Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were watching the camp pack away for the last time before it moved on without them . |
| 2 | In the gravityless environment of the hulk any unexploded bolts or similar projectiles could ricochet unpredictably for a long time within a confined space . |
| 3 | I shall do so for the last time . |
| 4 | The guidance will bring together for the first time all the relevant existing guidance into one statement and has already been the subject of previous consultation in a green paper . |
| 5 | They can do both at the same time . |
| 6 | What you can do both at the same time can you ? |
| 7 | Each Marking Kit contains seven overlays , so up to seven teachers can mark together at the same time . |
| 8 | The problem is not to find an alternative to a system that once worked well but no longer does ; the problem is to make it work efficiently for the first time in its 3,000-year history . |
| 9 | ‘ Keeping the bend and making Benji move sideways at the same time is not easy , ’ she said . |
| 10 | And soon we shall all meet again for the last time . |
| 11 | The internal Labour pressure group that will meet officially for the first time in Stirling aims to unite and organise women from both wings of the party as well as from the constituencies and trades unions . |
| 12 | And whilst we had no opportunities last year for canvassing or erm for getting members we we could have I I felt er put on more fund-raising events as we had a quiet year and we could have probably at the same time persuaded one or two people to actually join us . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't think that will happen again for a long time , ’ said Davis , who comes to Goffs for this year 's event with confidence boosted by triumphs in the British and European Opens . |
| 14 | Gas-pressure from the reaction would develop steadily over the brief time of contact , and would be greatest at the rear of the zone where the tread was about to lift off . |
| 15 | ‘ That woman friend of the boss who clings to his arm in the moonlight — do you think she will stay here for a long time ? ’ |
| 16 | You can almost tell just from the first time they 're doing their marking . |
| 17 | You may refuse to believe it 's happened to you : some people who 've been made redundant pretend everything 's the way it was and set off for work at the same time , then spend hours hanging around the streets , teashops or libraries until they can go home at the usual time . |
| 18 | Typist Mary Kupenda says : ‘ Such workplaces will be called brothels and men will flock there for a nice time ’ . |
| 19 | Do come home at the agreed time ; if you 're going to be unavoidably late , ring your babysitter and let her know . |
| 20 | They were told a carefully graduated series of lies : first that their mother was staying in hospital for a while , then that she might not come home for a long time , and finally that she might never come back . |
| 21 | ‘ Did another stranger come here about the same time ? ’ |
| 22 | But it is all too evident that there does not exist anywhere at the present time an active political movement which would be capable of initiating such a development , and if such a movement came into existence it would encounter immense difficulties . |