Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Am I sufficiently interested in my question or topic to keep me interested over the necessary time period ? |
| 2 | It was Barbara Castle who remarked , when Mrs Thatcher became leader of the Conservatives in 1975 , that power had made her pretty for the first time . |
| 3 | Young people striking out on their own for the first time frequently do not have transport and colleges or universities are not always situated in city centres . |
| 4 | Although they 're among the poorest people in the community , many feel better off than they 've ever been — they 've got money , time and friends of their own for the first time . |
| 5 | For , as Raymond Briggs once said , in Maus the cartoon book holds its own for the first time against all-comers as a literary medium . |
| 6 | Tallis was on her own for the first time in her eight years or so in this unimaginable land . |
| 7 | I thought we were lovers ! she wanted to scream , but she swallowed her hurt for the thousandth time and forced a smile . |
| 8 | If a composer remembers to keep this audience entertained , think what he can say to them all at the same time . |
| 9 | Which is probably better than getting them all at the same time . |
| 10 | He 'd done something dishonest for the first time in his business life , and it sat uneasily on his conscience . |
| 11 | Does this mean therefore that RMI has to be a massive concentrated effort to bring everything on-stream at the same time ? |
| 12 | A good horse trainer teaches a horse good habits so that it does what he wants it to do automatically , without it learning any undesirable behaviour or bad habits in the process ; but a poor trainer often finds that his horses learn something unwanted at the same time . |
| 13 | Robyn swallowed and glanced out at the pouring rain , glanced at him , at the carved , arrogant profile that irked and thrilled her all at the same time and then at the rain again . |
| 14 | You ca n't and keep them open at the same time . |
| 15 | This alternative process made it possible for the first time to obtain 1- tert -alkyl , 1-cycloalkyl , 1-aryl , 1-heteroaryl and 1-aminoquinolone and azaquinolonecarboxylic acid derivatives by combined acylation and arylation ( aracylation ) of enamines and enhydrazines with o -halo-(het)aroyl halides . |
| 16 | The course of events after 1931 clearly revealed the inadequacy of pure aspiration as the basis for a science of international politics , and made it possible for the first time to embark on serious critical and analytical thought about international problems . |
| 17 | Sufficient data stretching back to the mid-sixteenth century have now been assembled to make it possible for the first time to study short-term as well as long-term characteristics of demographic behaviour at the micro level . |
| 18 | The key point was that the bases paired , making it possible for the first time to seem how a chemical entity might be able to store and copy information . |
| 19 | Once again , now it does n't matter which way round you start , you can start left over right or right over left , but the second time you do it opposite to the first time , so the first time I put the left one over first and the right one over that and then tuck it through , just like tying a shoe lace really , okay ? |
| 20 | cos they book it all at the same time |
| 21 | Dick Hansen on a cold day in February 1992 , flying his P-40 for the first time . |
| 22 | The boy was going to the boxroom and was clearly excited at possessing a room of his own for the first time . |
| 23 | Charles obliged , and filled up his own at the same time . |
| 24 | THAT AWFUL MOMENT WHEN YOU HAVE TO GET IT DIRTY FOR THE FIRST TIME |
| 25 | With the preparation unquestionably right , therefore , the question was , ‘ could Forget demonstrate the big heart and the ability to play at his best at the right time ? ’ |
| 26 | The Moghul tombs , the Red Fort , the towering minarets of the Jami Masjid , made me aware for the first time of the significance of civilization , and the meaning of history . |
| 27 | I think he 's passing them both on the same time . |
| 28 | I often missed Constanza , but not being with them both at the same time was easier . |
| 29 | ‘ You can get us all at the same time this way . ’ |
| 30 | Amanda said : ‘ I 'm sorry it was them and glad it was n't us all at the same time . ’ |