Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | A clutch of companies involved in technology from the Soviet space programmes has been given permission for the first time to deal direct with foreigners . |
| 2 | And lose money at the same time . |
| 3 | Should you wish to paint hardwood for the first time , it will be necessary to coat it with an aluminium primer . |
| 4 | It is common for pupils to grow in height as much as an inch and a half ; they appear to lose weight at the same time . |
| 5 | He became mayor for the first time in October 1261 and was reappointed in October 1262 , years in which the king dominated London , having thrown off the restrictions imposed on him by the Provisions of Oxford in 1258 . |
| 6 | Most sufferers do n't realise their chiggers have departed because the eschars remain itchy for a long time afterwards . |
| 7 | He tried very hard not to cough like he 'd seen people cough in westerns when they tried whisky for the first time , and got away with just clearing his throat rather loudly ( he looked round at the curtains , afraid somebody might have heard ) . |
| 8 | Well the advice Mrs then is if you know what variety it is and you know it 's a variety tough enough to grow outdoors like er Peregrine , then send protection at the susceptible time of the year when the blossom 's out , otherwise er if it is a tend a more tender variety we do n't think er the thing is going to survive and certainly not going to fruit . |
| 9 | The Islamic fundamentalist Welfare Party ( RP-Refah Partisi — led by Necmettin Erbakan ) entered parliament for the first time , with 62 seats , on an agenda which included withdrawal from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) and renunciation of efforts towards EC membership . |
| 10 | Their roots lay in another relatively new corporate phenomenon , that of management consultancy , which was gaining credence at the same time . |
| 11 | Twenty-three years after becoming premier for the first time , he shows every indication of wanting to lead the Liberals against the Parti Québécois in another election . |
| 12 | Nijinsky then went to Longchamp as a hot favourite for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe , but there , under a less-than-brilliant ride from Piggott , he tasted defeat for the first time , beaten a head by Sassafras . |
| 13 | Less publicity shy was Stephen Quinn , publishing director of Vogue , the fashion magazine , who had voted Conservative for the first time in his life . |
| 14 | Beryl Smith again drew attention to the strenuous time our trainers have , called upon as they are to travel so far and having to tackle what seems to be a non-stop training programme . |
| 15 | In June 1984 , small businesses were also required to provide security for the first time under the scheme , which obviously deterred many potential entrepreneurs and damaged the usefulness of the scheme . |
| 16 | The British banks have attracted criticism for a long time over their failure to provide long-term finance to industry , and to develop lasting relationships with industrial customers . |
| 17 | A famous 19th century thinker once observed that ‘ the class which has the means of material production at its disposal has control at the same time over the means of mental production ’ . |
| 18 | She drew breath for the first time in three and a quarter hours . |
| 19 | He said : it gives me hope for the future of the planet that people can work for a solution to poverty and problems and can enjoy life at the same time . |
| 20 | Kit had learned how to grow certain lucrative crops on the mainland , when he served with Roger Pole and the local Indians had been drafted to instruct them ; but he was cultivating indigo for the first time , in Sycorax 's former enclave , and he found the plant tricky and demanding and considered its production women 's work . |
| 21 | In his address to the congress , the chair of the Russian Supreme Soviet , Ruslan Khasbulatov , expressed support for the continued existence of collective and state-owned farms as the most effective way to provide food at the present time . |
| 22 | It simulates a design and build project on a compressed time scale and models the commercial consequences of designing , planning , estimating , tendering for and building to , a contract and specification . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's the best day of my life , ’ said Capriati after defeating Graf for the first time . |
| 24 | For the last year of his life he suffered from myeloma , a form of bone cancer , and entered hospital for the last time in July where he made friends with another patient who , unfortunately , soon died . |
| 25 | Southport Railway Centre also ran its usual trains , again using the LMS Brakevans , over the Spring Bank Holiday , and thus had the unusual , possibly unique distinction of being the only preservation organisation running trains on its own lines and also on another , privately owned line at the same time . |
| 26 | She was five and a half when she entered school for the first time . |
| 27 | Domestic consumption of grain overtook production for the first time . |
| 28 | A former Armed Forces Minister , Maj. Umaru Djalo , who had served under President Luis de Almeida Cabral , who had been overthrown in 1980 by the coup bringing President Joao Bernardo Vieira to power , sought asylum at the same time . |
| 29 | Three weeks hence , The Canadian will head west for the last time . |
| 30 | Meeting Sien for the first time and getting to know her was like knowing ‘ a fellow creature as lonesome and unhappy as myself ’ , no more and no less . |