Example sentences of "[adv] [noun] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had put on weight in the short time since going to Mrs Gracie 's ; he was plump . |
| 2 | It dipped further on occasions when an end to the war seemed in prospect , notably on Feb. 15 and again on Feb. 19 , when it went briefly below $16 for the first time since July 1990 . |
| 3 | I ca n't see the jobless figure going below 3m for a long time , but our 9m shareholders should get decent rewards . |
| 4 | The Taiwanese government said last week that the rate of population growth this year would dip below 1% for the first time , to 0.95% , and forecast zero growth by 2035 . |
| 5 | Next season will see four national divisions of 10 clubs and the introduction of home and away fixtures for the first time . |
| 6 | Thus detention beyond a reasonable time would be unlawful ; what is reasonable will depend on the circumstances , including the ages of the children concerned . |
| 7 | no , only through the headmasters only , and that was er originally when we always exams at the same time and that was done as a school policy not science department ! |
| 8 | Pulling off her bright headscarf , tossing off her jacket , she threw off apologies at the same time . |
| 9 | E/A turned and made off East at the same time as we sighted him . |
| 10 | She said , ‘ We 'll all be pulling up sticks about the same time , then ! |
| 11 | The deeply unpopular Somerset was overthrown in October , and power passed to those who had opposed the war ; his successor , John Dudley , earl of Warwick , was only recognizing the inevitable when he gave up Boulogne at the same time as peace was made with Scotland in March 1550 , when the last stronghold held by the English , Lauder , capitulated . |
| 12 | In the beginning priority was given to those setting up home for the first time , families with young children , and people who had lost their homes and furniture through enemy action . |
| 13 | I will discuss past and likely future trends in households and housing , and give particular attention to the experience of young people setting up home for the first time . |
| 14 | Her husband was due to retire then and they had decided that they would both give up work at the same time . |
| 15 | I mean he gave up work for a long time did n't he ? |
| 16 | Before the race , Mrs Munns judged the best turned-out horse , which she told me she was also doing for the first time . |
| 17 | Still others , being English , feel both things at the same time . |
| 18 | A natural extension of the two approaches is to combine them and test both predictions at the same time . |
| 19 | He prefaced a book called Bringing Up Children In A Difficult Time with a ‘ Statement of an anti-permissive author ’ : ‘ How did I ever get the reputation of being an advocate of excessive permissiveness ? ’ he asked plaintively and disingenuously . |
| 20 | I gave up men after the last time . |
| 21 | If you are setting up LIFESPAN for the first time , you should follow the procedures in the order given to ensure a trouble-free installation . |
| 22 | If goods have not been delivered within 30 days following expiry of an agreed time limit or if there is not an agreed time limit within 60 says from the time the carrier took over the goods , this shall be taken as evidence of the loss of the goods . |
| 23 | If a company hires out equipment for a given time on payment of a fixed fee , its profit derives from the contract of hire and not from its continued forbearance from seeking to recover that equipment during the contract period . |
| 24 | When the £5 million Juventus midfielder leads out England for the first time he will spare a thought for the man who captained England to 1966 World Cup glory , just 48 hours after Bobby Moore revealed that he was battling cancer . |
| 25 | Barbara Coleman would detest the solitude , the place would bring back memories of the good times and she would be confronted more than ever with the evidence that the good times had gone . |
| 26 | There was sympathy too for Floyd , who at 49 had the chance of becoming the oldest champion and now runner-up for the second time in three years . |
| 27 | Begin with the most common offenders : milk , milk products and chocolate , cutting out beef at the same time as this can sometimes cross-react with milk . |
| 28 | For Leconte , who only four months earlier had undergone back surgery for the third time in little more than two years , it had seen the re-birth of what was — and can be again — a gloriously entertaining , as well as effective , career . |
| 29 | ‘ A lot of people will be seeing Hamlet and even Shakespeare for the first time . |
| 30 | In 1990 the hugely effective volunteer branched and guilds workforce was directly responsible for raising over £10m for the first time , not including the credit for attracting a very large proportion of the legacy income — which was another record in 1900 at some £31m . |