Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This partly explains why the review took the time it did , since the computer can spend nearly four days running a full set of figures . |
| 2 | A minute later I looked at my watch ad noted the time . |
| 3 | The clock in the hotel foyer showed the time as nine-fifteen as she pushed through the doors and walked through the patio . |
| 4 | as if a diary redeemed the time |
| 5 | Edith Harlow has been teaching for 40 years and Teachers in this area felt the time was ripe for celebration . |
| 6 | British Gas was 6p down after the Monopolies and Mergers Commission extended the time for a study into gas conveyance and storage . |
| 7 | For example , congruity with the bias decreased the time to make positive judgements — that the because clause was a sensible continuation of the sentence — by over 300 ms for the simple inference materials ( 1667 versus 1998 ms ) , but had no effect for the complex inference materials ( 2117 versus 2105 ms ) |
| 8 | Then there was a long interval and very lively conversation filled the time before the next course : a roast guinea fowl and chicken , wonderfully aromatic with masses of rosemary , golden potatoes cooked in the juice from the birds , and young green salad . |
| 9 | Illuminated digits on the clock alarm indicated the time 4.02 . |
| 10 | The trio felt the time was right ; they had worked together for four years , and they had a good track record — an important factor when it came to raising money for the new venture . |
| 11 | Children at Selborne School took the time last week to make some splendid Easter bonnets . |
| 12 | Howard Primary School , landing at Cambridge University Observatory , found time for a ballet of the night-sky to a background of synthesizer and a resourceful battery of percussion ; and although improvisation and rhythm ( rap a firm favourite ) pushed melody to one side for the most part , Ixworth middle school beguiled the time outside Colman 's Mustard Shop in Norwich with a garland of song . |
| 13 | If its home clock said the time was 12.00 a.m. but the sun at the release site indicated 6.00 a.m. the pigeon would infer it had been moved one quarter of the way round the world to the west . |
| 14 | How far Cnut used the time available to determine the succession is not clear . |
| 15 | In the second experiment , again , it was found that as the number of digits in the memory set increased the time which the brain required before making a correct response increased almost linearly . |