Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [noun] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Staff will recall that Penny Carter , a casual part-time member of staff in Foreign Books , appealed for money some time ago to support an evangelising trip to Russia . |
| 2 | UNPROFOR convoys trying to reach other towns came under fire several times ( and on Nov. 6 returned fire ) but on Nov. 19 broke the seven-month siege of Tuzla and on Nov. 28 the eight-month siege of Srebrenica ( the biggest Moslem enclave in eastern Bosnia ) ; both towns were full of refugees . |
| 3 | WOBBLY Thursday in fact came on Tuesday this time . |
| 4 | Nora had smiled at and nodded to Wolff several times but the affair was almost over before they found occasion to be casually alone together . |
| 5 | Although he agreed , it was obviously difficult for Adam to let go of the reins , as Lissa discovered when she arrived at Lynx some time later to find him still on the premises . |
| 6 | For various reasons , therefore , he moved to Jamaica and , although he returned to Barbados many times , it was never with any great enthusiasm for the place . |
| 7 | so why come when we went to town that time you could hardly hit the board |
| 8 | Sales here were £95.8m compared with £55.9m in 1992 , while operating profit grew to £9m this time from £5m last . |
| 9 | Sales at data communications equipment manufacturer Datacom grew to £2.9m this time from £2.7m last , and it has finally returned to profit after a troubled 1990 and 1991 . |
| 10 | The pain she felt went beyond jealousy this time . |
| 11 | I spoke to Michael some time ago , he 's getting better , and I look forward to him resuming his duties . |
| 12 | Intercim Corp saw third quarter net profits of $13,974 against losses of $715,797 last time , on turnover up 47% at $1.7m ; net losses for the nine months stood at $274,754 this time down from losses of $764,818 last time , on sales down 5.4% to $4.7m . |