Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is she alright now without them or does she have to wear them part of the time ? |
| 2 | Merlyn demanded to know why he had not reported her departure at the time . |
| 3 | But Cecil 's string was struggling to find its form at the time and Rainbow Lake could manage no better than a modest sixth to subsequent Derby fourth Cairo Prince . |
| 4 | Your Royal Highness , commodores , and members of the Association , may I begin my report by thanking you Ma'am for the time you have given to our sport , for being with us at our Annual General Meeting and for the address you have just delivered . |
| 5 | The treatment of Abdulkerim by Katib Celebi and his followers is consistent ( and interesting ) in so far as they rightly , one believes , place his Muftilik in the time of Mehmed II , in accordance with the and as opposed to the view of the unmodified traditional account ; but on the assumption that the available texts of Katib Celebi and Hezarfen are accurate , the writers connected with the Katib Celebi view appear to differ amongst themselves about the nature and timing of his Muftilik , possibly because Katib Celebi " s list is particularly cryptic and , at first sight , confused at this point . |
| 6 | This can be multiplied manyfold in its unpleasantness , if you are a woman emptying your bladder at the time . |
| 7 | This , we hoped , would permit us to see the various stages of the project in operation from the time when a school began to plan its proposal to the time when the materials purchased with project funds were already in use . |
| 8 | He then forced himself to get through the rest of the day without writing , so that the well would have replenished its juice by the time he took up his pencil again the next daybreak . |
| 9 | Blast , I 'd forgotten all about that little oddity , although it did give me pause at the time . |
| 10 | Their political passivity about these communal services ca n't be understood without taking into account the benefit of keeping it all in the family — for men it secured their surveillance over the time and labour of women . |
| 11 | I 'm just describing my attitude at the time , which I shared with most of my fellow students : an attitude of complete boredom and feeling that nothing was worth making an effort for . |
| 12 | Indeed , I recall my impression at the time was of having stepped into a prison cell , but then this might have had as much to do with the pale early light as with the size of the room or the bareness of its walls . |
| 13 | The fact that most of them have already had their family by the time they commence the course is the most likely explanation . |
| 14 | Nether Wyresdale Parish Council have asked me to express their concern at the time taken to finalise this planning decision . |
| 15 | The woman in the fun photos , a 24-year-old Briton , is said to have sold her story of the time she spent in Andrew 's company to an American magazine . |
| 16 | Gifford dated his success from the time he started to use it ; he signed his pictures with Winsor blue and a dab of the pure colour occurs somewhere in them , a sort of trademark . ’ |
| 17 | I did n't understand his disability at the time , for he had a progressive muscular disease . |
| 18 | Er it 's a bit difficult coming on the end of a debate cos everyone 's nicked your speech by the time you get here . |
| 19 | And would you also please make sure you give your name at the time you speak and who you represent because the the the matter is being recorded and we want to make sure we know who has said what at what time . |
| 20 | This river gets its name from the time of the first exploration of the island , when some of Zarco 's men were nearly swept away by the river but were rescued by other members of the party in a small boat . |
| 21 | She was adamant that she had been wearing her G-string at the time — round her ankle . |
| 22 | Did n't you fantasize about what might have occurred if only you 'd been holding your breath at the time and a gun as well ? |
| 23 | Please note : Nottinghamshire County Council has collected information to publish this brochure in good faith and every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy at the time of printing . |
| 24 | Political propaganda on the part of the American Relief Administration , by far the longest foreign source of aid , warped its judgement at the time , and the subsequent polarization of Russian-American relations has not improved the objectivity of later scholarly accounts of the Famine as seen through American eyes . |
| 25 | Though he was later subtly dismissive of the assembly , he undoubtedly appreciated its value at the time , not least for the good publicity it gave him in the British and American press . |
| 26 | All three were sentenced to 25 years , although Martina Shanahan had served 200 days virtually of solitary confinement at Risley whilst on remand and was said to be losing her mind by the time the trial began . |
| 27 | The book helped him and satisfied his mind for the time . |
| 28 | It involves setting priorities , planning your approach and tailoring your answer to the time available . |
| 29 | That book portrayed her as an insecure child , who had overcome her unhappiness at the time of her mother 's elopement by zealously nursing her younger brother . |
| 30 | One sestertius might have helped the visitor pay his way during the time of Emperor Antonius Pius . |