted , who by now had enlisted new blood into his team , including the trusty old campaigner , John Peyton , and Peter Walker , who was re-engaged as Ted 's campaign manager . |
| 28 | The words had come out in a babble and by the time he had gathered his wits and been able to respond she had put the phone down . |
| 29 | There was no sign of this Devil 's Ridge and by the time we reached the summit of Sgor an Iubhair I was imagining a knife edge of rock , hanging above an abyss full of red scaly demons , holding pitch forks and hissing to one another , ‘ She has n't got the security of a rope . ’ |
| 30 | Hedgerows existed in Saxon times and by the time Domesday was commissioned in 1086 the boundaries of parishes were so firmly fixed that William 's Norman officials were able to calculate within close limits , the exact area of thousands of settlements and their capacity to contribute to the royal exchequer ! |