Example sentences of "time [v-ing] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The impersonation of the shop manager at lines 19 – 20 , done in a near-RP " posh " voice , is an even clearer evocation of a persona , but this time using a maximally Standard style . |
| 2 | She kicked away the heavy limbs of the man who was sharing her bed , at the same time dislodging a grey cat from the bed 's foot . |
| 3 | By completing pictures children can demonstrate their ideas visually without spending a lot of time producing a complicated drawing . |
| 4 | Opposite him , he noticed that Janet Roscoe had delved once more into the deep handbag , this time producing a very slim volume , whose title it was impossible for him not to see , and which he could have guessed in any case : CHAUCER , Tale of the Wyf of Bathe . |
| 5 | But he has failed in his great ambition , and perhaps the task was too much for a man who has had to spend time inventing a new identity for himself . |
| 6 | As well as making claims about the efficiency of markets , the theory denies the existence of producer power , at the same time drawing a reassuring analogy with democratic control in the political sphere : corporate behaviour is no more than a reflection of the popular will , expressed not through the ballot box , but via individual purchase decisions . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , you want me to leave , do you ? ’ he asked with a devious smile , at the same time drawing a large scroll from inside his waistcoat . |
| 8 | She put an end to the nuns ’ little treats and tricks , whilst at the same time allowing a whore to take up residence there . |
| 9 | A separate area is being given to modern day Stoddard , this time representing a thriving Company of significance with a long established history . |
| 10 | Students become fluent in two of the languages of the United Kingdom 's trading partners , while at the same time acquiring a good knowledge of information technology ( computing for business ) , administration and marketing , and word processing , typing ( multilingual ) and shorthand ( optional ) . |
| 11 | So she 'd do just the opposite , keeping him close and at the same time keeping a watchful eye on all he was doing . |
| 12 | One only wishes that he had spent more time gaining a perspective outside America . |
| 13 | Opposite the village the Gotthard line executes two further tunnel-loops in succession almost carrying out a figure-of-eight while all the time gaining a further height of 122m ( 400ft ) inside the rock . |
| 14 | Sharpe hacked again , this time landing a blow on the back of the helmet . |
| 15 | She went into the drawing-room , and flung back her veil , for the first time revealing a pair of remarkable green eyes , set at a slant like a cat 's or lynx 's . |
| 16 | ‘ Now yet another indication of the reality of this ubiquitous energy has turned up , while at the same time resolving a long-standing mystery from the early development of quantum theory . |
| 17 | Twice Richards complained about the ball , each time causing a lengthy hold-up to upset the batsmen 's concentration , and behaving with such arrogance that after the match he apologized to the umpires for it . |
| 18 | I HAD to spend some time comforting a distraught mother whose child was thought to have a behavioural problem . |
| 19 | ‘ Monica ? ’ said the ‘ chair ’ , at the same time passing a scribbled note to Grunte : ‘ Jenkins — her father is a Nobel Prize winner . ’ |
| 20 | The murder trial jury heard how Carter at the time serving a sentence for robbery had subjected Darren Brook to a ‘ barbaric ’ ordeal , which included forcing him to write a suicide note . |
| 21 | Siting the Boilerhouse at the V&A ( between 1982 and 1987 ) was a bold attempt to revamp the museum 's image as an old-fashioned and intimidating palace of culture while at the same time implying a continuity or purpose : one of the first Boilerhouse exhibitions was on the subject of ‘ taste ’ , a neat dovetailing of 19th century didactic aims for the museum with the concerns of 1980s ' retailing . |
| 22 | The trick is to find a way of giving the Europeans enough of a feeling that they can pursue security policies of their own without at the same time forming a European defence association that would drive the Americans away . |
| 23 | He had not made up his mind what to say to him , so spent time establishing a position in the Reading Room , under the high dome , which , however high , held , he felt , insufficient oxygen for all the diligent readers , so that they lay somnolent like flames dying in Humphry Davy 's bell-jar as their sustenance was consumed . |
| 24 | He squeezed another , this time provoking a small spurt of blood . |
| 25 | They have been spending their time writing a book telling both sides of their story . |
| 26 | Before I start I actually spend most of my time writing a behavioural measurable etcetera objective . |
| 27 | As a young doctor in Leiden he paid a seminal visit to the neuroanatomist WJH Nauta , at that time developing a revolutionary anatomical technique for investigating the nervous system by staining degenerating fibres cut off from their parent cell-bodies . |
| 28 | We have spent a lot of time developing a methodology that could contribute to this process . |
| 29 | Walter Last has spent some time developing a system for cutting the compound angles on the segments for his turning |
| 30 | The barrier is now visible to both sides and can be referred to : " I would not waste my time selling a policy that was no good because the effort required would be too great — I have a living to make . |