Example sentences of "the time [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the time her daughter lay asleep nearby in a cot . |
| 2 | By the time her daughter caught the impact of the words , Hilda was intently laying her word out on the board . |
| 3 | All the time her face remained in shadow , the attitude of her head intent and concentrated ; no eyes ever sought his face . |
| 4 | By the time her mother rose in an elegant flourish of Pucci and swept her towards the door in that ostentatiously motherly way she had , Jo was in a sulk as deep as the Pacific Trench . |
| 5 | Ruth Michaelis felt betrayed from the time her mother brought her over to England and left her with the Reverend Stead and his family . |
| 6 | Most of the time her mother was not there ; or if she was she did n't appear . |
| 7 | At the time her chip was stolen Lori McElroy , a latter day femme fatale from East Kilbride , was 28 and enjoying a holiday abroad with her student boyfriend . |
| 8 | Buttons landed perfectly and came away from the jump so well that by the time her father had collected himself and his horse Artemis and Buttons were alongside them . |
| 9 | Mary had begun to visit her regularly on Friday mornings — with Mr Fenton 's express approval and the Christian support of her mother — when she was about fourteen — at about the time her father had begun to use her in the Fish and Budworth had turned up to sketch his mischief . |
| 10 | Her coughing had started again and soon tears mingled with wheezing and she was in a sorry state by the time her husband came back to say the carriage was ready . |
| 11 | And because many railway stations are built on the edge of town , the Lucas bus could drop passengers in the centre just the sort of vehicle that could be useful on branch lines — if there are any left by the time its development is complete . |
| 12 | To Catholics of the time its text was especially relevant and poignant ; Byrd 's choice of those first four verses of Psalm Ixxviii ( Ixix in English translations ) allude to the martyrdom of Edmund Campion and his companions in 1581 . |
| 13 | And all the time its spirit worked its gentle influence on those who loved it . |
| 14 | Only the political pertinence of that collectivity was variable , and for much of the time its pertinence was low . |
| 15 | Has the Prime Minister seen the report from Mr. Graham Jackson , consultant cardiologist at Guy 's trust hospital , who says : ’ You put ’ — seriously ill heart — ’ patients on a list to come in but , by the time their turn comes , the contract has run out and the trust administrator says there are no funds till the next financial year ’ ? |
| 16 | While most of the Manc pack ran aground by the time their debut albums hit the bargain bins , these ugly ducklings have started the second lap with their feathers unruffled and their rhythms decidedly unflurried . |
| 17 | Most of the time their relationship was friendly and relaxed : in the daytime they went about their separate business and at night they came back to eat and sleep . |
| 18 | By the time their neighbour had turned back , her cigarette lit and in a long ebony holder , both the children 's mouths were full of her home-made produce . |
| 19 | Kate and Tom Ballard will be four and six respectively by the time their mother , Alison Hargreaves , attempts to become the first British woman to ascend Everest ; by next August they should be used to life in the British Mount Everest Medical Expedition base camp . |
| 20 | By the time we stagger back to the castle night has fallen . |
| 21 | Settlement can be a drawn out affair and can take as long as six months or more from the time your debt became overdue . |
| 22 | By the time your film 's ready for the air , the whole situation has changed . |
| 23 | However , all the time your shoulder leads , your centre-line is not facing the opponent , so you are vulnerable to a strong counter-attack . |
| 24 | I hope this will cut down on the time your typesetter has to spend on the job and , therefore , on the final cost . |
| 25 | It is usually about 9 to 11 kg 20 to 25 lbs by the time your baby is due . |
| 26 | If the value of the original investment falls by the time your Cancellation Notice is received by Midland Life the lower sum will be paid to you . |
| 27 | My guess is though , that if , if the age difference had been something like erm , seven or eight years , by the time your mother was asking you to give up sweets for your very much younger brother , you would probably have matured sufficiently and perhaps identified enough with your mother to see yourself playing a more kind of maternal role , as , you know the grown up sister . |
| 28 | He seems to have gone missing at about the time your body was discovered . " |
| 29 | An experience of which I am thoroughly ashamed , and thankfully at the time my crew never knew , came to pass one night early in 1943 . |
| 30 | What I ca n't understand is , it happens all the time my telephone next door |