Example sentences of "[vb past] that [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She found that in the time allowed four-fifths of the adult pairs conversed , looked or smiled at each other . |
| 2 | One non-commissioned officer , writing home , said he presumed that by the time his letter arrived ‘ the bells throughout the whole of Germany would be announcing the victory over the mightiest enemy of civilization . |
| 3 | It seemed that in no time she was forced indoors by huge raindrops that appeared to have come from nowhere . |
| 4 | The famous British journalist and broadcaster , Alistair Cooke , recalled that at no time in his many years in the United States did he receive such a " blizzard of disgusted mail " from the old country . |
| 5 | He stated that at the time he left , 1859/60 , the holdings were made into one large holding . |
| 6 | An inquest jury in Middlesbrough heard that at the time a module had been loaded onto a large barge ready to go out to sea . |
| 7 | I started sending out a ‘ ten , thirty — three ’ , the Citizen Band S.O.S. , on channel 1 but I knew that by the time I got through all 40 channels , Danny 's truck would be on the Motorway and we would lose it . |
| 8 | He watched the slim body of Samantha dive into the pool and thought that by the time she came of an age for love he would no doubt be drifting round eternity in the unwelcome company of his wife with all rogering out of the question . |
| 9 | But he also remembered that by the time he left school he was ‘ a thoroughly political animal ’ . |
| 10 | I wonder if that they filmed that at the time when the boat was in Stratford . |
| 11 | Mr Teague said that at no time was Paul Jones ever hit with a cane or whip , at no time was he tied upside down and hit , he was never forced to get up early to feed the animals , or ill-treated in any way whatsoever . |
| 12 | Questioned by Mr Macfadyen , he said that at no time had Mackie used the phrase profit warning or give the impression such an announcement was about to be made . |
| 13 | Mr Wilcox said that at a time of increased pressures to reduce public spending , new strategies on housing were needed urgently . |
| 14 | Mr Lightman said that at the time of the libel trial the defence had no idea that this payment had been made . |
| 15 | Yesterday , the advocate-depute , Elizabeth Jarvie , said that at the time of the incident , the line would have been used by freight trains carrying petroleum products from Grangemouth as well as by the London sleeper . |
| 16 | Mr Templeton said that at the time there had been no lifting equipment there . |
| 17 | And in fact er we said that at the time the white paper was published . |
| 18 | But a defence lawyer suggested that at the time this was the normal practise in football , and Steve White agreed . |