Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [verb] [det] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I remember this time in Winners when he , he picked them up and looked at them and said I do n't think these are the right ones for my car and that , that 's why I thought |
| 2 | resulted in the controllers making … a puritan attack directed at the drug taking of the ( underground ) movement ; and since the drug-scene is complex and confused , and we have little time in which to develop a reliable folk-lore about drugs and how to take them ( as we have long ago done about alcohol ) , they have been particularly successful in fostering anxiety among teachers , parents and establishment figures . |
| 3 | Some American analyses have indicated that their average life span may be as much as 10 years longer than that of meat eaters and they spend less time in hospital . |
| 4 | Their detour to Fort George crossed what is how the main road from Nairn to Inverness , and they arrived some time in the late morning . |
| 5 | He 'll go anywhere at the ring of a phone , and he spends much time on the road . |
| 6 | As a result his writing becomes less concerned with immediate political concerns and he had more time for reading and research . |
| 7 | It was wonderful to be so close to him again , to feel no barriers between them , and he wasted little time before possessing her with such quick , hot urgency that she was left behind . |
| 8 | In this early period American railway capital and building energies went mainly into track and engineering , and it took some time for the station to catch up with the grandiose schemes of the companies . |
| 9 | Kim Il Sung headed the NKIPC ; the membership was disparate and it took some time for Kim to establish his control . |
| 10 | In fact there were very few guide dogs at that time and erm I 've never felt that erm it 's , I mean maybe just my erm silliness really but I , I never wanted a dog lying about all day because once at the office I stayed put as it were until it was time to go home and I could have taken the dog I suppose during the lunch hour but I preferred that time to erm to reading |
| 11 | mhm Well , David Brian , now you 're a doctor and a reverend and your the curate at Christ Church in Abingdon , but you spent some time over there in Saints Mary and John Church . |
| 12 | Actives to be sure , serve God with their toil and outward activity , but they spend little time in inner quiet . |
| 13 | True , there was Crown prince Tupouto'a waiting in the wings , but he spent little time in Tonga and had a reputation as a playboy — a Farouk-like figure given to white suits and expensive lady friends . |
| 14 | Business is tough at the moment , but he loves this time of year , lambing is his favourite time and he 's a really good shepherd . |
| 15 | But it took some time for our achievement to sink in . |
| 16 | But it took some time for our achievement to sink in . |