Example sentences of "[adj] time as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leaders Sunderland made the short trip to Seaham and things looked close at half time as they nosed in front 19–14 . |
| 2 | It was an object lesson in finishing that would have preyed on the minds of the Belgian team at half time as they reflected on an opening 45 minutes during which it seemed only a matter of time before they took the lead . |
| 3 | ‘ Ordinarily I would have commented in some detail about our business , but can not do so at this time as we are in a closed period prior to the announcement of our 1992 results on 24 March ’ . |
| 4 | Avoid all restaurant or take-away food during this time as it is difficult to know what you are eating . |
| 5 | I did not see the trophy presented this time as I had to leave before the last race . |
| 6 | ‘ This time as I talked I felt the ground move . |
| 7 | I 've had two or three of them buggers but I think I 'd better go this time as I ca n't get no more . |
| 8 | His distorted hands were clumsy about her throat and this time as she struggled , kicking and gasping , it was skin on skin , not a fantasy attack that did no harm . |
| 9 | In summer , such free time as she had was spent on the Moor . |
| 10 | They were silent for some time as they picked their way in single file along the path that wound up the hillside . |
| 11 | Silence reigned for some time as they attacked the meal . |
| 12 | Mr Kingsley Low , general secretary of the British Beekeepers ' Association , said : ‘ We have been expecting to find varroa for some time as it is so widespread on the Continent . |
| 13 | There was silence in the room for some time as he waited for Frank to regain his composure , to ask the inevitable questions . |
| 14 | So what was wrong with her ? she asked herself for the hundredth time as she sat sipping a glass of wine in his apartment in the Barbican some weeks after they 'd first met . |
| 15 | I think what we have got to bear in mind , Mr Chairman , is that the small business is , it is a very , very dangerous time as we come out of recession , more businesses get into difficulties when they 're into expanding , than when they 're just , just surviving , if you like so erm , I think we have to keep a very careful eye on the next six months . |
| 16 | Charles became as adept at changing nappies and bathing William as Diana , and , even when he was small , both spent as much time as they could with him . |
| 17 | Both she and Dr Leitch spent as much time as they could spare talking to the young parents who would come to collect these patients on discharge . |
| 18 | If training officers themselves are not common , staff who can devote as much time as they would like , to training , ( whatever their title ) appear to be very rare indeed . |
| 19 | In hospital , the parents can be enabled to spend as much time as they wish with their sick child , and efforts can be made to keep to the child 's familiar routines ( Rutter , 1979b ) . |
| 20 | There are two girl keepers who spend as much time as they can with him and are giving him so many titbits that he 's getting thoroughly spoiled . |
| 21 | They say they will spend as much time as they can together in the interests of their children . |
| 22 | In the lakes so , they 're gon na spend as much time as they can round the |
| 23 | For the next 2½ years we spent as much time as we could at the melin . |
| 24 | ‘ When you spend as much time as we did trying to stop others scoring tries , you do n't have much time to argue with the ref ’ — ZIMBABWE 's REPRESENTATIVE when accepting the World Cup Fair Play Award . |
| 25 | I shall be writing the notes on my experiments , of course , and I intend to spend as much time as I can refuting Carslake 's idiotic principle . |
| 26 | If I 've got a lot to do I ca n't actually take as much time as I 'd like over it . |
| 27 | I took my parents when I , my son was two and a half , and I can honestly say that my son , I was n't able to devote as much time as I would have wanted to give . |
| 28 | For a week after his punishment Endill spent as much time as he could lying down . |
| 29 | He would spend as much time as he could at Hillmarden , but the strain was beginning to tell and , guiltily , he came to look on the nights when he was able to stay at the London flat as a blessed escape . |
| 30 | North Adams mayor John Barrett , who chairs MASSMoCA 's Cultural Development Commission , interprets this as license to take as much time as he needs to find the additional funds . |