Example sentences of "[verb] the time of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew most of the men who used the line and passed the time of day with them . |
| 2 | He passed the time of day with Two Coats the tramp . |
| 3 | The Ellan Vannin Diaries have obligingly altered the time of their deliveries to a later hour in response to one or two complaints of sleep disturbance . |
| 4 | We bring the time of our people , resources in kind , and skills and expertise . |
| 5 | We judge the time of day by the relative positions of the hands against the scale of hours , minutes and seconds printed on the watch face . |
| 6 | All the meals are prepared together , arrive at the unit or ward together and are served together , thus using the time of chefs , porters and unit or ward staff in the most efficient way . |
| 7 | ( The arrow simply indicates that X precedes the time of observation . ) |
| 8 | Lewis , a metre behind , equalled the old world record of 9.93 seconds but could not even console himself with a new American best for he only equalled the time of Calvin Smith . |
| 9 | Love C. ’ He appended the time of the best train . |
| 10 | Then in the 1979 paper he found that subjects placed the time of occurrence of this sensation only a few milliseconds after the peripheral stimulus which evoked it . |
| 11 | He checked the time of arrival on a big gold bracelet watch , and there were handsome cuff-links with a shamrock in tiny emeralds in each shirt-sleeve . |
| 12 | We have also omitted the time of unpaid informal carers and their lost employment opportunities . |
| 13 | Let me know the time of the funeral . ’ |
| 14 | Unfortunately , we do not know the time of year when Lady Godiva is supposed to have ridden out . |
| 15 | The previous Bill had passed through Committee and was well advanced ‘ when international affairs so occupied the time of this House that it was impossible to carry the Measure to the Statute Book ’ . |
| 16 | This option enables you to adjust the time of the next LIFESPAN system shut down . |
| 17 | If the adverbials in the above examples were not included in the clause , one would have to rely entirely on the context to establish the time of the event . |
| 18 | It would be possible for the government of the day utterly to monopolise the time of the House fur its own legislation . |
| 19 | Of course the idea came to nothing ; in fact , one gets the impression , throughout this period , that there were a great many ideas floating about whose sole value was to console , and occupy the time of , those who had them . |
| 20 | In Henry IV , Parts I and II he has the time of his life . |
| 21 | To find the time of day , use a slip of white paper to blank out three of the discs . |
| 22 | Once an offline run has completed , the offline system will automatically update the time of the next offline run by adding the interval to the current start time . |
| 23 | Time zero was considered the time of completion of the test meal . |
| 24 | Yeah must n't forget that , changed the time of that . |
| 25 | He worked out when he was born , wanted to know the time of day , when the worker would return and when he would see his wife again . |
| 26 | It is a real pleasure to see these young lady constables and to pass the time of day with them . ’ |
| 27 | He jumps off waterfalls to pass the time of day . |
| 28 | ‘ I came to pass the time of day , that 's all . ’ |
| 29 | We must account for every idle word , never talk with anyone or undertake any trifling employment merely to pass the time of day . |
| 30 | Why he needed to choose this moment to pass the time of day with all and sundry and — good grief ! — take a wad of notes from his back pocket and count them out with infuriating slowness — was anybody 's guess . |