Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | Darling Mother , I have let too much time pass without writing , but I have n't forgotten you . |
| 32 | It was notable that , in his introductory speech , the Home Secretary devoted very little time to the content of the Bill and scarcely sought to justify it . |
| 33 | As Katharine is away at university , she has very little time to ride . |
| 34 | Is not the real answer that the Conservative party has very little time and even less concern for British workers ? |
| 35 | I did n't really need too much time to think about it , I just instinctively knew . |
| 36 | Erm indeed I saw him , I saw Ronnie once in a hotel in er in Washington , this was the time it was n't actually the time he was shot cos I got away that time but the |
| 37 | In one sense they are the British equivalent of political advertising on American television ‘ but they differ from such advertising in three very important ways : first , PFB broadcasting is free ( although the parties have to bear at least some of the production costs — indeed , all of the production costs if they wish to use private production facilities ) ; second , the number of PEB broadcasts is fixed by agreement between broadcasters and the parties to reflect ( roughly ) the current popular standing of the parties ( in 1987 Labour , the Liberal-SDP Alliance , and the Conservatives got exactly equal time for PEBs while other parties received very much less ) ; third , the broadcasters have insisted , against the politicians ’ wishes , that PEBs be short programmes typically ten minutes long , rather than high-impact adverts of perhaps twenty or thirty seconds ' duration . |
| 38 | Once established , procedures must be followed and the job done right first time to the satisfaction of everyone in the quality chain . |
| 39 | The job it was created to do — establish Unix SVR4 — was completed and done successfully some time ago . |
| 40 | Think I played right that time . |
| 41 | It seems it 's one of those things that came right first time and improvement is either impossible or unnecessary . |
| 42 | If you have n't picked up these two handbooks that are on the table outside , can you do so some time today , okay ? |
| 43 | ‘ Michael Stich has definitely told us he will play and all the indications are that Boris will do so this time as well ’ said Mr Meyer-Wolden , who spent several hours on a flight back from Australia earlier in the year , putting Becker in the picture of a wide range of his views , ideas and objectives . |
| 44 | I 'm sure you can do better this time , ’ said Ymor pleasantly . |
| 45 | Do you think they could do better this time ? ’ |
| 46 | The Financial Times of June 28 described this review clause " ploy " as designed " to hold out the hope to countries which feel their aspirations unsatisfied in this constitutional revision that they may do better next time " . |
| 47 | He says they 'll do better next time . |
| 48 | And you 've been in a scenario where there 's one manager and there 's a few people who are n't in a managing role , but you are actually managers , maybe they 'd like a little reversal , I mean , I think some good things have come out of that , and possibly things that you 'd do better next time . |
| 49 | to yourself I 'll do better next time and I 'll do better next time and it 's , it 's all the time I must try harder next time ! |
| 50 | to yourself I 'll do better next time and I 'll do better next time and it 's , it 's all the time I must try harder next time ! |
| 51 | Gordon Durie stole down the right and seeing the defences lack of organisation , he blasted in a low pass which McCoist drove home first time . |
| 52 | was okay cos you knew there was some heavy heavy organized er guys up there , who who had ammunition and who had had had they felt differently that time , I guess the guns would have come and the police station would have been attacked . |
| 53 | These two key questions are not answered definitively first time round . |
| 54 | Alright well , generally then I think from hearing what you 're saying , erm , some good points , some perhaps things that you 'd do differently next time , and then what it obviously says about you is that , you 're all managers and you all have different styles , and you possibly do things in different ways . |
| 55 | ‘ It 's the kind of thing that a busy expanding company like Rothmans ca n't always give as much time to as it would like . |
| 56 | It is expected however that students will give substantially more time and emphasis to one of the two areas of study outlined below : |
| 57 | Those belonging to language groups such as Kaonde , Luvale , Lunda and Lozi , which were recognised but received proportionately less time , also protested , saying that all the recognised languages should in fairness receive equal time . |
| 58 | ‘ We should do well this time it will suit some of our players better . ’ |
| 59 | Shake well each time before use . |
| 60 | We 've made pretty good time up to now . ’ |