Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll never forget the time you … ’ can be an aggrieved refrain in real marriages as well as in music-hall jokes . |
| 2 | ‘ The telephone never stops and I can hardly spare the time even to make myself a cup of tea . |
| 3 | The coding system allows two main types of information to be coded , fixed features — those that will be the same every time a junction is seen , and variable features — those which could potentially change every time a junction is passed through . |
| 4 | After the user requirement had been produced , and the options for system development had been considered , it was agreed that it would be most cost-effective if suitable applications software could be identified , which would also reduce the time required for installation . |
| 5 | Add in some fancy graduated tint backgrounds or some a scanned logo and you 'll really see the time tick by . |
| 6 | By an effort of memory she could just recall a time when money had been plentiful , and her father — then strong and well — had spent it with a gay extravagance which had delighted her as a small child . |
| 7 | I do n't mind because if you 've got the questions we 'll we 'll certainly spend the time . |
| 8 | as if we would never have the time to say all the things we needed to say to each other . |
| 9 | Most secondary schools have now reached double figures in their stocks of micros — but only a few years ago the authors of a book ( Howe and Ross , 1981 ) could gently suggest that ‘ we can readily envisage the time when every educational institution in the country will have access to at least one microcomputer ’ . |
| 10 | One can only imagine the time , the patience , the dedication , the sheer labour . |
| 11 | There may well come a time when it is a good idea to float Direct Line . ’ |
| 12 | Whole-class teaching , usually seen as the device most likely to keep children on task , may well reduce distraction ( or at least distraction of an undisguised kind ) but it may also increase the time children spend awaiting attention , and indeed our own figures on group sizes tend to confirm this . |
| 13 | Most obviously it means that the ‘ birds ’ sang at a previous moment in time but it could also mean the time of year , the time of the poet 's life , and most strikingly , it could be another word connected with death . |
| 14 | He will also lose no time in appointing an Aids expert to head a heavily-funded White House task-force . |
| 15 | He can never remember a time when he did n't have a detective to guard him , or private cars , planes or trains to transport him . |