Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We want to give the children positive memories which they can draw on during the difficult times at home to build a better country . |
| 2 | But er I could er I I could go on for a long time on that subject but time 's short dear , |
| 3 | It could go on for a long time in this condition , like the Spanish Empire in its centuries of decline . |
| 4 | I could go on for a long time in praise of Maxwell . |
| 5 | The fiery blast killed everyone on deck instantly , with the single exception of the captain , who lived on for a short time before becoming unconscious and falling overboard . |
| 6 | You often find that erm television with sex and everything , they always put it on after a certain time for children go to bed . |
| 7 | There are fears that Wall Street , which this week hit a peak , is in for a torrid time in the next few weeks . |
| 8 | If the property has been lived in for a long time with old carpets that have never been shampooed they can exude quite pungent odours . |
| 9 | Otherwise , they 're in for a grim time of it . |
| 10 | but we obviously have to cut off at a certain time to er get the accounts and audited in time . |
| 11 | You know , I feel that is left , left angina , because I 've got to rip the brassiere off at a certain time of the day |
| 12 | Because largely up to the present time in the er , as far as older people are concerned , then the only alternative to the current truth , and direct provider of services , has been the straight private sector . |
| 13 | Their rooms at the Royal Albion Hotel were just a few doors from each other and it was Ken 's job to see that she always had her mug of cocoa before going to bed — and indeed that she was warmly tucked up at the right time for a lady of her years and responsibilities . |
| 14 | Peter , ignoring his brother 's gibe about missing the sunsets , went to the window and stood gazing out for a long time without speaking . |
| 15 | Provided we take enough water with us there 's no reason why we should n't be able to hold out for a considerable time in the banqueting hall , which is in a far better situation for defence … and let me remind you that with every passing day , relief comes nearer … perhaps as much as twenty miles nearer with every day 's march … |
| 16 | The relative value of doing so measured against the cost of the associated hard and software , however , rules it out for the present time at least . |
| 17 | Held back for a long time by wild hitting , she has accepted in the last 12 months that there are occasions when she must suppress the urge to attack everything flat out . |
| 18 | The bond which had drawn them so close before Angel 's birth was strong and sometimes Sarah longed to be back for a brief time in that dilapidated house in Stone Alley , free of the sanctimonious atmosphere of the rectory , until she remembered Maggie was n't there any more either . |
| 19 | It was like the sun coming out after a long time of darkness . |
| 20 | Later in life he looked back upon the married time of his professorship at Durham as an idyll ; the paradisal years of his life . |
| 21 | Warwick , 38 , and a veteran of 131 Grands Prix , won the world sportscar championship with Peugeot this year and has been itching for a chance to get back in the big time of Formula One . |
| 22 | Now bring it back to the modern time of the five day week , what is two fifths , or what are two fifths of the wage ? |
| 23 | When one goes back to the real time in which we live , however , there will still appear to be singularities . |
| 24 | Keegan spelled out the philosophy which is steering the Geordies back to the big time under multi-millionaire chairman Sir John Hall . |
| 25 | Overall the computational complexity of the system rules it out at the present time for application to the recognition task . |
| 26 | These molecules , the ultimate source of information about what is going on at a specific time in a particular cell , are extremely labile chemically ( for example , to traces of alkaline detergent in less than scrupulously clean glassware ) and enzymatically ( to the ubiquitous ribonuclease ) . |