Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You bring them on from the time they 're little , and they think they 've got it made , then — wallop . ’
2 Well , that should finish him off in no time .
3 Yeah , I 'll send him round nearer the time , I think .
4 The poet picked it up and handed it over to the Time Lord .
5 she would see it off in no time at all .
6 The staff revolted , Elliott locked them out of the Time Out offices , and the magazine vanished from the newsstands .
7 You do n't want people knocking your door and er you know she up to the time she died we we used to be advised by her .
8 There is nothing whatever to do about it , except , possibly , to put it down for a time .
9 She would make the poet 's lunch , starting with the radio playing but switching it off after a time because he believed that people should be able to do without background noise .
10 I will have you back in no time at all . ’
11 So it 's I I counted it up for the time I 'm staying .
12 As I came into the hotel I tried to project myself back into a time when I 'd have been thinking — Sunday press party , rather fun .
13 Sort myself out in no time at all .
14 It shuts him up for the time being , and I 'm not going to give him the satisfaction of thinking his insolence cuts any ice with me .
15 ‘ The dogs saw them off in no time .
16 And I 'll say this now , they was in business there , nextdoor , and I knew them like that , they says any machinery come here and use it , and they 'd got shears and all that sort of thing , and with their help , you know , I had these four locks and did them and took them down in no time to m to er , to and they was flabbergasted because of the quickness of them , you know , and they says er we can always find you sommat to work if er this is the case .
17 A boyfriend came with her , rather unkempt , so keep him out for the time being at least .
18 Clean it up in no time .
19 He was already inside and sitting himself down by the time I spoke .
20 I 'll see you get it back in no time at all . ’
21 She had passed it off at the time , saying , ‘ That 's right , Sarah !
22 Some exciting advice — relayed by Andrew from a knowing uncle in the City — had jacked it up for a time , before an even bigger hole was left gaping by the failure of that magical investment .
23 ‘ We were about twenty minutes altogether from the point where we realized they could n't get us down to the time when we stepped on to the roof .
24 I picked it up in no time , and I 'm a dummy . ’
25 ‘ And then , after the war , the newly formed High Council set themselves up as the Time Lords . ’
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