Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I dare say the novelty must wear off after a time . ’ |
| 2 | If the new system does offer real advantages then peer-group pressure might take over after a time and accelerate the change-over . |
| 3 | That light rain will soon clear away tomorrow morning and it 'll brighten up for a time . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I hope this will cut down on the time your typesetter has to spend on the job and , therefore , on the final cost . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It can travel back to a time 200 million years ago , long before human beings existed . |