Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ They said we were to ahead of or time , ’ say a Saunderson . |
| 2 | A gap of half a century is undeniably a lengthy one , but to guests in the reborn Langham , it may well seem as if time has stood still . |
| 3 | It 's as if time has stood still , people have lost themselves and the only avenue left is to worship . |
| 4 | Adam went utterly still , staring at her as if time had stopped . |
| 5 | Catch-as-catch can , for what is done has gone — and yet when you reenter memory it seems as if time is the dream . |
| 6 | It was as if time had lost all meaning , as if even that were conspiring to hasten him to this place where he would spend the rest of his life . |
| 7 | He stood up , as if time was vital . |
| 8 | But in her small corner it was as if time had decided to take an extended coffee-break . |
| 9 | He kissed you and it felt as if time had stood still and when he stopped you felt as if the bottom had dropped out of your world . |
| 10 | It is like the problems one would get into if time travel were possible , which I do n't think it ever will be . |
| 11 | Carolyn Henderson starts a new series this month where she will be offering advice on how you can save cash , starting with when time means money . |
| 12 | The question as to whether time could conceivably exist if there were no ‘ soul , ( or mind ) to apprehend it had been raised , but not answered , by Aristotle , whose definition of time as the ‘ numbering ’ of motion and change in relation to before and after appeared to presuppose the existence of a ‘ soul ’ that contemplates and measures it . |
| 13 | In my judgment , once it is recognised , as inevitably it must be , that a self-regulating organisation may have to act with urgency in order to achieve its purpose , then it would be undesirable to cumber it with the necessity to make a judgment as to whether time admits of an opportunity to make representations . |
| 14 | In my judgment , once it is recognised , as inevitably it must be , that a self-regulating organisation may have to act with urgency in order to achieve its purpose , then it would be undesirable to cumber it with the necessity to make a judgment as to whether time admits of an opportunity to make representations . |
| 15 | Perhaps the scheme could operate with much greater success in this sense if a special in-service provision was made — but this , of course , depends on whether time and money can be found for it . |
| 16 | She almost laughed when she reflected that here was she fretting about whether Time would give him back to her or not . |
| 17 | Further complexities in place deixis arise if the speaker is in motion — it then becomes quite possible to use temporal terms in order to refer to deictic locations , as in : ( 86 ) I first heard that ominous rattle ten miles ago ( 87 ) There 's a good fast food joint just ten minutes from here This raises the issue about whether time deixis or place deixis is more basic . |
| 18 | Well there was a it was such a job at that time you could n't get work and we , we used to genuinely look for work every day , but it was just a waste of time . |
| 19 | has sold one of them to repay the loan and is keeping the others for when times get harsh . |
| 20 | The Council was all right for when times were good — ’ He shrugged . |