Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Cindy still leaves her new base in Manhattan and heads for DeKalb several times a year , she now divides her time between her divorced parents and two sisters . |
| 2 | Students of local history may very occasionally need to take into account the difference between Greenwich Mean Time and Summer Time , but those who are researching the histories of maritime ports from which merchant or royal naval vessels sailed will almost certainly have to pay regard to the system of reckoning found in ships ' log-books , particularly between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries . |
| 3 | It is surprising in a way that we remember these things , for those of us living off Greenwich Mean Time witnessed them at hours well past our normal bedtime . |
| 4 | If for Hegel historical time is the reflection in time of the essence of the historical totality , for Althusser it is a function of the structure of the totality arising from a particular mode of production . |
| 5 | There are some tantalising references to a defence of " fair information on a matter of public interest " , notably in the case of Webb v Times Publishing Co : Donald Hume murdered Stanley Setty , cut up his body and threw it out of an aircraft over the Essex marshes . |
| 6 | This was a game which two could play , and the English were to raid the coast of Normandy several times between 1400 and 1410 . |
| 7 | Robert had tried to open up the subject of Hasan several times , but Mr Malik seemed far less concerned about him than he had been . |
| 8 | He became chairman of the Oldham Liberal Party in 1847 and was mayor of Oldham three times between 1854 and 1862 . |
| 9 | Jesus forecast that before the cock crowed twice he would have denied any knowledge of Jesus three times . |
| 10 | He was chairman of the quarter sessions for Norfolk and Suffolk for many years , JP for Thetford in 1806 , and mayor of Thetford three times ( 1798 , 1800 , and 1804 ) . |
| 11 | Raymond Allen recalled that Crawford had flown to the Isle of Wight several times while they were planning the series . |
| 12 | The Portuguese who ruled the coastal areas of the island captured it from the King of Kandy three times between 1505 and 1656 . |
| 13 | He had called for Etienne some time ago , and was still waiting ; it gratified him to think that he would at least have an excuse to send the stupid pig on ahead of him . |
| 14 | I mean that 's what they say about Julia that time were n't it ? |
| 15 | But , he pleaded , ‘ can we go and see a proper team like Sunderland next time . ’ |
| 16 | I sway , and hiccough like Greenwich Mean Time … |
| 17 | ‘ It wo n't be like Dunkirk this time , ’ Mr Redmond said to Anne when he saw her worried expression . |
| 18 | I did , however , box for Oxford for four years , winning against Cambridge three times , and this gave me a certain standing in the College . |
| 19 | Dave Penny , United 's only scorer against Milwall last time is on the subs bench . |
| 20 | She had lazed around the pool to her heart 's content — and she had played tennis with Carlos three times . |
| 21 | The next time I went slowly past their table , refill coffee pot at the ready , the conversation was back to the journey , with Xanthe this time saying she basically thought horseracing boring and she would n't have come on this trip if her father had n't made her . |
| 22 | ( Since then I have been in touch with Texas four times and been promised an answer for which I am still waiting after nearly two years ) . |
| 23 | Carr , who went the distance with Wharton last time , protested about the stoppage , after 2min 7sec of the eighth round , but if referee Dave Parris had allowed the fight to continue the Australian could have been in serious trouble . |
| 24 | Well it 's up to the managers but I agree with Stansted four times a day , I think we 're losing a lot of traffic because we have nothing between seven in the morning and three o'clock in the afternoon |
| 25 | Then his mother had married again , to a PT Instructor who beat Luke up so badly that a court ruled he should go and live with Bart full time . |
| 26 | He was on the losing side with Everton three times twice against Liverpool and he is determined to get his hands on the trophy this time . |
| 27 | We 're back a week on Friday here on Scottish with Scotsport Extra Time , at ten-thirty , and |
| 28 | We 're back on Friday , here on Scottish , with Scotsport Extra Time , at ten-thirty . |
| 29 | The trial conference will be held in Hereford some time next year . |
| 30 | Brian Ashmore says he suffered his first heart attack thirteen years ago and he 's been back into the Princess Margaret Hospital in Swindon five times since with related problems . |