Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many hundreds of thousands of trade unionists were among those who became shareholders for the first time . |
| 2 | On this occasion some of the Messerschmitts had carried bombs for the first time — not a new role for III/JG 27 , which had operated in this manner over the Balkans during the previous month . |
| 3 | We swopped experiences for the last time . |
| 4 | There 's usually some , some mums who are meeting the school and and walking dogs at the same time . |
| 5 | In August 1899 , Joseph revisited his Valley of Winding Waters for the first time in twenty-two years . |
| 6 | As one commentator noted wryly , there are more companies announcing Pentium-based machines then there are actual processors : a couple of dozen manufacturers spread their wares and Intel topped the whole thing off by announcing prices for the first time , and they are not cheap — 60MHz Pentiums cost $878 , while the 66MHz chip is $965 in quantities of 1,000 . |
| 7 | Guerrillas in Kashmir used rockets for the first time on June 19 , in an attack on two waterfront hotels in Srinagar which were being used as barracks by Indian security forces . |
| 8 | SOARING sales mean workers at car giant Rover are being asked to work Sundays for the first time in living memory . |
| 9 | Bully Boy 's owner , Ron Taylor , who is involved in various interests in Lambourn , admitted to having ‘ a nice punt ’ on the six-year-old , who was tackling fences for the first time . |
| 10 | Only three other deaf men became missioners for the first time in the 1920s , although some moved from one place to another like George Mackenzie . |
| 11 | The king , troubled by the prince 's displays of temperament and his unwillingness to follow the advice of those who had charge of him , mindful also of his own unrobust health , considered it would be unwise for himself and his brother to receive visitors at the present time . |
| 12 | I have already suggested that in speech we normally plan at the point of utterance and that is evidenced in those typical features of speech which appear so surprising and , indeed , shocking to people inspecting transcripts for the first time . |
| 13 | The firm has been campaigning since November 1991 to receive results at the same time as the Japanese press — a privilege denied it because it is not a member of the Tokyo Stock Exchange press club , where securities companies post earnings announcements in members ' pigeon-holes . |
| 14 | For Brundle , making his last appearance for the team , it was a bitter-sweet moment as he scored points for the 11th time in 12 races . |
| 15 | I have seen letters in the Financial Times complaining about the dearth of bailiffs : in the repossessionary times there are not enough of them to go round . |
| 16 | Here the organisers have set up an international event where walkers , climbers and people everywhere can do something they enjoy doing and benefit others at the same time . |
| 17 | All he does is press the record and stop buttons at the appropriate times . |
| 18 | She started to wear trousers for the first time , dieted , and let her hair grow . |
| 19 | THE Duke and Duchess of Kent became grandparents for the second time yesterday when the Earl of St Andrews and his wife had a baby girl . |
| 20 | UK airlines are not sponsoring pilots at the present time , but the school is attracting an increasing number of young people , both from this country and abroad , who are prepared to invest something in the order of £50,000 to train as professional pilots … |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll give the missus one and give thanks at the same time , how 's that ? |
| 22 | In the opinion of Books Etc , ‘ this unfair distribution method should now cease , and accordingly , may we please be given the opportunity of subscribing to your complete paperback list and obtain deliveries at the same time as all other bookshops in the UK ? ’ |
| 23 | Competitors had to drive around the country 's top racing circuits within the five-day time period . |
| 24 | The French authorities did something to safeguard communal property among their Moslem subjects in Algeria , even though Napoleon III ( in the Senatus-Consulte of 1863 ) found it inconceivable that individual property rights in land should not be established formally among the members of Moslem communities ‘ where possible and opportune ’ , a measure which actually had the effect of permitting Europeans for the first time to buy them out . |
| 25 | but it falls down in front of the unexpected , when you actually do see things for the first time . |
| 26 | Afterwards , Ken told him : ‘ Never give me dialogue and ask me to handle props at the same time . ’ |
| 27 | We try to help friends through the bad times . |
| 28 | In the 1950s , when the late Heinz Under was presenting Torontonians for the first time with the symphonies of Gustav Mahler in the York Concert Society series in Massey Hall , I will never forget the ecstatic moment , after a dozen tumultuous curtain calls at the end of the Resurrection Symphony , when the elderly maestro lifted the heavy score off the stand — and shook it as vigorously and as high as he was able , in homage to the great composer . |
| 29 | However much both sectors might underline their commitment to high-quality education for students and other values of higher education as a whole , the struggle to define and remove boundaries at the same time led to uncertainty and ambiguity , tension and even ‘ ill-will ’ between the sectors . |
| 30 | Shooting raises fear of sectarian bloodbath Cardinals on either side of the Irish Sea yesterday joined forces for the first time to condemn the IRA , reports Gary Duncan . |