Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] that [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I judge that in the time it takes the lift to creep the height of the building I have to be out the door and on my way . |
| 2 | I hope that by the time you read this report we will have got several protests off the ground . |
| 3 | I hope that in the time of the consultation they actually begin to take on board the fact that we 're talking about human beings . |
| 4 | I started sending out a ‘ ten , thirty — three ’ , the Citizen Band S.O.S. , on channel 1 but I knew that by the time I got through all 40 channels , Danny 's truck would be on the Motorway and we would lose it . |
| 5 | I burst out laughing because all the costermongers in the Whitechapel Road always did whenever they heard that word , although I admit that at the time I did n't have a clue what a virgin was . |
| 6 | Do you think that at a time like this I am afraid of words ? … if he dies tonight there will always be a gulf at my side , a gulf into which I must never fall ’ ( p. 87 ) . |
| 7 | She found that in the time allowed four-fifths of the adult pairs conversed , looked or smiled at each other . |
| 8 | This certainly seems to be true if we consider that at the time the activity ( such as using a book ) takes place , the person concerned is certainly doing it in preference to doing anything else . |
| 9 | The memoirs were written in a very anti-communist phase of his life , and we know that at the time he received indirect assurances from the head of the Communist Party , Maurice Thorez , that no insurrection was being planned . |
| 10 | We note that at the time of going to press a restructuring of the advisory service is under consideration ( Leeds City Council 1991c ) . |
| 11 | And in fact er we said that at the time the white paper was published . |
| 12 | Because they know that by the time he gets to court , he 'll be thrown out , and all the time will be wasted , |
| 13 | They claim that by the time a pushchair is passed on to a second or third child it 's brakes are often defective . |
| 14 | I wonder if that they filmed that at the time when the boat was in Stratford . |
| 15 | One non-commissioned officer , writing home , said he presumed that by the time his letter arrived ‘ the bells throughout the whole of Germany would be announcing the victory over the mightiest enemy of civilization . |
| 16 | It seemed that in no time she was forced indoors by huge raindrops that appeared to have come from nowhere . |
| 17 | He stated that at the time he left , 1859/60 , the holdings were made into one large holding . |
| 18 | These changes show how financial pressures brought about the collapse of the early Roman coinage system ; so much so that it seems that for a time the Roman state had to fight the war on credit given by some of its citizens . |
| 19 | In terms of er political views , or even those who have no political views , of ethnic make-up and everything of this kind and yet now it seems that at a time when our police forces above all , need to move into the present day and prepare themselves for the challenges of the crime and the criminals at the end of this century and into the next century , we seem to have some misgivings about giving the Home Secretary the powers which are placed in this Bill . |
| 20 | He notes that at the time that Hoover was engaged in this exercise , a basic Italian washing machine was gaining market share against a heavily promoted German product , in Germany . |
| 21 | Questioned by Mr Macfadyen , he said that at no time had Mackie used the phrase profit warning or give the impression such an announcement was about to be made . |
| 22 | If we look at Figure 4.6 , which represents a trip to the supermarket , it suggests that by the time the person leaves home they are already a little anxious about the trip perhaps as a result of their previous difficulties with this task . |