Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was true that the happy-go-lucky dockers , working for a few pennies every time a ship came in , were being watched carefully by Captain Robins on the bridge , but it all seemed rather haphazard , as though I would be lucky if I ever found all my trunks . |
| 2 | In some respects the time for making images of landscape from a static viewpoint might seem to be over . |
| 3 | Fantasy came back from the horsebreaker with the terrifying habit of standing on her hind legs every time someone got on her back . |
| 4 | Play For Keeps was an ex-racehorse , who always stood on her hind legs every time her rider asked her to halt . |
| 5 | In English pubs the time between two and three on a Sunday afternoon should perhaps be named ‘ The Ferrers Hour ’ . |
| 6 | However , it is that means that over the last few years every time we have actually debated about budget we recognised that the force had unwillingly and against the judgement of the majority of this council , not necessarily er bounded by political affiliation , we have to be getting down further and further towards the completely inaccurate expanded spending assessment that is assessed as necessary for the needs of this city by the department of the environment . |
| 7 | After a few weeks the time log sheets are analysed for you by a specialist who duly reports back on how you have been spending your time . |
| 8 | Companies House , for example , which was established as an agency in October 1988 , had by April 1991 reduced from 25 days to 12 days the time it takes to process documents , against a target reduction to 18 days . |
| 9 | Oh I 'm , I 'm not sure , it 's , it 's a few hundred pounds a year and I , I , I 'm really guessing it 's a few hundred pounds a year for what they call a retaining fee , for being firemen , and then it 's a few pounds every time they attend , and a lesser amount every time for an , a greater amount every time they go out on the fire engine , but it 's nothing er nothing exceptionally high , it 's , it 's very reasonable when you think they 've got other jobs to do |
| 10 | He was repeatedly warned by Richard Baxter , and he would relent for a while , but lapsed into his old ways every time . |
| 11 | Pedestrians scampered blindly across the road to catch waiting buses , the cars jerked ahead a few yards every time the traffic lights turned to green . |
| 12 | H. lapillus will usually spend at least a day on each prey item and in some instances the time may be nearer a week . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's one of my favourite stop-overs every time . |
| 14 | Now that bands like Extreme and Mr Big have had chart successes with songs featuring acoustic instruments the time would seem right for many players to make a first serious foray into the subtler side of rock . |
| 15 | Succeeding against challenge is part of the satisfaction — if a rose were to grow perfect blooms every time without problems , that would be too easy and give no sense of achievement . |
| 16 | Clynol pH 6.8 Acid Wave ( for your nearest salon 'phone ) is mild and has a slow development time so you get perfect curls every time . |
| 17 | The test for ammonia and nitrite shows perfect conditions every time , and disease and fish fatalities are rare . |
| 18 | I have nervous breakdowns every time I see the Husayn twins ! ’ |
| 19 | They can be tricky to make , but by following our step-by-step guide , you 'll have perfect truffles every time . |
| 20 | For larger loads the time taken to reach the first step position is longer and therefore the time between successive step commands is automatically adjusted to allow for the slower rate of acceleration . |
| 21 | Thus the forecast 's window of 12 months rolls forward three months every time the forecast is updated , and the balance of the previous periods ' forecasts still within the new window are automatically updated as well . |
| 22 | He was a hard worker , and you had to set these pens every time for the sheep you see , well he could carry three hurdles on his back , and I could , five , that 's right five , and I could carry three , he carried five . |
| 23 | What do you think of the little hearts every time you put an enter ? |
| 24 | Even at 70 to ninety pounds a time the models are a monster success . |
| 25 | Now , so , the name of the actual Act of Parliament is Sale of Goods Act er and that 's the law that gives you and me and everybody in Britain our basic rights every time we buy something from a shop or in a sale or a market stall or by post through a mail order catalogue . |
| 26 | Biological features of the colonizing vegetation were seen to change with time and from the rate of change in these features a time for ecosystem recovery was calculated . |
| 27 | By carefully controlling the drying rates in large kilns the time for seasoning can be reduced to a matter of days or weeks . |
| 28 | For these teachers the time taken up by their extra activities more than repays itself in renewed zest and self-confidence in school . |
| 29 | It can then be repeated again and again with guaranteed results every time . |
| 30 | I give three cheers every time there is news of another delay or cash crisis . |