Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is the implication of a very suggestive comment that he made at the time to Edgar Faure : " At certain periods there are some problems that have no solution . " |
| 2 | The local authority must therefore prove ( 1 ) that notice in accordance with section 10(1) was served on the person having control of the house to execute works , ( 2 ) that he failed within the time specified to execute them , ( 3 ) that the local authority have themselves carried out the works specified in the notice and ( 4 ) that they have incurred expenses in so doing . |
| 3 | With direct reference to the ‘ Jewish Question ’ , and in response to a ‘ demand ’ for more radical action which he had read in a newspaper , Hitler made clear that he had at the time to proceed tactically and in stages , but that his strategy was to manoeuvre his enemy into a corner before destroying him completely . |
| 4 | Great praise has been given to Mr. Baker , the United States Secretary of State , for arranging that conference and so fulfilling the commitment that he gave at the time of the Gulf war , when he said that he and President Bush would do all that they could to bring the parties to the negotiating table . |
| 5 | The film was seen by many critics as Lester 's least satisfactory during that period , but it was probably far better than he believed at the time , while embroiled in battles with Frank . |
| 6 | Michael 's idol was Buster Keaton , and he had at the time studied Keaton more than I had , and said that he had never used a double . |
| 7 | Although urged by his party to remain , he thought , like a decent democrat , that it was time for someone else to have a go , and he retired at the time of the 1987 General Election . |
| 8 | He was , and he remained for the time being , a figure of comic relief . |
| 9 | As he said at the time : ‘ I 've never been seen naked in any bed , never . |
| 10 | As he noted at the time , new houses intended for single families were subdivided into tenements on their first letting , for the very poor simply could not afford to pay their landlords a realistic return on their investment . |
| 11 | Early in 1822 , when Bentham was beginning to undertake the drafting of the Constitutional Code , he wrote a substantial manuscript which brought together several strands in his constitutional thought to serve , as he intended at the time , as an introduction to the Code . |