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Example sentences for "this time"

  • This time it was the young lady coming from the station.

  • You wouldn't think there was anyone living at this time of day who had such a hatred of Napoleon the First that he would break any image of him that he could see.

  • What have you been doing all this time, eh?

  • Well, gentlemen, you have the drop on me this time.

  • It was at this time that he was sought out by Professor Moriarty, to whom for a time he was chief of the staff.

  • Furthermore, I would perform but this one miracle at this time, and no more; if it failed to satisfy and any murmured, I would turn the murmurers into horses, and make them useful.

  • He was steeped in drowsiness by this time.

  • He smiled again, this time at her, and took up the nutcrackers and a Brazil nut.

  • You must know about all Wunsch can teach you by this time.

  • This time it was Thea who shrugged her shoulders.

  • He could walk anywhere by this time--though he always preferred to sit, or to be pulled in his cart.

  • They added to their house, to their number of servants, to their expenses of every sort; and by this time were, in fortune and style of living, second only to the family at Hartfield.

  • It ought to have been a habit with him by this time, of following his duty, instead of consulting expediency.

  • Emma was not at this time in a state of spirits to care really about Mr. Frank Churchill's not coming, except as a disappointment at Randalls.

  • They must be separated; but there was a great deal of pain in the process--so much to herself at this time, that she soon felt the necessity of a little consolation, and resolved on going home by way of Randalls to procure it.

  • I thought we should have had a great deal of talk by this time.

  • How far might I have been on my way by this time!

  • By this time By-ends and his companions were come again within sight, and they, at the first beck, went over to Demas.

  • And of this time that I se Youre honour and your goode hele, Which is the helpe of my querele, I thonke unto the goddes myht.

  • This time he hunted nobler quarry--man; although had you asked him his own opinion he could have named a dozen other denizens of the jungle which he considered far the superiors in nobility of the men he hunted.

  • As to leaving Paris at this time, I rather think that Raoul de Coude may be expected to have something to say on that subject before long.

  • Tarzan, who, by this time, with the assistance of Abdul, had picked up quite a smattering of Arab, questioned one of the younger men who had accompanied the sheik while the latter paid his respects to Captain Gerard.

  • The fellow had lost his temper by this time, and with a low oath seized Tarzan to push him to one side.

  • She had got all the pegs put in by this time, and Alice looked on with great interest as she returned to the tree, and then began slowly walking down the row.

  • This time he went westward, because he had fallen on the trail of a great shoal of halibut, and he needed at least one hundred pounds of fish a day to keep him in good condition.

  • This time, they said, they were really going to have a leader and become the wisest people in the jungle--so wise that everyone else would notice and envy them.

  • The tiger has just fed, or he would have gone twenty miles by this time.

  • Bar 3:5 Remember not the iniquities of our forefathers: but think upon thy power and thy name now at this time.

  • Not even a porous plaster on me this time.

  • They were standing at the door by this time.

  • What are you doing in Schouler's room at this time of night?

  • They could count on pleasant weather at this time of the year--it was May--and that particular Tuesday was all that could be desired.

  • You ought to be married by this time, and not here troubling me!

  • I hope mamma won't be disappointed in it this time.

  • They were constantly having parties in the woods at this time--driving over the hills to points of interest which Bernard had looked out in the guide-book.

  • Bernard demanded, with an energy which, this time at least, was sufficiently real.

  • I am sure I am very glad to see you--I should think you would have found out that by this time.

  • He ought to be done washing out his cell by this time.

  • This time he heard it more distinctly, and his blood was quicker than his brain.

  • It was dark by this time; he did not see her and ran against her.

  • She threw back her head; she had clearly, by this time, and very honestly, adopted an attitude.

  • It would tax his invention, certainly, and I felt, this time, over his real embarrassment, a curious thrill of triumph.

  • By this time I know your back will bear a duchess.

  • Well, lords, we have not got that which we have; 'Tis not enough our foes are this time fled, Being opposites of such repairing nature.

  • Tell me, how many good young princes would do so, their fathers being so sick as yours at this time is?

  • What art thou that usurp'st this time of night Together with that fair and warlike form In which the majesty of buried Denmark Did sometimes march?


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    foramen magnum; this bird; this case; this city; this discovery; this earth; this figure; this general; this island; this marriage; this means; this mountain; this narrative; this occasion; this one; this passage; this period; this process; this series; this species; this strange; this trip; this volume; this word; this work; this year