Example sentences of "and [vb past] [prep] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a brilliant scholar , and lived for some time at ‘ Titeup Hall , ’ Dalton . |
| 2 | In addition to having worked in Germany and the USSR , and lived for some time before the war in France , I was brought up for the first five years of my life in India in a native state where I was the only white child . |
| 3 | He asked about proceedings at Central Strike Headquarters and lingered for some time on the subject although he received no information . |
| 4 | I found the sexism and heterosexism of the Black movement difficult to cope with and felt at that time that I was n't considered Black enough either in my colour or my politics . |
| 5 | She had come to London after the war as a music student , and felt by this time she was neither Canadian or English . |
| 6 | She thought and thought for some time , and then she smiled . |
| 7 | His feet began to tap more and more loudly beneath the desk and his jaw quivered more and more violently as Blanche put her side of the story and pleaded for more time to finish the investigation . |
| 8 | Ur was amongst the cities they conquered and sacked at this time . |
| 9 | She got up slowly from the table , washed up the mug , and stood for some time absolutely still , staring . |
| 10 | As late Anglo-Saxon rulers were often required to give undertakings of this sort at their coronations , Cnut was possibly crowned and anointed at this time . |