Example sentences of "time it [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the college , the experience of developing and mounting the course has been a beneficial one , although at times it felt like self-inflicted punishment ! |
| 2 | Naked emotion grants the work an uneasy power — but at times it feels like special pleading . |
| 3 | ‘ I said when we arrived two weeks ago that by the time it came to this Test you would have to give us a 50–50 chance because this is a one-off game , not part of a Test series . |
| 4 | Perhaps we , I mean , then British Section said to us on this erm and I 'd s , already said I think er by the time it got to this stage of conversation that we were without a prisoner at the moment , but , but awaiting one , and he said well , that would ex , that would explain it because er , until we initiate it , British Section initiates it you wo n't get another prisoner , they 're waiting for conformation from R E S |
| 5 | In other words , in the time it takes for one murder on the crime clock , six workers have died ‘ just trying to make a living ’ ! ’ |
| 6 | Furthermore , the time it takes for military expenditure to result in an operational arms system can be anything between ten or twenty years . |
| 7 | Also , operators at the surface can reel in the drill like a fishing line , and replace the bit in one tenth the time it takes with conventional systems . |
| 8 | Repeated use is perceived as necessary in order to survive , yet at the same time it contributes to further decline . |
| 9 | Pulling them together , we may see that in marriage in Britain today , while freedom of choice makes for great potential satisfaction in the marital relationship as such , at the same time it makes for some instability if the satisfactions are not up to expectations . |
| 10 | There was a silence for the first time it occurred to first form that the spider might of been put there on purpose , they looked at one another . |