Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lock your door , set whatever device will rouse you at a definite time ( cooking-timer , flashing alarm clock , vibrator ) — set it to go off in eight minutes . |
| 2 | Mr John Rennilson , the county planning officer , said : ‘ Unless we can achieve something in a short time the inevitable will happen on March 31 . ’ |
| 3 | If a public sector organisation says that it will do something at a certain time , the customer wants that to happen . |
| 4 | I discovered he was teething — the sucking made his gums sore so he could only do it for a short time . |
| 5 | to grow things you 've got ta do it at a specific time if you 're gon na wan na plan |
| 6 | You will take one of these blocks you will wet it for a certain time and you |
| 7 | She was still searching for the right words to describe how she felt when he suddenly got up and went to meet more guests , and she did n't see him for a long time . |
| 8 | I did n't want Mary to go because I thought I would n't see her for a long time , and I ran over to her and pleaded . |
| 9 | ‘ From what you 've told me , I do n't think we 'll see her for a long time unless your Mr Wyatt finds them , and while he thinks you are Dana he wo n't be looking very hard , will he ? ’ |
| 10 | Mere faith in an idea can only sustain it for a limited time especially when others are required to act upon that faith . |
| 11 | Though the supplier has no guarantee of the business , it has an advantage and , once it has the business , the firm can be fairly sure it will keep it for a long time . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's full speed ahead for the seasons , and , if I can , I work 12 or 14 hours a day then , because otherwise I ca n't see myself through the quiet times . |
| 13 | And that should see us through the difficult times . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I left a letter with my solicitor , to be opened by him if I do n't reclaim it within a certain time . ’ |
| 15 | I wo n't marry anyone for a long time . |
| 16 | She was on about general conversation , you should have it on the whole time . |
| 17 | These will protect you for a short time against tetanus . |
| 18 | Did n't Celia tell you about the awful time she had giving birth to Donna ? ’ |
| 19 | And if someone writes in another language , you wo n't get it for a long time . |
| 20 | Where they come into their own , is let's say that you wanted to phone me in July because my wedding anniversary is in July , you could turn to the back of the July calendar card , write down call Ricky Elliot on the seventh , because it 's his wedding anniversary , erm , and write down my , my telephone number and then distressing though I find this idea , you could forget the whole thing , confident in the knowledge that the system will remind you at the appropriate time as to what action you should take . |
| 21 | We do n't say nothing for a long time . |
| 22 | It does n't hit you for a long time what you have achieved . |
| 23 | But despite that , Gloucestershire County Council still ca n't find another school that will accept him as a full time student . |