Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] [adj] time [coord] " in BNC.
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1 | A worker-directed study conducted in the mid-1970s considered as temporary workers all who had a job which was available only for a limited time and all who were themselves available for their jobs for only a limited period of time . |
2 | According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle A ( s.a. 755 ) Beornred succeeded to the kingdom on the death of Aethelbald but held it only for a short time and unhappily . |
3 | Because we knew that the headmaster of the Scuola Medie Inferiori , where I was now in my last year , was not in a position to punish us if we did not appear for lessons on demonstration days , many of us took part only for a short time and then went home . |
4 | ‘ We were together for a long time but we grew apart and we have both been working hard . ’ |
5 | And , as I say , we 've been together for a long time and the appointment , the changeover of the appointments |
6 | Most of these were undetectable in that there were few enquiries I could pursue after the event ; for example , the purse stolen by an unknown thief an hour or two prior to the report and perhaps with the exact time and location of the theft unknown left little chance for skilled investigation . |
7 | There is also a special utility called a HAM Package for amateur radio enthusiasts , in which a user can enter a call sign and the position of the remote station will be marked on the map , together with the local time and location information . |
8 | There is also a special utility called a HAM Package for amateur radio enthusiasts , in which a user can enter a call sign and the position of the remote station will be marked on the map , together with the local time and location information . |
9 | By Luke 's own admission he saw her as shallow , someone interested only in a good time and a string of boyfriends . |
10 | The fish tend to spawn all around the same time and pay attention to their own broods — equally the parents will see off any attempt by another pair to eat their brood . |
11 | What I , what er , I in fact , what , what I did notice in that time that I was there , was that er , when you talk about the old guard , the young people , anybody under forty er they were a little bit cynical about this communism lark and Lenin and the rest of it , they all went to say , they would all go to Lenin 's er statue and in effect have a blessing from Lenin , we went along with them on one occasion , very pleased to do it , but you you got the impression that the younger generation were already in 1982 and the people now that are out there with Yeltsin were shying away from communism , now the thing is this that Gorbachev came along in my opinion exactly at the right time and tried to move things a little our way a little way from the hardline , which obviously could n't be sustained . |
12 | I cut the grass yesterday for the first time and it was like a meadow ! |
13 | It was very good very very good for women that have been home for a long time and want to get their confidence back . |
14 | Many entrants to nursing will be leaving home for the first time or changing their location . |
15 | She spoke truthfully for the first time and said she had n't any more of it — which was a direct admission that she had had it in the first place . |
16 | Wings appear externally for the first time and the insect takes on the appearance of an adult . |
17 | Many people with HIV stay well for a long time and you would never know they had the virus . |
18 | ‘ I have not felt so well for a long time and I shall be tempted to be very vulgar in my speech . ’ |
19 | If your engine is fitted with a viscous coupled cooling fan and the viscous unit is faulty after running the engine fast for a short time and then slowing down the fan continues to spin freely and even speeds up . |
20 | We will help those that we have to help legally , or perhaps those whom people want to help , but we will not have foisted upon us those who come here for a good time and a good life . |
21 | ‘ I became really sick here for the first time and did n't know what was going on , ’ he recalls . |
22 | " Signs of a coming plateau have been there for a long time and are now getting better and better " , according to independent consultant Richard Kimberlin . |
23 | We all think it 's going to stay there for a long time and , and there are varieties now , bred specially to be immune from er T M V and er , we use things like Counter or Curabell , or one of my favourites of course Shirley . |
24 | There were some boys out there for the first time and they were absolutely terrified . ’ |
25 | Will Carling , the captain of England , is travelling there for the first time and the selectors decided not to weigh him down with the cares of office . |
26 | This year , FOX F M was there for the first time and Phil Angel managed to catch Dr John Howard to explain what it all meant . |
27 | I arrived there at the due time and waited and waited , but no corporal appeared . |
28 | Erm , I do n't think it 'll ever take off actu , actually , because er you 've got all the traffic all there already and if you 've got say , say you have got Hibs and Hearts you got all the traffic going out there at the same time and it 's gon na be chock-a-block ! |
29 | He spent the entire morning with his legs crossed , not daring to go to the loo in case one of his colleagues was in there at the same time and came to the wrong conclusion . ’ |
30 | He watched her closely for a long time but there was no further flicker of consciousness . |