Example sentences of "[verb] on [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 If they are to be more than mere training , then a process of informed reflection has to go on at the same time .
2 But what commits the muscle to this final pathway and what ensures that all the necessary genes are turned on at the same time ?
3 I was operated on for the first time when I was two or three weeks old .
4 Concentration has nothing to do with gritting your teeth and braving it out ; it 's the secret of being more and more relaxed and aware of everything that is going on at the same time .
5 One of the most productive nurseries in the world , the Yorkshire League , has become almost barren and the time has come to pluck from another , rich in blossoms — Shivaji Park , Bombay , where you can stand on the roof-top of the small pavilion and watch 15 games going on at the same time .
6 What 's sort of going on since the last time I interviewed you .
7 There was one in this show when Charity Barnum 's understudy went on for the first time .
8 On the intellectual front , this unification went on at the same time that in the social history of science specialization was the order of the day .
9 Talk ought to go on , even if murder went on at the same time ; at the sideboard Twomey turned his back before he smiled .
10 The light will be left on for the whole time .
11 Why did n't they wait for the passengers to get off first , instead of squeezing themselves , their sacks of wheat and bicycles on at the same time that others were dragging their possessions off ?
12 All the DCs can be worked on at the same time ( which is why they must all be handled through one user and one package ) , and the package need only be approved once for them all .
13 All the DCs can be worked on at the same time ( which is why they must all be handled through one user and one package ) , and the package need only be approved once for them all .
14 More than one DC can be activated via a package at the same time , up to a maximum of 10 , and all of the DCs can be worked on at the same time ( which is why they must all be handled through one user and one package ) .
15 The specifications of November 1939 became a reality just 43 years ago , when a CW pump evacuated model with sealing wax joints was switched on for the first time at the end of February 1940 , and operated successfully .
16 As a climax , you could arrange for some of the room lights to be switched off one by one before the tree-lights are switched on for the first time ( test them first ! ) .
17 For instance , a LAN operating system like NetWare or an appropriate environment like Windows for Workgroups can be largely pre-installed at the factory , with the remaining configuration being done via a fill-in-the-blanks , sign-on display when the thing 's switched on for the first time .
18 None of the following devices should , on any account , be switched on at the same time : the immersion heater in the master bathroom , the swimming-pool filter or the dishwashing machine .
19 How many aircraft were they capable of working on at the same time ?
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