Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following version is useful to give children the opportunity to channel excess energy — everybody is in action for the whole time it is being played . |
| 2 | By some terrific fluke Richard came face to face with his future at the precise time he most needed to see it . |
| 3 | It occurred to Thomas as he listened to her that Sara had not changed a whit in the whole time they had been married . |
| 4 | A good idea is to attach stickers announcing when the last change was made : otherwise , you can be running a clapped-out tube at the very time it 's most needed . |
| 5 | But again , if you , if you have a little skill and a little experience , you know how to put a story particularly with some visual appeal as opposed to just sound appeal , then there is , if you 're in the right place at the right time you can get in . |
| 6 | We lost one man from the ground crew during the whole time we were overseas . |
| 7 | And that , in spite of the short time we have known each other , would not be true … ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I have n't spoken more than half a dozen words to your wife in the whole time you and I have been working together , ’ protested Matt . |
| 9 | Julia , who had come to understand a little of Allegra Wallington 's character in the short time they had spent together , was as anxious as David to prevent that happening . |
| 10 | We 've got an arrangement with the health authority about the maximum time we will take in assessing somebody for discharge from hospital . |
| 11 | One thing she 'd learned from Ace in the short time they 'd been together was to be quick on her feet . |
| 12 | I wanted to buy some blades and socks , but most of all I wanted to avoid arriving back at the flat at the exact time she did , just in case Harvey should be angry at her disobeying him . |
| 13 | That 's general policy at the present time it 's a fairly woolly objective that we did n't try at the review , but the traffic management facilities and provisions are observed |
| 14 | ‘ Do you know that he also saved my life at the very time we met ? ’ |
| 15 | Soft muslin cloth for the odd time I do n't want the work to get too hot . |
| 16 | I sometimes cycled to Bude Grammar School for the short time I was there . |
| 17 | Horatia 's supposed to have lost her memory during the whole time she was away . |
| 18 | ‘ I am sure one of them attached this little blighter to your TV set in the short time you were showing me in . |