Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] time [pers pn] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , for the final time we 're heading way out west with the man who 's given a whole new meaning to the term ‘ cowboy ’ — John Millar of the Daily Record . |
| 2 | Oh , poor Travis , Leith thought , her sympathies going out to him for the terrible time he was having . |
| 3 | I sometimes cycled to Bude Grammar School for the short time I was there . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | During the whole time they were there , they were not bothered by aircraft . |
| 6 | We lost one man from the ground crew during the whole time we were overseas . |
| 7 | During the whole time I was anorexic , there is only one reference in my diary to feeling cold , and that was when the school heating system failed . |
| 8 | Horatia 's supposed to have lost her memory during the whole time she was away . |
| 9 | Two of them ( the men , I mean ) became quite fond of John during the short time he was with them , and expressed much regret at his leaving , begging him to come again and to bring his gin , meaning his wife , with him . ’ |
| 10 | It was the form twos , the only thing that I , that they had to , they had to look forward to in the whole time they were there . |
| 11 | ( In the whole time I was there , all she ever caught was eels . ) |
| 12 | ‘ I am sure one of them attached this little blighter to your TV set in the short time you were showing me in . |
| 13 | At the present time we are much in prayer for a lad called David and we would ask you all to join in prayer for him as he battles against his addiction to alcohol — remembering our battle is not against flesh and blood but against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms . |
| 14 | Message from : At the present time we are 140 members less than we were in 1990 — this is solely due to a shortfall in the number of sponsored groups as several classes for the elderly in sheltered homes were closed due to the cut backs . |
| 15 | at the present time we 're saying to on the monthly report we 're saying to the client , we 've spent three thousand out of five thousand , and their anticipated final cost is going to be five thousand . |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | I think it true to say that at the present time it is not at all difficult for academics to appear in print . |
| 18 | At the present time it is well served by British Rail , so is mainly a dormitory village for commuters to Hull , Beverley and Driffield . |
| 19 | It has been suggested that the Arab ‘ test ’ referred to Ludwig 's star , though at the present time it is far below naked-eye visibility . |
| 20 | Until recent years the general rule has been to require the consent of a parent or guardian for an operation or an anaesthetic on a person of under 21 , but increasingly at the present time it is becoming customary to accept the consent of minors aged 16 and over . |
| 21 | At the present time it is n't the intention that your officers should present er evidence in person at that enquiry , er our er representations have n't er put in , in writing , but that is pending what happens at tomorrow 's meeting an and that position might change . |
| 22 | At the present time it is being compounded of course by the er effects of nineteen ninety three Education Act with all that that Act implies or tightening up er many of the processes and procedures that we follow in dealing with special educational needs , we have a host of new draft documents for consultation from the Department for Education . |
| 23 | " By moderation , caution , and the rational discussion of social questions " , he wrote , " you could make the authorities trust you ; at the present time you are merely frightening them " . |
| 24 | ( 4 ) The limiting words ‘ in his capacity as an officer or servant of the Crown ’ leave the court free to order a witness to give evidence notwithstanding that at the relevant time he was an officer or servant of the Crown , if the matters in respect of which he is to give evidence did not come to his notice in that capacity , for example , the civil servant who , when on holiday or at home , happens to witness a road traffic accident . |
| 25 | I mean I 'd had a sort of cry I suppose , but at the actual time I was glad I had a daughter [ after two sons ] . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | For at the very time he was sitting alone in the house , in the early hours of the morning of the funeral day , reading again his father 's will , the most modern ship in the world , the SS Titanic , was going down stern first , with all its lights blazing into the icy waters of the North Atlantic . |