Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They made another turn , and another , bringing them in a short time to Southwark Bridge . |
| 2 | Many are offered in garden centres and shops , loose or prepacked , from February onwards , but care must be taken to plant them at the right time or thy may fail . |
| 3 | Mind you can always say to you caught me at a bad time , you say , it 's supposed to have appointment only , but just say , can you , is there any chance of you coming back . |
| 4 | He 's amusing himself at a dull time of year , and being here without his womenfolk , but he 's as adroit at calming the storm as he is at raising it . |
| 5 | Christopher Gill ( Member for Ludlow and a Midlands businessman ) , as has been mentioned in Chapter 6 , has concerned himself for a long time with what were once seen to be obscure constitutional issues of subsidiarity . |
| 6 | Physical activity and natural light Light exercise and brisk walks taken at your accustomed time by the new local time will help to adjust you to the new time zone and to make you feel ready for sleep at bedtime . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh — have I caught you at a bad time , dear ? ’ |
| 8 | Old friends who had forgotten her during the hard times . |
| 9 | ‘ I know you and Niall did n't exactly get off to a good start , but if it 's any consolation you caught him at a bad time . |
| 10 | ‘ I helped her through a bad time , you see . |
| 11 | It was a nice face and , other things being equal , she would have responded to that first , she had been wanting to get to know him for a long time . |
| 12 | Periodically I went back to the northern wastes again , a sort of alchemical prep school where , like Lorne , I sustained myself through the dark times with dreams of the southern islands . |
| 13 | I am pleased to have the opportunity to raise this subject which has interested me for a long time . |
| 14 | Your father , and Elizabeth and the others , are very worried about you , because you have not visited them for a long time . |
| 15 | Well you snip them at the growing time . |
| 16 | As the right hon. and learned Member for Surrey , East ( Sir G. Howe ) advised everyone in the Financial Times last week , ’ There is nothing to prevent a group of countries pressing on with a separate Treaty The fact is that we can not , even if we wished , stop the others going ahead . ’ |
| 17 | You have n't seen me since the bad time with the lawyers . ’ |
| 18 | Have n't seen them for a long time . |
| 19 | ‘ You do n't get over disliking someone simply because you have n't seen them for a long time . ’ |
| 20 | Well say hello to them for us cos we have n't seen them for a long time . |
| 21 | Lock your door , set whatever device will rouse you at a definite time ( cooking-timer , flashing alarm clock , vibrator ) — set it to go off in eight minutes . |
| 22 | Have n't seen you for a long time have you ? |
| 23 | Oh here 's another dog I think oh it 's Judy 's , not it 's not hello , have n't seen you for a long time , hello , have n't seen her for a long time , morning , good morning oh she 's a sweetie is n't she ? forgotten her name come and say hello , I have n't seen you for ages , so him once on the , good morning . |
| 24 | ‘ I have n't seen you in a long time . ’ |
| 25 | I have n't seen you in a long time . |
| 26 | Mr John Rennilson , the county planning officer , said : ‘ Unless we can achieve something in a short time the inevitable will happen on March 31 . ’ |
| 27 | If a public sector organisation says that it will do something at a certain time , the customer wants that to happen . |
| 28 | He studied her for a long time , then reached out and touched a wet strand of her hair . |
| 29 | catch him at the right time . |
| 30 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |