Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well once I 've got you know once I 've got the shape of the story in my mind I can it down in an hour or so every time you know it 's in long hand , then it takes me hours to type it but er you know the actual once I 've got the idea I I find it necessary to get it all down you know in long hand as quickly as possible . |
| 2 | ‘ Tell me , why do I have to pay my informants a quid or more a time while you have snouts who could buy and sell both of us and who rush to buy you drinks whenever you appear ? ’ |
| 3 | " The history of the Russian people " , wrote Shchapov from prison a month later , " fills our heart with the belief and the hope that sooner or later a time must come for the Russian people when it acquires political self-consciousness and , as a result , political self-government " . |
| 4 | Let me suggest to my hon. and learned Friend the Minister that perhaps the time has come to stop acting as an honest broker between victim and aggressor . |
| 5 | Although traditionally a time when Ratners does 90 per cent of its business , sales this Christmas were 15 per cent lower than last year and analysts are predicting pre-tax losses of more than £72m . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , advance he did , and so the time came for his Bar Mitzvah , at 13 years of age , by which every Jewish boy technically becomes adult ( i.e. morally responsible for his actions ) , a ‘ son of the law ’ . |
| 7 | Paul would stop her now and again , alter a line , then demand that she go on reading ; and so the time passed until supper and bed , when he would cure his headaches in the customary way . |
| 8 | Anywhere outside a Communist state — and perhaps the time looks like coming when even that qualification will be superfluous — this is done by seeking to secure the largest possible return on capital . |
| 9 | But all the while he was learning and soon the time had come when he was no longer satisfied to design for others . |
| 10 | There was seldom if ever a time when all Western governments , or even all those within the EC , were equally active in relations with the East . |
| 11 | Resentment flashed into her eyes as she said in a pained voice , ‘ If ever the time does come , I hope I 'll be wanted for more than my ability with figures . ’ |
| 12 | When contracts were exchanged , the conditions of sale would stipulate the time for the delivery of an abstract and thereafter the time for the raising of requisitions upon it . |
| 13 | He would invite me over for dinner quite often , and nearly every time they 'd have a fight . |
| 14 | The start of a New Year is a time for looking back on the past 12 months and also a time when self-styled pundits such as myself are unwisely tempted to look into their crystal balls and come up with the predictions that by the end of the year they may well regret |
| 15 | So do find opportunities to play with your child , and also the time , occasionally , to observe him/her at play with other children . |
| 16 | Linley had called his publisher and asked the name of the restaurant where they had lunched and also the time they had left . |
| 17 | I 'd picked the Bloomsbury address from a handful of alternatives Patterson had offered for the set-up as the easiest route and also the time , early afternoon , though in town these days the traffic was a matter of pot luck with the odds stacked on it being bad . |
| 18 | Later Helen told Maureen that they had intended to wait until nearer the time to announce their news , but that seemed the right moment . |
| 19 | They wo n't move until nearer the time , anyway . |
| 20 | The amount of genetic difference between one animal and another , and hence the time taken to evolve , and the difficulty of evolving from one to the other , is measured as the distance in nine-dimensional space from one to the other . |
| 21 | And now every time I see an advert , or just anything , I expect things to explode . ’ |
| 22 | Long years ago , we made a tryst with destiny , and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge , not wholly or in full measure , but very substantially . |
| 23 | Er so we are elusive and maybe the time will be , will come when we really must put it all down . |
| 24 | I mean it 's , it 's , it can be a good investment , and maybe the time is now to , to go for it , but of course , it 's er hard to release er your asset if it 's a falling market . |
| 25 | He was the one that got me pregnant and he says that I ca n't come home at all now and I phoned the hospital , yes , and they said that come in and if I go in then you 're going to arrest me and then you 'll just call my dad like you always have done every time I 've run away from home and then every time you lot have took me back home and then I end up getting pregnant . |
| 26 | Every time I 've run away from home and then every time you lot have took me back home and then I end up getting pregnant . |
| 27 | And every time I 've run away from home and then every time you lot have took me back home and then I end up getting pregnant . |
| 28 | and erm , and then every time the poor women went to get off stage he says oh Joan you ca n't go , come here , let's , he said we ca n't just give you that so he , he called her back and they bought give her a rabbit |
| 29 | I might well have got that onto another tape and then every time she says something you just say look what you 're doing ! |
| 30 | And then the time was suddenly right , and there they were , stepping out on to the blessed soil of his native land . |