Example sentences of "[prep] the time that " in BNC.

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1 Now , getting back to the comment the woman made earlier about men being misogynist within their own world I 'm quite convinced that a good deal of those men would go home to their wives and family and be very loving to their , to their wives and family , be respectful of their neighbours but as soon as they got in the all male environment , and this woman was there to be used , she was their property for the time that they paid their money to get through the door , they could be as misogynist , offensive and horrid as they wanted to be !
2 ‘ You can do nothing to make up for the time that 's been wasted checking for a link between that incident and the murder of Hal MacQuillan . ’
3 He had laid waste — everything ; her senses most of all , but also her pride , her independent will , and even her anger and hatred , for the time that he was touching her .
4 I came out of the forces , he was only waiting for the time that I came out , for him to retire .
5 She had been mean with money all her life , using her daughter and granddaughter as servants , and even herself at times during the last seven or so years as unhired help , except for the time that Rosie was here .
6 God give you great care if you should her spare for the time that you are with her .
7 And that you , they , they that they will have , for the time that they are in your company , your whole attention .
8 Yes , but very restricted erm in other words if you look at the history of Kuwait for the time that we received or we got our independence , we had to start our nationalisation process as an independent country .
9 During the time that I was at MainMan , David had become more and more removed from us , but I figured that that was because he was so busy and that was the way it was when you had become a big star .
10 The earliest mammals ( Eutheria ) , the insectivores , arose during the time that reptiles dominated the earth .
11 During the time that it took to prepare , I stretched out on my back , staring into the trees , listening to the wind teasing their branches .
12 He said that he had been in a corner of the bar talking to the landlord and friends during the time that the incident took place .
13 But Coleridge 's ideas were constantly changing ; by 1797 he had finished with Godwinism , and during the time that he was constantly with Wordsworth at Alfoxden , his conversation ( or ‘ monoversation ’ ) was full of references to Hartley , Berkeley and Spinoza .
14 During the time that you 've been away from work you have certainly not been ‘ not working ’ — you have undertaken a whole host of activities which happen to have been unpaid .
15 Schrödinger 's question was this : during the time that the box is sealed , is the cat alive or dead ?
16 During the time that Ted and Jim were working on the engine , our chief researcher Bill Welbourne had been finding out a few details about the aircraft .
17 During the time that your body is trying to make the antibodies against the infection that infection may well spread so rapidly through your body that you become seriously ill , indeed , your life may be threatened .
18 If there is no relative acceleration between A and B , then Δv remains constant during the time that A and B are in free fall .
19 I should say in the context of the working of the Anglo-Irish Agreement that at no stage during the time that I have been Secretary of State has the Minister for Defence for the Republic of Ireland taken part in the conference .
20 I have just said that at no stage during the time that I have been Secretary of State has the Irish Defence Minister taken part in any conference talks .
21 I have continuously taken the view during the time that I have held my present office that it is a great privilege to be Secretary of State for Northern Ireland .
22 All of us , during the time that we have been directly engaged in these matters , have found it easier to make progress when the media have not been looking over our shoulders and breathing on the backs of our necks .
23 Those who have worked with him during the time that he has been in his present post have come to admire the hard work , courage and assiduity with which he has pursued the object of bringing the parties within the island of Ireland to sit down with the British Government and resolve their differences .
24 ‘ Our great founder laid down a rule in his will that anyone who went to prison would not have to pay his subscription during the time that he was unable to use the club premises , and that any unused portion of his subscription should be held over until his release . ’
25 This would also raise important questions regarding the policies and practices of institutions with regard to : selecting students , and ensuring that the selection procedures are appropriate in identifying students with the potential for success ; ensuring that they are adequately prepared for their course of study , and providing assistance where necessary through appropriate pre-entry provision ; supporting students during the time that they are in the institution , including ensuring that approaches to teaching and learning are appropriate as well as providing the study skills and counselling support required .
26 Er well there was none of them got married during the time that I was there .
27 erm and er , you know as you 're exercising your discretion your Lordship there 's the points in the white book , my Lord in the interim it would be the societies submission that there are three reasons why during the time that it may take to get any guidance from the European court , in the interim , the application of the bi-laws and in particular the provisions of the Act nineteen eighty two should be maintained and er given er their force , because clearly my Lord if there is to be a reference to the European court , matters will take some two years or so before the European court will give it 's ruling that I think would be common ground with my learned friend
28 Did anyone you spoke to during the time that you recorded objected ?
29 And just to remind you the open the open state probability can be defined as the time that the channel spends in its in the open state divided by the total time of the recording .
30 There was a curious connection now in his mind between the time that Sergeant Barry Lawrence had knocked him silly in the pub and this new blurring of his mind .
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