Example sentences of "be [adv] [v-ing] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | During this time , a failed adventurer has WS and BS -20 — this may be a problem if Gargoyles from area 13 are still attacking at the time ! |
| 2 | We are now coming to the time of the year when paddlers start competing again in marathons and it would be nice to remember the ancient Greeks who started it all off . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm not talking about the time we spent in bed . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | At the end we er , of the day I had to opt out because it was n't possible for me to fit in and someone else a , I 'm just thinking of the time taken for er , er housing manager or one of his er , staff to erm er , you know , to do that practical thing that 's all |
| 6 | In a statement tonight , the Hunt said the hounds were not hunting at the time of incident and were not out of control . |
| 7 | We were n't looking at the time . |
| 8 | Mr Spencer added : ‘ They were n't filming at the time of the incident . |
| 9 | Careful timing will also he required to ensure that the item is actually happening at the time it fits into the programme . |
| 10 | I came out of the forces , he was only waiting for the time that I came out , for him to retire . |
| 11 | Roirbak was physically shaking by the time he 'd broken the connection with Jahsaxa . |
| 12 | The telephone was already ringing by the time Folly returned to the flat , and she had almost picked it up before realising that the only person likely to be ringing her was Luke . |
| 13 | The company had been well placed to take advantage of the 1960s consumer boom , and was already prospering by the time Horsley joined the Board in 1963 , at the age of twenty-nine . |
| 14 | She did not regularly use tampons and was not menstruating at the time of admission . |
| 15 | The dome of Santiaguito in Guatemala has been growing ever since 1922 , and was still growing at the time of writing . |
| 16 | It is true that much contemporary prose has a clarity and directness that was often lacking at the time when Huey wrote , while technical aids have developed beyond what he could have imagined . |
| 17 | I was n't laughing at the time , though , I can tell you , because the more I dug down , the more I was digging up ! |
| 18 | It was then getting near the time that I could turn him out , again I put it off , frightened of what he might do . |