Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [prep] the time [pron] " in BNC.

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1 LIFESPAN determines which processes take place at the terminal and which are carried out as background activities , largely depending on the time they will take to complete .
2 Roirbak was physically shaking by the time he 'd broken the connection with Jahsaxa .
3 In photographs I 'm already scowling by the time I 'm two : in an Argyle Street photographer 's studio , clutching a rubber doll , dressed in a tailored coat with a velvet collar and an enormous bow in my hair ; or paddling with my parents in the sea , somewhere off the coast of Ireland .
4 No-one left the school unless the Headmaster was throwing them out and Endill could n't remember that ever happening in the time he had been there .
5 Careful timing will also he required to ensure that the item is actually happening at the time it fits into the programme .
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