Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sighing , she swivelled round , looking at the cabin properly for the first time . |
| 2 | In a memorandum in that month of crisis the Ministry of Defence apparently for the first time addressed the issue of the foreign exchange costs of existing policy , in response to the claim by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the end of July that Britain 's overseas military expenditure was running at £140 million p.a . |
| 3 | Because we knew that the headmaster of the Scuola Medie Inferiori , where I was now in my last year , was not in a position to punish us if we did not appear for lessons on demonstration days , many of us took part only for a short time and then went home . |
| 4 | She always slings my card just at the wrong time . |
| 5 | The other residents are mainly visiting academics , often very senior members of their own universities , from many countries , any academic discipline , and are staying in the college usually for a short time . |
| 6 | This does s seem to be in line with with practice nationally at the present time . |
| 7 | ‘ I thought I might have to sell my ticket , ’ added Birch , who returned to action yesterday for the first time in six months . |
| 8 | There were a good many farmers ' sons going in the doors of University College today for the first time . |
| 9 | Barely eighteen months ago after the last time , what are we doing ? |
| 10 | The one that eluded him was that of the Association of Golf Writers which , asked to nominate who had done most for European golf , decided on the Walker Cup team that went to the United States and won the trophy there for the first time . |
| 11 | ‘ Come and get warm , ’ said David almost at the same time as Anthony was saying : |
| 12 | Earlier Liberal Democrat Simon Hughes said that in a month Mr Lamont could announce proposals which would make 10 million people ineligible for legal aid yet at the same time he had been ‘ allowed £4,000 , his own private legal aid scheme , to pay his own private bill for an entirely private matter ’ . |
| 13 | Eight days after knocking out Errol McDonald on a low-key bill at Bury , the 25-year-old Dudley boxer steps unexpectedly into the big time to take on experienced champion Donovan Boucher , of Canada . |
| 14 | We read our lines together for the first time — but never as we would do them on the actual recording . |
| 15 | At times , the relay race may have the appearance of a rugby game , as players move downfield together at the same time , each playing their specific role . |
| 16 | Please note that letters must be your own original work and must not be offered for publication elsewhere at the same time . |
| 17 | Letters submitted must be your own original work and must not be offered for publication elsewhere at the same time . |
| 18 | As director of the British Museum ( Natural History ) from 1919 to 1927 , Harmer 's equanimity enabled him to have good relationships with the trustees and he steered the Museum smoothly through a difficult time with tact and judgement . |
| 19 | Shearer returns to The Dell for Blackburn tomorrow for the first time since his £3.6 million transfer in the summer , anxious to make life even more uneasy for Branfoot . |
| 20 | He was n't very fond of the river Wye , for its rocky crevasses had claimed too many young lives even during the short time he had been there . |
| 21 | We really felt at home here from the first time we came . |
| 22 | If your engine is fitted with a viscous coupled cooling fan and the viscous unit is faulty after running the engine fast for a short time and then slowing down the fan continues to spin freely and even speeds up . |
| 23 | had staged the epochal exhibition ‘ Manet and the Post-Impressionists ’ at the Grafton Gallery , when the work of Paul Cézanne , Gauguin , and Vincent Van Gogh was seen in England virtually for the first time . |
| 24 | The Munn Report examined the structure of the curriculum in the last two years of compulsory schooling in Scotland , and carried out its work almost at the same time as the Dunning Committee considered the aims , purposes and forms of assessment for the whole ability range . |
| 25 | The atmosphere was not exactly lively but I continued to have lunch there for a long time because she was extremely kind and the food was good . |
| 26 | A more immediate issue concerns the consequences for labour of a structure which gives priority to flexibility yet at the same time promises a lifetime of permanent employment which seems to imply inflexibility . |
| 27 | Rory Underwood 's try put England ahead for the first time in the match with just seven minutes to go after a spell of relentless pressure on the home side . |
| 28 | In 1856 he exhibits on his lawn a stuffed crocodile he has brought back from the East : enabling it to bask in the sun again for the first time in 3,000 years . |
| 29 | He made the effort to say something pleasant to his wife and they drank a glass of wine together for the first time in weeks . |
| 30 | It means giving a word of knowledge or prophecy perhaps for the first time . |