Example sentences of "[verb] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The people of Israel are thought of as a people chosen by God who are to separate themselves from the rest of the peoples of the earth by a series of laws that distinguish the holy time ( sabbath ) from profane time , clean foods from unclean foods , clean from unclean bodily states and holy from unholy places . |
| 2 | Normally the top two finishers in each event would be named in the team provided they met the qualifying time set by the International Amateur Athletic Federation . |
| 3 | I 'm thankful you 'll stay the extra time . ’ |
| 4 | Using some scraps of board , it is worth experimenting with exposure times to optimise the UV time period . |
| 5 | And he 's also managed to sneak in some live music from Mary Chapin Carpenter , who 's been touring Scotland this week and is about to hit the big time . |
| 6 | I am learning all the time and I feel I am ready to hit the big time . ’ |
| 7 | Mounting economic problems in Japan and Germany , and the London property crisis , could mean that economic revival will be long deferred ; a party whose record made the Financial Times refuse to back it is going to have its work cut out to keep in control . |
| 8 | After a succession of jobs as bellhop , waiter , car-park attendant , like a bit-part actor who finally made the big time in this aquatic Hollywood , he has built a career out of surfing big waves . |
| 9 | — hit the bottle with a vengeance when the group made the big time . |
| 10 | In 1980 , Dirk Coetzee made the big time in the South African Security Police . |
| 11 | You then work with your dog the whole time and all the time you 're working with your dog , naturally enough , it 's a young dog , so you 're being tested and evaluated the whole time , so your training continues . |
| 12 | Given the turbulent times which still afflict the industry , this is a remarkable achievement . |
| 13 | Given the remaining time left open for consultations within the professions and the time needed to enact rule changes , the requirement is unlikely to reach the statute books before 1990 . |
| 14 | It is truly remarkable that , given the scant time for leisure , a fine appreciation of music and literature existed in certain isolated pockets of Baldersdale which Hannah was privileged to enjoy . |
| 15 | Given the long times required to charge the larger rods , you can see that after getting a first qualitative result with the smallest rods within a few weeks , a proper quantitative analysis to test the variation with rod diameter and current , and so establish the nature of the effect would take a long time . |
| 16 | Given the enormous time , more than five minutes , it takes for each page this is very useful otherwise you might conclude that the whole machine has hung . |
| 17 | ‘ Perhaps it is time we discussed the rules that will govern the unfortunate time we spend together until I return you to Milano tomorrow . ’ |
| 18 | no , so we did n't have an invite I know , I mean normally I 'm taken every year you know , there , to see the old time musical which is great and I look forward to that but cos I did n't get , get there and I love going to Leah Manning as I say we have dancing there on a Wednesday afternoon it 's great , I enjoy it ever so much and I meet all my friends there that I have n't seen for years , you know , that I used to go to clubs with and they 've all arrived there now you know it 's great to see them , I thoroughly enjoy it . |
| 19 | ‘ I think a real friend is someone you do n't have to see the whole time . |
| 20 | If too many are undertaken the average time to completion will be unacceptably long . |
| 21 | Let us instead sing the praises of those who get us to smile — the Hundred Funniest ( say we ) People in Britain : those indomitable men and women who help us to cackle through our tears , and who , while they do n't make the bad times any better , certainly make them hurt less . |
| 22 | Sponsors and guests were invited to estimate the exact time of the flight of the Haggis from the Sandford Hotel , Fife to The Savoy . |
| 23 | Building reusable code can take more time initially , so it has to make good business sense to invest the extra time on a particular object . |
| 24 | The command TIME displays the current time on the screen and waits for you to enter the new time . |
| 25 | Once a depth of 1.5 metres is exceeded , the Solution enters into dive mode and displays the no-decompression time available , current depth , elapsed dive time and water temperature . |
| 26 | ‘ I was fiercely aroused the whole time we were talking . |
| 27 | Christopher Brown , managing director of the City-based Corney & Barrow bar and restaurant chain is quite right when he insists the hearty times of eating and drinking will return , ‘ because people still want to meet and talk ’ . |
| 28 | They fought the whole time , but underneath she was frantic for his love and approval . ’ |
| 29 | Their campaign reflected the uncertainties and weakness that led the Financial Times to back Labour . |
| 30 | Although Luke translated the whole time for her , she felt desperately isolated and sick with longing for Ricky . |