Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | If you use windows it is worth putting applications that you might need to use at the same time on different drives . |
2 | A woman who has recovered from a stroke or head injury may decide she would like to work for the first time , as part of the challenge of overcoming her illness . |
3 | Not only are peak users paying for the high marginal costs they impose , but also those users who would not mind consuming at a different time ( e.g. households with night storage heaters , who can use electricity at a time when marginal costs are low ) are induced by cheaper prices to switch to consuming at off-peak times . |
4 | It may have formed at the same time as Coed y Brenin . |
5 | Now back at Jan Smuts Airport , X-Ray Foxtrot may well have flown for the second time in civvies by the time these words are read . |
6 | I remarked to my friend , ‘ You 'd have to wait for a long time to get a train from here , ’ he smiled and we both set off for the youth hostel down the road . |
7 | Why , d' ya get , do you have to retire at a certain time ? |
8 | Well , he 'll have to see about the next time Kyle cos he was |
9 | She 'd never known any details ; she did n't know if the accident happened early on , or whether she would have to sit for a long time just waiting for the inevitable . |
10 | In Peking 's eyes , the Nobel Peace Prize could not have come at a worse time . |
11 | It could scarcely have come at a worse time . |
12 | This could not have come at a worse time , with the prospect in view of becoming an ‘ officer 's lady ’ . |
13 | For the CEGB , trying to sell nuclear reliability to an increasingly sceptical local population , this could hardly have come at a worse time . |
14 | She could not have come at a worse time ; a few hours after she arrived , she was a helpless burning hulk , with most of her passengers and crew dead . |
15 | It could not have come at a worse time for the Royal Family , almost on the eve of the wedding of Princess Anne to Commander Tim Laurence . |
16 | I 'm afraid it could n't have come at a worse time . |
17 | But he gave her a smouldering glance and said , ‘ This change in the weather could n't have come at a worse time . |
18 | ‘ In many ways , it could not have come at a worse time because the selectors are obviously considering alternatives after the defeat at Old Trafford and I would like to think I would be one of them . ’ |
19 | ‘ God witness , ’ said Llewelyn , drumming his long fingers on the arms of his chair in a hard-driven rhythm that was always a key to the stresses of his mind , ‘ it could not have come at a worse time . |
20 | The invitation could not have come at a better time . |
21 | For Sinton , who made his England debut in Poznan in the crucial final qualifier against Poland last November and was a member of the England B side that defeated France B at Loftus Road in February , that run could not have come at a better time . |
22 | And the announcement of the engagement could not have come at a better time for the battle-weary Royal Family . |
23 | ‘ The cash could n't have come at a better time , ’ said George at their home in Swansea , Wales . |
24 | " You could n't have come at a better time , " said Fleury cheerfully . |
25 | ‘ This holiday has been a godsend and could n't have come at a better time . |
26 | It could n't have come at a better time . |
27 | League Cup success could n't have come at a better time for Rangers , nor for that matter could the return to goalscoring form of Ally McCoist . |
28 | League Cup success could n't have come at a better time for Rangers , nor for that matter could the return to goalscoring form of Ally McCoist . |
29 | ‘ Then my news could not have come at a better time ! ’ |
30 | That 's his first for the club and could n't have come at a better time for Hereford , though . |