Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [adj] time [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gendarme stood bewildered for a moment , and then ran into the street , where for some time he could be heard blowing his whistle . |
| 2 | Now , I leave entirely on one side the question why on earth the present ratio between profits and incomes generally is so supremely right that for all time it ought to be preserved , or at any rate allowed only to diminish , regardless of anything else that happens , such as the growth of savings and accumulation of capital . |
| 3 | Gradually they learn to discriminate , although for some time they can not determine what is influencing the mother 's movements towards or away from them . |
| 4 | Lane accepted it without comment , although at another time he might have pressed for more of an answer ; he was n't a man who liked to be kept in the dark . |
| 5 | The same reasoning , I suspect , saw to it that at one time you could n't get olives , only peanut and crisps , in smart bars in Spain , because olives were what peasants ate . |
| 6 | Most hotels maintain records of the occupancy of the room so that at any time they can refer to it and see when and by whom the room was occupied . |
| 7 | The moral is clear : when gustiness is getting near to the limit for safe flying , assume that at any time it could suddenly increase . |
| 8 | I hoped that by knocking-off time I 'd be able to say that I knew someone who had finished it . |
| 9 | Do you really think that by that time you will … ‘ |
| 10 | They waved once and I waved back , and for some time I could see their bright jackets in the dappled shade of the afternoon sun . |
| 11 | And for next time I 'll get some erm a special set of tables for him a lot easier to learn so that he can learn his tables and he 'll only have to learn about half of them and then he 'll know all of them . |
| 12 | Yes , and during that time they used to have a lot of people visiting from overseas |
| 13 | And during this time he must have trodden pretty much every footpath there . |
| 14 | I know what that man owes to Harry , and what to me , and I have kept the account , and in good time I shall take what is due . |
| 15 | Each exercise only lasts 15 seconds , and in that time you must complete as many repetitions as possible . |
| 16 | So she moves them to a nearby burrow when they are approximately four weeks old and at that time they will have become virtually self-supporting . |
| 17 | She was tackling this man on his own terms and at some time she would be doing it head-on . |
| 18 | If at any time you would like to return … ’ |
| 19 | If at any time you should decide not to pursue your interest in [ name ] or upon request by [ selling agent ] or any one of the shareholders you will return promptly all material ( including any copies thereof ) received from [ selling agent ] or the shareholders , or any of their representatives . |
| 20 | They 'll find themselves chartered to carry pig-iron and cheap tin trays , just like everybody else ; and by that time they 'll be down in the South Seas loading rainbows and moonbeams . |
| 21 | ‘ But because when we join up it will be on the back of a full weekend 's fixtures of FA Cup matches — and by that time they will have played 15 games for their clubs — I 've just asked them to keep a little compartment in their minds about England . |
| 22 | It takes at least three years to put into effect any major alteration in a course , and by that time you will have left college , we hope , with a completed degree . |
| 23 | Do n't worry , Billy , I wo n't stay more than a few hours and by that time I 'll know one way or the other . |
| 24 | A.H.Q. expected to detect these transports east of Malta at extreme range and by that time I could spare some Marylands while still meeting the P.R . |
| 25 | And by that time she would be safely in Boston . |
| 26 | But the English reader has a label ready to tie on to Theophile Gautier ; and by this time we can guess what is written on it — ‘ arid aestheticism ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ Career breaks would enable women to choose to take five , six or seven years out to have their families but in that time they would be kept in touch , ’ said Miss Armstrong . |
| 28 | Often a group of children will work alongside their teacher and may produce similar puppets , but at another time they may use the technique more creatively . |
| 29 | The lake is part of our design , but at any time we will keep the lake open and that is what we are doing . |
| 30 | But at any time she could be called out to back up the site 's regular fire crew . |