Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] the time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was toddling around at the time getting into mischief the way any normal , healthy three-year-old boy does . |
| 2 | Consultants say most children with cancer have a good chance of recovery , but this new service , costing £750,000 a year , aims to improve treatment and research and cut down on the time spent on the ward . |
| 3 | The Commodore 64 also offers a similar system but the ZX Spectrum , on which the Light Rifle was tested , does n't and the deficiency shows up in the time taken to calculate the position of the rifle when the trigger is pulled . |
| 4 | The initial estimate was based partly on the time required for radioactive heating to cause the subducted oceanic crust and sediment to become buoyant and rise . |
| 5 | We have become busier and more efficient and the productive with each passing decade , and this has meant cutting down on the time spent on more mundane activities . |
| 6 | Such patients often differ only in the time taken to reach hospital , and to claim that they differ in any more fundamental way is pure sophistry . |
| 7 | However , the contractual commitment stems from the first of those calls on the basis that it is followed up by the time agreed . |
| 8 | Foaled in 1975 and humbly bred , John Henry changed hands three times before reaching Dot and Sam Rubin 's Dotsam Stables ( Sam Rubin bought the horse unseen over the phone , and did not at the time know that his new purchase was a gelding ) . |
| 9 | It did not at the time occur to me that their behaviour together had anything to do with what went on between Jean-Claude and me . |
| 10 | We did not at the time think that we were sacrificing sovereignty to join that system . |
| 11 | I did not at the time understand how to tie the tension to the size of pattern . |
| 12 | I did n't at the time know where to , but when I had only about two months to go I too was posted , to Scampton near Lincoln , and who was the first person I saw when I booked into the Waaf Guard Room ? |
| 13 | At that moment Lesley-Jane saw your face — she told me you ‘ looked over your shoulder at her ’ but I did n't at the time realise that meant you must have been facing away from the stage . |
| 14 | In the meantime , you can continue to do hand work in the quiet moments and these serve also as the time to embellish your quickly-made basic garments . |
| 15 | On the subject of delays in responding to minutes , Mr Holden pointed out that speeding up the process would also add to costs , and that some delay arose because reports had to be considered by the Institute as well as by the JMU ; any suggestions on how to cut down on the time involved would be gratefully received . |
| 16 | Peace within the new boundaries allowed Milan to make up for the time lost during the bloody years of Napoleon 's campaigns and the Risorgimento . |