Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv prt] to [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mm yes but we 're coming up to a time when er the quantity of old people is going to be rather high than before because we 're all healthier . |
| 2 | Belief in the power of such plants can be traced back to the time of the Druids ; it was certainly part of the belief system of the Celtic peoples , and although it may not be voiced so explicitly as it once was , yet the custom of planting and preserving this special tree is still continued by some people . |
| 3 | Their heritage can be traced back to the time of the destruction of the Temple in 586 BC , when the Jews were taken captive into exile by the Babylonians . |
| 4 | Rug-making in the Balkans can be traced back to the time when the peninsula was under the control of the Turkish empire . |
| 5 | He had only to pick one of them up to be transported back to the time and place of its acquisition . |
| 6 | The time of the execution is also altered , being brought back to a time traditionally associated with " dawn " executions . |
| 7 | I left him to his problems because it was coming up to the time when Emil had said the crew should board the train , and I was due back in the coffee shop . |