Example sentences of "[prep] this time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's near the bottom end of Ladbroke Grove , almost due south of where I used to live up until about this time last year . |
| 2 | What about this time and space ? |
| 3 | Wireless World almost created civil war in the audio industry at about this time over its publication of one of the first RC-coupled amplifiers . |
| 4 | On the other hand , among those blasted , if one understood well enough about ‘ Rabindranath Tagore , from whose recitations ad infinitum we all suffered a great deal about this time ’ , why pick on Thomas Beecham , who at this time with the backing of Lady Cunard was embarking on a lifelong crusade for English opera ? |
| 5 | About this time he started to wonder whether he ought to be a monk . |
| 6 | It was about this time that Vivienne began to get really evangelistic about it all . |
| 7 | The total amount of growth hormone that is secreted per day increases to a maximum at about the time of puberty and is partially responsible for the growth spurt that is seen at about this time . |
| 8 | In both cases , the thing had seemed a sheer impossibility ; he had not thought but known that , being what he was , he was psychologically incapable of doing it ; and then , without any apparent movement of the will , as objective and unemotional as the reading on a dial , there had arisen before him , with perfect certitude , the knowledge ‘ about this time tomorrow , you will have done the impossible ’ . |
| 9 | There was a perfect grace which architects had been working towards through the seventeenth century and which seemed to peak in its purest form at about this time , not without a little Royal influence from Holland ! |
| 10 | It bears the initials R.P. 1604 , which stand for Ralph Piggot , whose family arrived in the parish at about this time . |
| 11 | The maid of all work also died at about this time and was not replaced . |
| 12 | About this time it was announced that pensioners whose means were insufficient to pay their rent were to have the amount made up by social security allowances even if they were living in a private home , so with a light heart I set about making application . |
| 13 | It was about this time that their grandmother died of a sudden heart attack . |
| 14 | About this time Zuwaya shaikhs and cadres attempted a reconciliation among Zuwaya sections : they held an assembly of shaikhs in Ajdabiya , including Zuwaya from Sebha and Tripolitania . |
| 15 | About this time , too — that is to say , between 1976 and 1978 — it was established on impeccable authority to everyone 's satisfaction that the Tibbu were Jews . |
| 16 | It became apparent about this time that the economy was also slowing down . ’ |
| 17 | It was about this time that the power struggle between King Charles I and parliament began to escalate . |
| 18 | There are some indications that it was about this time that she began to fall in love with Richard Baxter . |
| 19 | Round about this time the Salon in Sauchiehall Street was showing Rob Roy , Scotland 's Wonderful Adventure , filmed at Aberfoyle and Stirling . |
| 20 | About this time a detailed correspondence , lasting for twenty years , started between Sloane and Ray . |
| 21 | It was at about this time that the Duke of Devonshire created the splendid avenue of lime trees which started beside some large houses — Afton House ; Bolton House and Linden House — on the south side of Chiswick High Road , and extending down to the northern boundary of Chiswick House grounds , sweeping on through the magnificent wrought-iron gates , at the end of Hogarth Lane , and continuing through the gardens to the house . |
| 22 | The influence of Britain as a nation was probably approaching its peak at about this time ; the British possessions were worldwide ; the British Empire was acclaimed universally ; Queen Victoria was declared Empress of India , and the armed force — particularly the Royal Navy — was much respected , although British Imperialism was distrusted by some , such as the United States of America . |
| 23 | But we have to examine his other main passion : creative drama , as it came to be called round about this time . |
| 24 | It was about this time that Endill began hearing footsteps echoing around the corridors of Nightside . |
| 25 | At about this time the wife of one of Leslie 's men , anticipating the ultimate verdict , sent me a highly elaborate printed card intended as an acknowledgment of condolence on the loss of her husband . |
| 26 | The pollen stratigraphy indicates that Salix -dominated vegetation , with a wide variety of herbs was prominent until about 6000 B.P. At about this time Empetrum and Calluna heath , grassland with abundant Plantago lanceolata and P. maritima , and fern-rich vegetation became widespread . |
| 27 | About this time the Club was given its second trophy and which today is known as the Lovell Bowl . |
| 28 | Also about this time Leopold compiled a list entitled ‘ Verzeichniss alles desjenigen was dieser 12jährige Knab seit seinem 7tem Jahre componiert , und in originali kann aufgezeiget werden ’ — [ List of everything that this 12-year old boy has composed since his 7th year , and can be exhibited in the originals ] ( 11 ) , and this may be a draft or copy of a document which accompanied the petition to Emperor Joseph II . |
| 29 | The interesting question is whether the reform to regulations regarding fee structures in 1982 and , to a lesser extent , the greater freedom architects enjoyed from about this time to practice in a less restrictive manner have influenced the pattern of events . |
| 30 | Nero also made his proclamation in the stadium at Isthmia in a deliberate evocation of Flamininus , and adopted a bearded portrait at about this time . |