Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The treatment involved walking three times round the shore and then departing , without looking back . |
| 2 | This needs repeating several times because with his notorious drip paintings he came to be thought of by some as a dripster , a drooler , a mere pourer . |
| 3 | They also tend to ‘ use up ’ remedies quickly which may need repeating several times an hour at first but always according to the changes in the symptom picture . |
| 4 | This had an iron undershot wheel but ceased operating some time in the 1920s . |
| 5 | The example given was of a tenant against whom an order for eviction had been made securing further time in residence by appealing . |
| 6 | ‘ Apparently after Naylor had spent hours checking around my old haunts without success , he finally got lucky when someone recalled having many times seen my car parked outside this block of flats . |
| 7 | I do n't like helping this time of night , sorry , it 's half past ten |
| 8 | But we used to l I think I can remember going three times and we went on the train and we would have a big label with branch number seven , we were Walsall Wood and we were always told that , you know , you look on the sea front if you get lost , cos you 've got your name and who you belong to on card was all given out . |
| 9 | But my hand had stopped bleeding some time ago and I could not reasonably pretend that I was wounded . |
| 10 | It might avoid wasting precious time . ’ |
| 11 | But she 's also shy and has thought about quitting acting several times when she 's had a lukewarm review or been rejected for a role . |
| 12 | And I remember saying one time to our doctor |
| 13 | As well as their daily pint of fresh milk taken in one form or another , if they can be encouraged to cook themselves some fresh green and root vegetables several times a week , so much the better , but these menus are designed primarily for old people who dislike spending much time on the preparation of their food and are unlikely to be persuaded past a certain point of effort . |
| 14 | You should try looking some time , ’ Donna said with gleeful malice . |
| 15 | It was only after he went into hospital that I started spending much time with him , because we knew his illness would run a rapid course . |
| 16 | And the other thing that 's happened of course , is that the tw , the , the indoor and the outdoor have had to start spending more time working together and think together , and indeed being measured together , because you 're now measured as a team are n't you ? |
| 17 | They started fighting last time Star Eye were here . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Then he could go swimming any time he liked . |
| 19 | Oh he , he went swimming one time and that was pretty good |
| 20 | Try reading this time . |
| 21 | Roderick was always seeking a better way of putting things in order to remove all possible ambiguities and to assist the reader to the maximum extent : if this meant rewriting 100 times he would gladly do it . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , she was killed the night before last ; but she could have gone missing some time before that . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Can we go shopping some time ? ’ |
| 24 | She thought : I keep forgetting that time is going on . |
| 25 | Of course , while the wider range of lenders and mortgage products mean that borrowers can end up with a better deal than in the past , it also means spending more time and effort choosing the best mortgage for your particular circumstances . |
| 26 | Some of them offer the beguiling idea that skill can influence the odds in our favour , but acquiring that skill usually means spending more time and money . |
| 27 | We sail at seven this evening , but passengers usually start boarding any time after midday . ’ |
| 28 | I do n't , do n't for a minute think it 's from that hand , because you know the tingling , you 're s are you supposed to get tingling all time ? |
| 29 | However , in a sediment with a large proportion of lithic clasts this may involve changing many times to a different magnification ( generally larger , to identify the whole clast ) . |
| 30 | Got ta start working some time . ’ |