Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too many little things are happening at the one time . |
| 2 | Establishing rapport is the process of getting on the right wavelength with someone — usually , but not inevitably , with someone you are meeting for the first time . |
| 3 | and Q acted upon by unc and unc are essentially the same , we are meeting for the first time a concept of prime importance in algebra , namely that of isomorphism . |
| 4 | Something which is important to say is that the first time you have a contact with somebody and you do a piece , you 're , you 're meeting for the first time , it 's slightly awkward and you 're getting to know each other slightly , the second time you do it easier , it 's easier , and if you establish relationships with the local press , local radio and so forth , it gets easier and easier all the time , because by the time you get to know people , it 's not sort of ‘ Can I speak to somebody who does a programme about the morning whatever it is ? |
| 5 | We may be better off with health care contracts if money follows the patient as the government er intends it to do , but we just do n't know and that 's what we 're investigating at the present time . |
| 6 | they 're advertising for the first time or the last ad |
| 7 | And we 're talking at the same time as well ? |
| 8 | Doubts about Communist motives in Spain would have been submerged under the general enthusiasm for the Republic , had not doubts about Soviet Communism been growing at the same time . |
| 9 | She 's been speaking for the first time on camera following her release from prison , exclusively to Central News . |
| 10 | Er so we are concerned that that money perhaps future time so that we can continue to spend whatever money we are doing at the present time er to our roads . |
| 11 | I have no doubt that there will be special preparations and allowances made by police and spectators for the Marathon , in which I will be competing for the first time tomorrow . |
| 12 | SOUTH AFRICA , who will be competing for the first time , are to stage the 1995 Rugby World Cup . |
| 13 | CHRISTO VAN RENSBURG , one of the world 's leading doubles players , went on court at the Albert Hall yesterday believing he would be competing for the last time in the official season-ending doubles championship . |
| 14 | CHRISTO VAN RENSBURG , one of the world 's leading doubles players , went on court at the Albert Hall yesterday believing he would be competing for the last time in the official season-ending doubles championship . |
| 15 | Yeah , yeah six minutes past the hour so there , yeah , so they kept giving you doubts , now if you 're getting on this train make sure you get out at Lemington , so at about twenty past twelve , the twelve six went out from platform eleven , why , cos that will upset everything then , by , few of the trains kept coming round , then they said were very sorry but the Shrewsbury train will come in at platform ten that 's where we 're all waiting , so the ready train be outside somewhere , so , that came in just as the , the twelve , six went out about twenty past twelve these in and this girl got up so we said do n't get on this , you 'll never get to Birmingham you get on here , wait until we get on we said , cos they changed the train , oh she was getting all worked up , she come from Middlesborough , well I said well , well , anyway , we said no , there , there 's no trains for university no , nobody will be going at the right time will they ? |
| 16 | There is also plenty of water for the shoals to be feeding at the same time in widely separated places . |
| 17 | I put out my tongue and Frankie did likewise , but before we had got out she said , ‘ You can tell your mother and father that I shall be calling at the usual time on Saturday . |
| 18 | The decline in British hedgerows may be slowing for the first time this century , thanks to schemes to subsidise hedge planting . |
| 19 | This year we shall be performing for the first time in Berne , Geneva , Luzern , Zurich and Prague . |
| 20 | Representatives from eastern Europe will be attending for the first time . |
| 21 | Some readers will have been growing roses for years , others may be starting for the first time from scratch , with no preconceived ideas , pattern or convention to adhere to , and a great many more will be at every stage in between . |
| 22 | Okay , so I mean they sa they all do say they 'll be talking at the same time , but as I say , th that bit goes there . |
| 23 | That 's a lot to stay in because that 's in the script is n't it , you can say that , because I 'll be ringing at the same time on Thursday . |
| 24 | HP 's chief operating officer , executive vice president Dean Morton , will be retiring at the same time . |
| 25 | I 'm working at the same time . |
| 26 | It says a child can not be misbehaving at the same time that he is behaving well . |
| 27 | Government officials are admitting for the first time families in mid-value houses of £66,000 — £88,000 are likely to face bills of £600 not £400 as hoped . |
| 28 | The same story is being drawn out in group 3 ( Republics group ) where Spain and Denmark are playing at the same time as the two Irelands are playing . |
| 29 | The parachutist who crash-landed on a group of schoolchildren has been talking for the first time about what happened . |
| 30 | A man who suffered severe brain damage during an operation twenty six years ago has been talking for the first time about losing his fight for compensation . |