Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They showed us some shacks ( almost like dog kennels ) that they used to live in at the time of the Japanese occupation . |
| 2 | To be fair — after all , if I do not do it , I am sure that someone else will — I shall go back to the time of the last Labour Government . |
| 3 | I hope this will cut down on the time your typesetter has to spend on the job and , therefore , on the final cost . |
| 4 | Being sick can bring with it a degree of sympathy and attention that is greatly valued by more isolated individuals , and they may believe that if their health improves they will lose out on the time and attention that is given to them on the basis of their illness . |
| 5 | Perhaps it can be traced even deeper in the past — we can go back to the time when the woman first attracted the man whose child she will later bear , or to the onset of her menstruation , when her body signalled its readiness for pregnancy . |