Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [verb] the [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 According to this law , if a response made in the presence of a particular stimulus is followed by a reward , that same response is more likely to be made the next time the stimulus is encountered .
2 There was one who was sitting beside Gustav Eismark , many years ago , just when he was about to be married the second time .
3 Sometimes better ( > ) for passive motion ; they want to be carried the whole time but even then they may not be quietened for long and will demand to be carried by someone else .
4 3 If you are coming back from injury or lay-off , go slowly — train progressively and do not expect to be doing the same times as you were before .
5 On being asked the second time by the farmer how the machine worked , the old worker said : ‘ It be whoolly fine now , maaster .
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