Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where politicians have challenged him , he has outmanoeuvred them until such time as he perceived his work to be done ; and then — Vienna 1964 , Berlin 1989 — he simply and quickly stepped aside to move on to fresh projects . |
| 2 | She 'd suspected it for some time , but last week had seen it for herself . |
| 3 | He obviously had never heard of the Order of Merit or I am quite sure he would have mentioned it at that time . |
| 4 | ‘ Well I never , ’ thought Tom , ‘ The Captain really seems to have pulled it off this time ! ’ |
| 5 | What could be anticipated with confidence was the beneficial results of redistribution , for Unionists had expected them for some time . |
| 6 | Delaunay felt that the basis of his art was ‘ simultaneous ’ contrasts of colour , a concept which he adopted from Chevreul , whose colour theory had interested him for some time . |
| 7 | When he handled her breasts they were tender ; she had noticed it for some time . |
| 8 | So impassive and peculiar had the Collector become , so obviously on the verge , everyone thought so ( you would have thought so yourself if you had seen him at this time ) , of giving up the ghost , that his face was scrutinized more closely than ever for any trace of remorse as the gorse bruiser was carried out . |
| 9 | I 've had it for some time — like a little nest |
| 10 | Before he had become involved with Sien he had used her for some time as a model . |
| 11 | There was a fairly large number of letters about him , sent in the last few months both to Jackson 's and to Viola Machin by people who had known him at one time or another . |
| 12 | Tshisekedi , of the Democratic Union for Social Progress , had been offered the post in July but had refused it at that time [ see pp. 38323-24 ] . |
| 13 | His mother had nagged him for some time about entering his lodger 's room . |
| 14 | In a letter to Charles Empson , the Newcastle bookseller , dated 1 October 1831 , when he was eight parts into the Parrots , and Gould , who had overtaken him by this time , was already ten parts into his own publication , Lear complains : |
| 15 | We have heard them for some time ; now we see them , red and white on the green of the plains . |