Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adj] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus whereas the bare infinitive allows for the incidence of its event to a support situated within the confines of event time , the mechanism of incidence provided for by the verb form itself is inoperative when called upon express an incidence to a support situated prior to the time contained in the event . |
| 2 | When Harry 's front axle buckled , he was behind a truck A few brief comments on each of these : in ( 35a ) the pronoun I is used gesturally to self-nominate from a group , in ( 35b ) it just has the symbolic usage ; in ( 36b ) the word ago places the time at which the action occurred relative to the time of speaking , in ( 36c ) the time is relative to the time at which the events in the narrative occurred . |
| 3 | Johnny remained silent for a time , and then said : |
| 4 | In 18 patients the operation had been a two stage procedure with a covering ileostomy being closed some three months after primary surgery while in five patients a one stage restorative proctocolectomy with ileal reservoir was performed with the ileal reservoir becoming functional at the time of proctocolectomy . |
| 5 | After Freda and Leslie retired from active Junior encouragement , Henley 's youngsters went quiet for a time , until revitalised more recently and most effectively , by Malcolm White . |
| 6 | The compensation we will pay is the market value of the item up to the maximum Code of Practice Compensation limit applicable at the time of posting . |
| 7 | Intelligence reports available at the time spelt out clearly that one of the Iraqi directors of the firm was involved in Saddam 's race for the bomb . |
| 8 | In the northern hemisphere , summer temperatures are such that many eggs become infective at a time when a population of susceptible foals is present . |
| 9 | Moreover , prospects for new publishing ventures seemed bleak at a time when the print runs of even state-owned newspapers were being crippled by an acute paper shortage caused by inefficiency and technological obsolescence in the timber and pulp-and-paper industries . |
| 10 | Latest traffic figures available at the time of writing showed that the airport had its busiest October on record . |
| 11 | But local people remained sceptical about the time it can take crews to reach emergencies . |
| 12 | Always have your car or front door keys ready by the time you need them . |
| 13 | Sadly , our voice went unheard at the time . |
| 14 | To is consequently used in the infinitive of reaction to evoke the support of the infinitive as characterized by a disposition arising prior to the time of realization of what the infinitive denotes . |
| 15 | Supporters of the quantity theory argued that V will be influenced by the customs and payments practices prevailing at the time , and that such arrangements change only slowly . |
| 16 | Depressed and anxious patients who sought refuge from their troubles by taking an overdose remained unconscious for a time but did not die of respiratory failure or asphyxiation , as happened only too readily after an overdose of barbiturate . |
| 17 | But the alert believer should be aware of the main tendencies to doubt prevalent at the time . |
| 18 | EIB loans are usually made in the form of a ‘ cocktail ’ of several currencies , depending upon the currencies which the Bank has available at the time of the loan . |
| 19 | Kapil 's early partners were busy medium-pacers in Karsan Ghavri and Madan Lal , while Chetan Sharma looked promising for a time before fading out of contention . |
| 20 | Blake felt sad for the Time Lord . |
| 21 | Add to that the tensions of the coming competition and the situation becomes volatile in no time . |
| 22 | The UMW was fined more than $65,000,000 for strike-related activities ; the bulk of this sum remained unpaid at the time of the resolution of the dispute . |
| 23 | But , still the same , Fabia felt hot by the time she 'd made it to her room , so went and took a shower and changed her clothes and supposed , since it had to be lunchtime , that she should set about getting a snack of some sort . |
| 24 | Both these projects were provided for in the Five Year plan current at the time but were shelved for lack of funds . |
| 25 | Our policy-making seemed stuck in a time warp in which we saw our role as offering help to a disadvantaged majority against a privileged minority — seemingly unaware that income is no longer distributed in a pattern that is pyramidal , but is egg-shaped . |
| 26 | No discipline seems pleasant at the time , but painful . |