Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [adj] time [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.
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1 | It has to though because if in the pa if they 've had this long-term sort of culture for all this time they need to be given ideas but essentially if their traditional values were so strong they would have rejected what the Communist Party was trying to say , but because they accepted it it meant they ha they did actually have the potential to be revolutionary . |
2 | In all that time we have actually had two people say yes I would like to cancel , of all the policies that we 've actually issues . |
3 | But in all that time I 've never been completely sober . ’ |
4 | I 've supported Leeds since I was 5 and in all that time I 've never once wished Leeds would lose a game , ever . |
5 | ‘ Not only have I been separated from my wife for the past five years — but in all that time I 've only once managed to make love to her . |
6 | I have been using pastels for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |
7 | I have been using pasters for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |
8 | I have been keeping tropical fish for around 20 years and in all that time I have always had not just one , but a number of aquaria . |
9 | And , and then er at that particular time you know and er then unemployment you , I you had to see each firm was issued with the and the firms had to agree that you had to sign a contract of employment so that er if you were leaving or he was paying you off , you had to be given two weeks ' notice either way before they pay you off . |
10 | If , for example , she sometimes finds the superfluities of Godmersham amusing — ‘ At this present time I have five Tables , Eight & twenty Chairs & two fires all to myself ’ she none the less savours the ‘ luxurious sensation ’ of sitting ‘ in idleness over a good fire in a well-proportioned room ’ . |
11 | But just at this particular time we 've got a lot of residents with Zimmer frames and they really just are n't steady enough without one of the care staff going across with them , which does happen . |
12 | There must , in fact , be few marriages in which temporary sexual difficulties do not arise and , as we have seen , at any one time they exist for a fair proportion of married adults . |
13 | In the second and third years … drama , dance and music are taught together , but with three staff timetabled ; so at any one time we split the groups up we 've got group numbers of about 20 — three staff between two forms — and they 'll say work in drama on a theme for six weeks , then move on and explore that theme in music , then move on and explore that in dance . |
14 | Alternatively , you can make an intriguing doom-laden prediction ( ‘ beware the old Tilean who walks with a limp — he carries a poisoned blade for you ’ ) which you can make come true at any later time you like . |