Example sentences of "[prep] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Agassiz drew diagrams of the relative flourishing of different families of fish through past time , which showed gradual appearance and extinction — but he must have believed that species came into being and died out at definite times . |
| 2 | It coexisted with an ardently self-purifying ethos , where every emotion in literature and life was to be tried and tested against moral examples offered by the great poets and novelists of past time : by Blake 's Songs of Innocence and Experience , by George Eliot 's Middlemarch , by the fiction ( above all ) of D. H. Lawrence . |
| 3 | Gigi , no quieter or graver in her advancing years , screamed and flapped , furious at being caged : a necessity , even Aunt Tossie allowed , when velvets , silks , taffetas and bright sequins lay deep on the bed and overflowed the chairs in her bedroom , changes of fashion and flaws of past time limply exposed in the morning light . |
| 4 | ‘ Pah , nothing 's left from the previous existence — only the mere lees and dregs of thought , dreams of past time that the creature does not heed , or not half as much as the figments he has derived from Milton ! |
| 5 | All mysteries of science are , by definition , mysteries of the Universe , which , for the sake of argument , we can say is the sum total of all matter , all energy , and all events that have taken place throughout past time and will take place throughout future time . |
| 6 | And the roofs that keep the snow for along time , do so either because the house is unoccupied or it 's pretty cold inside , or it 's got a well insulated loft . |
| 7 | I think that few girls would enjoy hunting and those who did hunt would not revel in the thrill of it , ( as the boys did ) at least for along time . |
| 8 | One other possible area of danger is that of good facsimiles , which are more likely to be met with from time to time than competent forgeries . |
| 9 | You can offer encouragement , using a phrase which the young dog will come to identify with in time , such as ‘ clean dog ’ . |
| 10 | If the requirements of section 242 are not complied with on time , any person who was a director immediately before the end of the time allowed is liable to a fine and , for continued contravention , to a daily default fine . |
| 11 | She needs someone of her own age to talk with — maybe even to quarrel with at times , ’ said Elizabeth Mowbray with a smile . |
| 12 | He was almost fun to be with at times . |
| 13 | Rob 's car is his only base and he finds the sense of homelessness hard to cope with at times . |
| 14 | Now that 's a question that we can all come up with at times , whether we 're Christians or non-Christians , we come up and we question , where is God in this situation ? |
| 15 | For any d-i-yer , attempting large or small-scale jobs , without access to a permanent workshop , the 750 is an ideal helpmate , which you 'll find more and more uses for in time . |
| 16 | Spencer 's argument has been banded about from time to time . |
| 17 | ‘ It is obviously something Rosanne is aware of and a subject we talk about from time to time . |
| 18 | All the other players you hear about from time to time , Charlton , Giles , Hunter et all but never a word about Harvey . |
| 19 | You might say or do something you 'll regret or feel foolish about in times to come . |
| 20 | THEY 'VE CREATED an LP you can gain a lot from in times of trouble , that might be heavy going but helps you deal with life . |
| 21 | This was the conclusion of the House of Lords in May & butcher v. R. ( 1934 ) where an agreement for the purchase of government tentage provided that the price , the manner of delivery and dates of payment were to be agreed upon from time to time . |
| 22 | Fixed-sum and running-account creditThis is the distinction between a hire purchase agreement for a fixed amount ( s10 ( b ) ) and a credit card agreement where the debtor enjoys a credit facility that he can draw upon from time to time often subject to a credit limit ( s10 ( a ) ) . |
| 23 | Principally there were at that time other interested parties in the premises er and also erm Mr saw it as essential er that er they were in and running the business er well before the time of the Christmas trade which was rapidly approaching then , then it being late August and er he wanted to make sure that they were in in in time for them to be able to take advantage of those bookings that they anticipated . |
| 24 | He thinks we ought to have the softer article in from time to time . ’ |
| 25 | Both that institution and Wandsworth borough council have demonstrated their concern about the fabric of Battersea power station and have stepped in from time to time to ensure that , while the present owner obtains the refinancing required , essential works are carried out to prevent the building 's condition from deteriorating . |
| 26 | Many of the symptoms shown by food-intolerant and chemical-sensitive patients are symptoms that we all suffer from at times — headaches , tiredness and indigestion for example . |
| 27 | Such an aide-mémoire may not be necessary after six or 12 months of practice , but initially , it could be vital , for serious consequences can flow if a search is forgotten , or mortgage money is not applied for on time . |
| 28 | Indeed these two characteristics are all that is needed in the case of the adjective ; the relative clause is in a sense a stalking horse , convenient in that it is more tangible than the relation around which it is built , but unnecessary , and awkward in that it brings with it , in English , the requirement that it must express a tense ; for while it is often possible to read a tense into an adjective there is no reason whatever to suppose that there is always some particular tense present to the mind of the speaker but suppressed , as can be seen from instances like ( 35 ) , where more than one tense could plausibly be grafted onto the sense expressed by the phrase underlined , or , just as well , some adverbial notion like " because " or " if " without any specific tense being implied : ( 35 ) motorists guilty will have to pay heavy fines Likewise , the buildings adjacent of example ( 17 ) simply take their tense from that of the clause as a whole ; if , for instance , we were to switch the tense of the verb in that example in order to shift the whole situation to past time : ( 36 ) the buildings adjacent were closed for three days it would be quite unnecessary to presume that an independent mental re-assignment of tense , from present to past , internal to the phrase buildings adjacent , has to take place as well . |
| 29 | Now , oh now I know , outside of time , the garden where time comes to rest . |
| 30 | In all of us , a certain part of our being lives outside of time . |