Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your Royal Highness , commodores , and members of the Association , may I begin my report by thanking you Ma'am for the time you have given to our sport , for being with us at our Annual General Meeting and for the address you have just delivered . |
| 2 | This can be multiplied manyfold in its unpleasantness , if you are a woman emptying your bladder at the time . |
| 3 | I 'm just describing my attitude at the time , which I shared with most of my fellow students : an attitude of complete boredom and feeling that nothing was worth making an effort for . |
| 4 | She was adamant that she had been wearing her G-string at the time — round her ankle . |
| 5 | Did n't you fantasize about what might have occurred if only you 'd been holding your breath at the time and a gun as well ? |
| 6 | All three were sentenced to 25 years , although Martina Shanahan had served 200 days virtually of solitary confinement at Risley whilst on remand and was said to be losing her mind by the time the trial began . |
| 7 | It involves setting priorities , planning your approach and tailoring your answer to the time available . |
| 8 | Lowe happened to have a Manly Rugby Club official building his house at the time and the official acted as an intermediary between Lowe and Ofahengaue . |
| 9 | The selectors have chosen artists making their mark at the time : Allen Jones , Howard Hodgkin , Bridget Riley and David Hockney . |
| 10 | Solti 's conducting is simply too unstable and volatile to give much satisfaction , showing his inexperience at the time in Wagner ( how sad Knappertsbusch was n't given the assignment ) . |
| 11 | Later Turkish historians are thus almost universally in accord in naming Molla Fenari as the first Mufti and — on the assumption that Rifat Efendi 's version simply results from a slip which Ahmed Refik has not noticed in placing his appointment in the time of Murad II , with some historians giving the date 828/1424–5 for the appointment . |
| 12 | I think that Paul could feel joyful because he felt that his life was nearing its end at the time that he wrote . |
| 13 | That means they would already be exerting their influence by the time the microwave background was born . |