Example sentences of "[adj] [v-ing] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd never retire ; but she could fix up the house , put in some extra loos and bathrooms , have the kitchen completely refitted — get her business on a sound footing for the first time in her life . |
| 2 | ‘ There have been occasions when there were three different speakers all preaching at the same time , attempting to drown each other out . |
| 3 | In saying that an event c caused an event e , or that e was the effect of c , we typically have in mind but do not say that a set of things including c , but not necessarily all occurring at the same time , was required for e . |
| 4 | Er another problem we had as well is we had all going at the same time in a very close area as well . |
| 5 | But you 're all arriving at the one time . |
| 6 | They bubbled with enthusiasm , all talking at the same time while raving on about the beauty of the bush walk . |
| 7 | In an economic climate such as that obtaining at the current time , employers are even more likely than usual to wish to alter their employees ' terms and conditions of employment , whether relating to pay , overtime requirements or other matters . |
| 8 | One hundred patients of a total of 335 presenting for the first time with variceal haemorrhage were recruited into the study and randomised . |
| 9 | In the course of twenty-five years of persistent pioneering work , he was responsible for novel design features , such as the duplex condenser ( 1924 ) , objective changer ( 1926 ) , and cone condenser ( 1930 ) , the last allowing for the first time ultraviolet , dark-ground photographs of viruses . |
| 10 | Alcohol and other drugs have direct sedative and stimulant effects on the brain , both acting at the same time but over different periods of time . |