Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [adj] times " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's a good guide as to how to behave during barren times and , while I accept their temperaments are chalk and cheese , he might just talk some sense into Wright . |
| 2 | ‘ I know it may seem ludicrous when you look at what we have now , to talk about hard times . |
| 3 | ‘ Okay then what can I really do for you ? — or did you just want to talk about old times ? ’ |
| 4 | His grandmother like to talk of past times too . |
| 5 | If correct , this still purely theoretical conclusion implies that epigenetic rules and mental traits might have continued to evolve into historical times . |
| 6 | In some cultures there are still some established religious and social rituals surrounding death that help all the bereaved have a better understanding of how they are supposed to behave at certain times . |
| 7 | ‘ You are n't thinking of going out into the jungle to exercise for old times ’ sake ? ’ |
| 8 | For the study of local history there is , except in a very few cases , little need to look before Saxon times . |
| 9 | In planning ward staffing , the ward manager should start with a clear view of the number of staff she is likely to require at various times of the day . |
| 10 | She has never been romantically linked with anyone and the biggest revelation to emerge in recent times came when a photographer spotted her shopping in Kensington last week and discovered she ate Kellogg 's Special K for breakfast . |
| 11 | It seems to work , for he is one of the most exciting players to emerge in recent times . |
| 12 | Consider whether a very bold , outrageous , or dramatic look would be too overwhelming in a dining room which all the family are going to want to use at different times . |
| 13 | Because you 're not , because you 're inside a lot , you do n't have to go out every day , you do n't , you do n't have anything very specific to do at different times during the day . |
| 14 | We asked people ‘ Do you meet a broad range of other people in your daily life ? ’ erm ‘ Do you feel that your time is structured , that you have erm things to do at different times of the day ? ’ and so on . |
| 15 | He is still a child , but old enough to understand about old times ' sake . |
| 16 | He is still a child , but old enough to understand about old times ' sake . |
| 17 | Thorn is a floating voter , but a Labour victory would be better for business , as replacements would be needed for the boxes which Tories wished to keep for old times ' sake . |
| 18 | This is over and above the ability to schedule the transfer to run at given times . |
| 19 | Delighted ‘ We know what it 's like to fall on hard times . |
| 20 | The new republics are likely to settle for fixed times for elections , following the American model . |
| 21 | ‘ Would you have liked to live in Inca times ? ’ |
| 22 | Almost an entire generation of Titfords in Frome was increasingly destitute from the 1780s onwards ; in a town which had depended heavily upon the wool industry for its prosperity for so long , the innate conservatism of the local clothiers left them unable to respond to changing times and new technology . |
| 23 | To accommodate such large numbers , visitors were asked to arrive at different times , all carefully co-ordinated to avoid a jam . |
| 24 | We never had much to eat in ordinary times , but we had less now and us kids were really glad of the extra slice of bread and jam that we were given for our school breakfast . |
| 25 | Russians are filling in some of the gaps in their lives by seeking out anything that was forbidden or hard to get in Soviet times . |
| 26 | The basis of payment was the subsidy assessment of 1334 , but although this remained in use for the following two centuries , the variations in the extent to which relief was granted in the fifteenth century to communities which had declined in size and wealth since that date suggest that a genuine effort was made to judge their capacity to pay at particular times . |
| 27 | They fail to keep him informed , and to advise at crucial times , such as takeovers . |
| 28 | We suggest you find out where your newly-acquired friends and acquaintances tend to gather at different times of the day . |
| 29 | Mr Fallon said many disabled people wrote to him concerned that they would not be able to shop at convenient times . |
| 30 | They are likely to flower at different times and the effect will be untidy . |