Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adj] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus whereas the bare infinitive allows for the incidence of its event to a support situated within the confines of event time , the mechanism of incidence provided for by the verb form itself is inoperative when called upon express an incidence to a support situated prior to the time contained in the event . |
| 2 | When Harry 's front axle buckled , he was behind a truck A few brief comments on each of these : in ( 35a ) the pronoun I is used gesturally to self-nominate from a group , in ( 35b ) it just has the symbolic usage ; in ( 36b ) the word ago places the time at which the action occurred relative to the time of speaking , in ( 36c ) the time is relative to the time at which the events in the narrative occurred . |
| 3 | The swimming was n't very good ; the whole place stank of sardines , and the noble castle turned out to be a youth hostel ; also there was a forty-mile-an-hour gale blowing much of the time . |
| 4 | The Mail in 1971–3 did not give the radio schedules , while the Times usually printed the wrong day 's schedules and then only for the General Service ( English ) , omitting altogether the Home Service ( Zambian languages ) to which the majority of its readership listened most of the time . |
| 5 | In 18 patients the operation had been a two stage procedure with a covering ileostomy being closed some three months after primary surgery while in five patients a one stage restorative proctocolectomy with ileal reservoir was performed with the ileal reservoir becoming functional at the time of proctocolectomy . |
| 6 | The compensation we will pay is the market value of the item up to the maximum Code of Practice Compensation limit applicable at the time of posting . |
| 7 | Intelligence reports available at the time spelt out clearly that one of the Iraqi directors of the firm was involved in Saddam 's race for the bomb . |
| 8 | None of the nomes in the cab noticed this at the time . |
| 9 | The dwarf maintains an assault on the trees for long periods and achieves little ( the equivalent of frequent , low-magnitude events ) ; the giant sleeps most of the time but occasionally wakes and causes great destruction ( a catastrophic event ) whereas the man works regular hours and systematically achieves the greatest effects ( events that occur once or twice each year ) . |
| 10 | Until 1939 internal dissension remained characteristic of the Labour Party , with agitations against Fascism and the National Government 's foreign policy occupying much of the time and energy of the active Party member . |
| 11 | Latest traffic figures available at the time of writing showed that the airport had its busiest October on record . |
| 12 | If you ca n't run — maybe you are taking your grandmother for a walk — then you have to deter the ‘ nasties ’ using whatever method seems best at the time . |
| 13 | Always have your car or front door keys ready by the time you need them . |
| 14 | Sadly , our voice went unheard at the time . |
| 15 | To is consequently used in the infinitive of reaction to evoke the support of the infinitive as characterized by a disposition arising prior to the time of realization of what the infinitive denotes . |
| 16 | EIB loans are usually made in the form of a ‘ cocktail ’ of several currencies , depending upon the currencies which the Bank has available at the time of the loan . |
| 17 | The UMW was fined more than $65,000,000 for strike-related activities ; the bulk of this sum remained unpaid at the time of the resolution of the dispute . |
| 18 | Both these projects were provided for in the Five Year plan current at the time but were shelved for lack of funds . |
| 19 | No discipline seems pleasant at the time , but painful . |
| 20 | They could n't hear what Mother said most of the time , but Dad was shouting . |