Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had guessed by that time that , since he had n't yet stated why he 'd waited an hour to see her , he was saving what he 'd come to tell her until they were inside her flat . |
| 2 | Not surprisingly , it was among the southern , pastoral peoples that social stratification had developed by that time , so that the label ‘ feudal ’ is attached , for instance , to the Buryat Mongols and the Tatars . |
| 3 | Israeli leaders had recognized for some time the need for a powerful outside backer . |
| 4 | [ The British ] had pressed for some time for a continuation of a combined staff relationship and had only been convinced that we were serious in rejecting this when we moved their combined staff people out of the Pentagon and moved the standing group [ of Nato ] in . |
| 5 | In one corner of the tower lay the bell which had fallen at some time in the past . |
| 6 | Armed at all points against the possible disappointments of her life , conscious of the responsibilities of protecting her mother and sister , worried at the gaps in her education , anxious about nuns and antique dealers , she had forgotten for some time the necessity for personal happiness . |
| 7 | On the few occasions on which she and Hugh had met since that time , neither of them had ever said a word about that holiday . |
| 8 | Soon after their marriage , Margaret 's depression , which she had suffered for some time , immediately lifted . |
| 9 | Although she had never shown even the remotest sign of lameness I was looking at the worst case of hip dysplasia I had seen for some time . |
| 10 | He went home feeling better than he had done for some time but he died suddenly during sleep 3 days later , presumably from a breakthrough cardiac arrythmia . |
| 11 | He did n't come quite under the heading of despised male sex but she was sure he had done at one time . |
| 12 | Critics of the Vienna conference , notably the Tehran-based Supreme Assembly of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq ( SAIRI ) , had said at that time that the conference should have been held in the region to make it more accessible for the bulk of the exiled opposition . |
| 13 | the whole place was gon na come to a halt if anybody fired a flash gun and furiously Fred grabbed the royal people and I grabbed the Finns and we started reorganising the present so they could take place under the enormous great windows that there are in and nobody had said at any time a flash gun will stop the machines . |
| 14 | His supporters were also quick to remind others of her opposition to the principle of referenda in 1975 , circulating copies of speeches she had made at that time . |
| 15 | Fedorov had suspected for some time , and now he knew . |
| 16 | I went reinforced too by all I had been doing for myself and with the knowledge that I felt better than I had felt for some time and that that growth towards well being appeared to be increasing with each day . |
| 17 | Fujimori had promised at that time that he would wipe out Sendero by the end of his mandate in 1995 . |
| 18 | She had thought for some time that a mouse lived there . |
| 19 | It had not been as he had dreamed at that time with the beloved of his youth : fame and glory , honour and victory . |
| 20 | The wind had freshened by this time and was causing some choppy waves , so we pressed on to try and finish the circuit planned before counting became impossible . |
| 21 | We must have done because they talked , as we drove , of common friends we had had at that time , but I remembered none of them — or only a name , here and there . |
| 22 | Elisha was the man that God had equipped for that time in history , in that land , and for the specific needs of individual people around him . |
| 23 | Most of the other students had foregathered by this time and were awaiting their final briefing from their tutor . |
| 24 | Our review of the surveillance programme had three distinct goals : ( a ) to obtain full follow up of all patients who had participated at any time in the surveillance programme ; ( b ) to identify any other patients , who attended the department over this time and who should have been recruited into the surveillance programme ; and ( c ) to identify all cases of colonic carcinoma occurring in association with ulcerative colitis presenting to the department over this period . |
| 25 | He had known for some time that it was inevitable . |
| 26 | The mistake was made even more stupid by the fact that he had known for some time the big tides were due . |
| 27 | Though tragically killed in a recent motorbike accident , Madra was an undisputed maestro of the art , as well as an easy and informative friend whom I had known for some time , so it was a shock to witness the epic genius which came through him , and the transformation which both he and his audience underwent in that open village square the first time I saw him perform . |
| 28 | And it was n't Iris who told us , though she had known for some time that it had come through the Strait shortly after the Belgrano had been sunk . |
| 29 | ‘ She said she had known for some time that she and Fabien could not remain at La Tour Monchauzet after their marriage — that they had been talking together about moving away — of going , perhaps , as far as Australia or California and starting a totally new life . |
| 30 | As the official investigation got under way , there were allegations that senior US officials had known for some time of BNL 's dealings with Iraq . |