Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the [adj] time that " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I might actually do it see if Ian 's not doing anything if he not come in for the full time that they 're cleaning up , but come in for those sort of things . |
| 2 | For example , when Perk disappeared she was wearing a yellow dress and it was only after the second time that I realised the significance of Gail ( Perk 's older sister ) finding a yellow ribbon in Mr Elder 's ( the lodger ) drawer . |
| 3 | At last her conscience won out and she gave a tiny sigh , wishing not for the first time that she could , just occasionally , be a touch more ruthless . |
| 4 | However , the North and South poles correspond to the beginning and end of the history of the universe in imaginary time , not in the real time that we experience . |
| 5 | ‘ What this guy will do is get a demoralized sales organisation revitalised , hopefully at the same time that the company 's Alpha technology begins to roll out in volume , ’ said John Jones , analyst at Salomon Brothers . |
| 6 | She realised now for the first time that she had left her purse behind in Edward 's room . |
| 7 | We would therefore encourage the use of the described radiation protection devices , whilst pointing out at the same time that the usual high standards for prevention of ingestion , inhalation or skin absorption of radioactive compounds should still , of course , be maintained . |
| 8 | In all patients and healthy controls , a 5 ml venous blood sample for plasma fatty acid measurement was drawn after a 14 hour overnight fast at the same time that full clinical assessment was performed . |
| 9 | I think it dawned on him then for the first time that there were two streams , and that the pond was not formed by Burden Creek . |
| 10 | In the meantime , as I recall , er I I asked him who he was and I asked his wife who he was because he had asked what we were doing in his house and when he said his house , I thought then for the first time that perhaps this was n't who er we had on the floor . |
| 11 | It was at Lovell 's dinner-table that Coleridge eventually found Southey , and there for the first time that he met Lovell 's wife Mary and her eldest sister Sarah Fricker . |
| 12 | Our friendly policeman had gone but there were nurses there for the first time that I 'd seen , and even the odd doctor . |
| 13 | Why did n't they wait for the passengers to get off first , instead of squeezing themselves , their sacks of wheat and bicycles on at the same time that others were dragging their possessions off ? |
| 14 | On the intellectual front , this unification went on at the same time that in the social history of science specialization was the order of the day . |
| 15 | But I 've enjoyed being here , I hope you 've enjoyed it as much as I have , and I look forward to the next time that I 'm sitting in the hot seat ; until then , from me , goodbye . |
| 16 | Stating publicly for the first time that the Philippines government wanted the bases to go , just before negotiations began , President Corazon Aquino spoke of " redefining " US-Philippines relations , and of her hopes that the talks would seek " to craft a new relationship , one more equitable , mutually beneficial and respectful of each other 's sovereignties " . |
| 17 | In a letter to The Scotsman , Dr Peter Sanders , the commission 's chief executive , confirms publicly for the first time that the report ‘ reveals distorted representation of children from ethnic minorities living in Glasgow , in special educational needs categories ’ . |
| 18 | Beneath it all lay Khrushchev 's hostility to the ‘ cult of personality ’ , declared at the twentieth Congress and afterwards at the very time that Mao 's personality cult was endowing him with almost divine status . |