Example sentences of "[adv] the time [conj] " in BNC.

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1 George funnily enough the time that we did a course with I P R before
2 The approval by members at the June special meeting of a reformed scheme should , with luck , cut down the time that references to the JDS take to complete , as well as the cost of these expensive investigations .
3 She notes down the time and what she saw :
4 Er so I mean they were in use more or less all the time but er it was it was n't , it was n't too bad , better than a lot of hospitals had .
5 fill in the time till they go
6 Fill in the time and date in the spaces labelled{ Date } , { Time } respectively on the row labelled{ 1 .
7 She therefore advertised the garage as being for rent , and at the same time got herself a job as a secretary to an insurance broker , to fill in the time until Peter should be at home permanently or a family should arrive .
8 All that remained now was to fill in the time until she could ring her mother .
9 So to while away the time while they waited for dark again they sat in a back room and fiished the waistcoat .
10 She decided to while away the time until her family arrived by going through some reports .
11 To while away the time and take my mind off Félix , I read the names of the Métro stations off the chart on the carriage wall : Danube , Bolivar , Rome , Bir Hakeim , Jasmin … .
12 In our society , children often reach adolescence at just the time that their mothers are going through the menopause .
13 The resources for training programmes are available in the form of premises , training staff and ideas — it is just the time that is missing to allow staff to participate ’ …
14 Immigrants from the New Commonwealth arrived at just the time that Britain lost an empire and with it her position in the world .
15 It 's just the time that really , you know , I just wan na get home .
16 Well , this is just the time and the place — and the audience — for a comeback . ’
17 He would have liked to have driven his dagger straight into the interfering clerk 's throat but knew this was not the time nor the occasion .
18 Not trouble exactly , but with her aunt above , not the time or place .
19 Not the time or the place to expect a violent gang attack on a pensioner .
20 There was simply not the time or space to enter into the detailed sort of discussion which accompanied the Brixton riot .
21 ‘ This is not the time or the place for a pit-popsy , sweetheart .
22 When Swan heard that Harvey was at the Ministry of Transport , he tried to draw him out on the subject of motorways in Warwickshire , but the junior Minister in charge of roads said that this was not the time or place to discuss the subject .
23 Well yes it is certainly fascinating to hear the views of , of members an and indeed it , it 's tempting to go on I think about or personal experience of floods , but this is not the time or the place I would suggest to do that erm strategic planning seems to me has been the venue for discussions with Southern Water Authority with the National Rivers Authority itself , we are the committee that tries to look many , many years ahead .
24 ‘ But this is hardly the time or the place … ’
25 ‘ But the middle of a courtroom in front of a judge was hardly the time or the place . ’
26 Besides , he was sure we 'd quickly make up the time once we got out to sea .
27 Anyway , if I am to maintain my hectic schedule of conquests , I can do without the interference of these guys taking up the time and energy of foxy babes with mere talk .
28 The tattoo was a moment 's impulse and cost just a few pounds , but now it 's taking up the time and resources of the NHS .
29 The first is the relationship ; as we have seen , people are only prepared to talk openly to those who they feel are genuinely concerned , and who have both the time and the interest to understand .
30 Judy Bathurst studied art as a student at Leeds University , but it was not until ten years ago , when she went to live in Tuscany , that she found both the time and the inspiration to develop her talent .
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