Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't that the song had a particular relevance — it was n't about AIDS — but it was a song that I felt was the best way of expressing myself and also the best thing I had to offer at the time . |
| 2 | Although she was not suicidal the therapist agreed that she might have been feeling as if she wanted to die at the time of the overdose . |
| 3 | General Secretary , you may be ready to dive in now , but we but we want to wait till the time is right . |
| 4 | And that is what we have to do within the time and organization constraints which Norman er correctly mentioned earlier . |
| 5 | We have to escape from the time warp in which , unfortunately , some people are still caught after three election defeats in a row . ’ |
| 6 | In the more seasonal forests , hummingbirds may be migratory , but in all forests they tend to breed at the time when the flowers on which they depend are most abundant , though as with the thrips and the Shorea species , there is some staggering of flowering times and avoidance of competition for pollinators between plants . |
| 7 | It was difficult to make out the essential nature of the girl : it seemed to change with the time of day , the season . |
| 8 | It seemed to work at the time . |
| 9 | Rather than asking children to describe what they did , he chose to focus on the time pupils took to record answers , using a keyboard . |
| 10 | However , if the accused obtains property on credit but he can not pay when the instalments fall due , he has not acted deceitfully if he intended to pay at the time of obtaining the item . |