Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [prep] [det] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , for early EDI users , getting two computers , one 's own and one belonging to a trading partner , to talk to one another , was quite enough of a challenge , without worrying about other people you and your partners might want to communicate with some time in the future . |
| 2 | They passed , apparently oblivious , intent only on their own business ; but hardly a soul in the village failed to pass at some time during that day , and not one missed a detail of what was there to be seen . |
| 3 | Captain Mark Phillips had been expected to remain for some time in his cottage on the estate , where he has lived since the marriage broke up three years ago . |
| 4 | In accordance with the terms of the contract , you can choose to retire at any time after the age of 60 , when the policy will buy you a regular pension plus the option of taking part of the money as a tax-tree lump sum . |
| 5 | At recent rates about 80 per cent of married women can expect to work at some time in their married lifetime ( Martin and Roberts 1984 ) . |
| 6 | … or is it just another of those little habits ( much favoured by men ) that seem to flourish at this time of year . |
| 7 | Regrettably but perhaps inevitably , the ambivalence of feeling and thought which is bound to exist at any time of change has been seized upon by those who can profit from it . |
| 8 | But there may be legitimate reasons for incorporating a company which is intended to remain dormant indefinitely or for retaining on the register a company which for the time being has ceased to carry on business but which the members may wish to use at some time in the future for the same or some different business . |
| 9 | Perhaps it may even spur them to have a rethink ( miracles have been known to happen at this time of year ) and remove the threat of closure not just from St Bart 's but many other wonderful facilities up and down the country . |
| 10 | You can apply to enter at any time from your sixteenth birthday . |
| 11 | Also , the fresh tap water should be allowed to stand for some time before being offered to the cat , to allow the chemicals to dissipate . |
| 12 | Blood may have continued to ooze for some time after death , though less so here than from a dependent part . |
| 13 | Asked if he had been tempted to quit at any time during the past eight days , he raised a smile and a quip : ‘ I 've felt like that for the last two years ! |
| 14 | Mary Alston , one of the mainstays of the women 's union in the 1920s , had to care during this time for a sick sister , who was in and out of a nursing home ; much later , in the 1940s , she had to give up work for a while to care for her mother . |
| 15 | The one thing he always refused to consider at any time of financial uncertainty was selling any of his personal shareholding in Virgin . |