Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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1 | With the political will we could begin to change it from the time of the first by-election of the present parliament . |
2 | ‘ Oh , no , she 's going to tell me about the time when she arrived at King ‘ s Cross station , pregnant , with a wage-packet in her pocket and no home . ’ |
3 | His friends and colleagues were trying to persuade him at the time that this would not be wise — what on earth would happen to the British election campaign if the country had to go to war in the Gulf half-way through ? |
4 | Many like this team from Calgary in Canada , only managed to free one in the time . |
5 | This County Council failed to do it from the time , time it was formed until eighty-five ; it failed even to address the problem , never mind do it , and we 've been trying to , to sort of do some catching up . |