Example sentences of "tell [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tradition criticism attempts to trace the development of a biblical story or tradition from the time it was first told to the time it was written down . |
| 2 | I was told at the time that this system had been adopted because it was impossible to fit a mechanical servo as fitted to the Series III without major surgery , |
| 3 | The crimps were of course very active and I was told at the time that they would be paid as much as two pounds for every man whom they recruited . |
| 4 | We had been told at the time he had been in trouble before . |
| 5 | You were told at the time you did , and Councillor told you at the time that th it was totally inadequate was the children 's budget , so how can you expect more money from the Government when your sense of priorities is so blatantly wrong on the money that you 're already handling . |
| 6 | There were no immediate changes , it went on from private enterprise , the changeover We were told at the time that we were just just to carry on the way we 'd been doing . |
| 7 | But spending that hundred thousand pounds as we were told at the time , would only part solve the problem . |
| 8 | With its doublet parable of the dragnet , it tells of the time of final judgment when , at the end of time , the |
| 9 | For what is being suggested is that I knew today and not yesterday , despite the fact that there was no difference between the two days that I could tell at the time . |
| 10 | and did n't always tell at the time |