Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pron] [noun] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rolle suggests that this is begun in thought of the four last things : death , for " we lyve bot in a poynt " in " uncertente of owre endyng " ; judgement , when we account for our use of time " and ilk tyme we thynk not on God , we may cownt it als we have tynt " ( 4.95.19 – 22 , 38 – 9 ) ; heaven , the joy which is " mare any may tell " ; and hell , where also is burning in fire ( 4.96.46 – 7 , 54 ) . |
| 2 | interestingly , hearing people seemed to increase in their re-arrangement over time while there was very little difference in BSL . |
| 3 | Travelling in the TARDIS messed with your sense of time . |
| 4 | And even in societies where ‘ work ’ predominates in its demands on time and energy , rules will need to be established to order aspects of life which are not directly concerned with the production of subsistence , i.e. with its consumption , as in the organization of the fundamental units within the society . |
| 5 | ‘ I want an archway built in my garden in time for the wedding of Lina and Pablo next Saturday . |
| 6 | His closed fist shot to his mouth from time to time , followed by a few slow chews . |
| 7 | He came to me time after time , as useless as a surcharged phonograph — drunk on Byron , Shelley , or Keats . |
| 8 | Why then does it matter at what point in time the property passes ? |
| 9 | The perpetual spring Schorne had divined for his parish in time of drought came replete with gypsum , Epsom salts , and carbonic acid , and thereby lent considerable support to his posthumous reputation , principally as a healer of rheumatic and eye afflictions , but with an occasional talent in respect of dead oxen , the drowned , and the consolation of ‘ wretched , lonely boys ’ . |
| 10 | Joseph turned in his saddle in time to see a score of shuffling gray humps slip silently into the distant trees . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh yes , I agree entirely , ’ she would say when I argued with her opinion at times . |
| 12 | If she wanted this job , she would have to be reasonably pleasant to him , however much it stuck in her throat at times . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , ’ I said , ‘ he gets on my wick at times . ’ |
| 14 | You just get on my wick at times , that 's all . ’ |
| 15 | He champed on his gum in time to the music , and kept a poker-faced expression . |
| 16 | Clients could therefore join the study after its onset and could move at whichever point in time their new services were ready . |
| 17 | By hook or by crook , and with the assistance of her brother Samuel and her in-laws , she had provided for her children in times of personal and national distress . |
| 18 | Paradoxically , therefore , Water Newton is our clearest ‘ town plan ’ , yet surprisingly little is known about its development through time . |
| 19 | A nation that might disagree with its leaders at times , but will pull together for its nation 's sake . |
| 20 | Shaun confessed to me loads of times that he wanted to leave the band because it was n't a good living and he did n't enjoy it that much . |
| 21 | They ca n't deliver to their customers on time . |
| 22 | ‘ I was struggling on my serve at times , ’ admitted Wilkinson , ‘ but on the big points I was playing really well . |
| 23 | In such a manner individuals , like institutions or sovereigns , are fortified in their passage through time by jubilees symbolized by precious substances held in progressively higher esteem . |
| 24 | He was assisted in his work from time to time by Samuel Holmes , a graduate of Magdalene College , Cambridge , who hoped to succeed him , but in fact on 27th July 1683 Timothy Dobson , of Jesus College , Cambridge , was appointed . |
| 25 | This is most graphically illustrated by their co-operation in time of war , and despite Marxist faith in the common interests of the proletariat of all nations , time and again national loyalties have proved stronger than those of class . |
| 26 | The point was made that jobs ‘ promoted ’ were not a true count of REAL jobs ; what we needed to know was the true job completion rate effected for what length of time — actual jobs and how long they lasted . |
| 27 | Between 1949 and 1954 much of his spare time had been given to poetic scribbling ; and he was also giving voice to a measure of vacillation and disillusionment , which we shall encounter in his poetry from time to time . |
| 28 | ‘ Leave the lass alone — she will come to her senses in time ! ’ |
| 29 | She gave me Zdenka 's German address and asked if I could at least write to her daughter from time to time to keep her spirits up . |
| 30 | Isobel Cunningham writes : Camphor , the old-fashioned remedy grandmothers the world over have rubbed on their chests since time immemorial , brought about the demise of Aliysa from the role of Classic-winning filly though why has never really been established . |