Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is well worth pausing from time to time to clarify what problem each person thinks he or she is solving . |
| 2 | However , Goram , Huistra and Steven at least have been given a chance of recovering in time . |
| 3 | An American president can decide to focus on domestic policy only up to a point ; events in the wider world , leaders of other countries , have a habit of eating into time that the president thought he would spend on other things . |
| 4 | also newcastle fans have two HUGE flags which they transport around the ground , everyone lifting the flag around — i think it 's the only english club iv'e seen doing that — you see this kind of flagging from time to time around europe ( even up here in Trondheim ) |
| 5 | Second , there was considerable background noise imposed by the tinfoil : in practice , by the way it was held in place , and its habit of crinkling from time to time . |
| 6 | He played tennis and golf and sometimes went swimming , determined to give no appearance of succumbing to time , to age . |
| 7 | How he had passed his medical tests was a mystery to everybody ; he was completely incapable of marching in time and swung his arms like a chimpanzee , unsynchronised and out of time . |
| 8 | To the teacher with a deep knowledge of how children at a particular age and stage develop , the first recipe for success is to vary their style of teaching from time to time , both to suit the circumstances , but also to vary the tempo and engage the child 's interest . |
| 9 | ‘ I have n't met many humans who have understood the complexities of travelling in time as well as space . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Our driver did n't stand a chance of stopping in time , ’ said a BR spokesman . |
| 11 | One of its most powerful adversaries is Fredric Jameson who suggests postmodernism is ‘ an alarming and pathological symptom of a society that has become incapable of dealing with time and history ’ ( in Foster 1983 : 117 ) . |
| 12 | Writing offered us another way of dealing with time , anxiety and frustration . |
| 13 | Kathleen knew it was only a case of stalling for time , but every day that passed brought new understanding of this enigmatic man who had captured her heart . |
| 14 | But hysteric she was , subject to the fatal political weakness of collapsing in time of trouble . |
| 15 | In 45-minute classes infants grapple with walking in time to music , marching , pony-trotting ; facial expressions and gestures are tested , too . |
| 16 | I 'd like to welcome you all , and thank you very much for coming on time . |
| 17 | But you were n't allowed to come out the pit , I mean you had to wait until knocking off time you see , before you were come out , Anything like that I mean er unless you 've got broken legs or anything like that . |
| 18 | According to the local RCM representative , Erwin 's laziness consisted of taking advantage of his Jewish beliefs in asking for time off . |
| 19 | The diesel unit had no problem in arriving on time 45 minutes later . |
| 20 | Clearly concerned with comparing reports , this term is used to distinguish between comparing over time and comparing the report of one organization with another . |
| 21 | We would then be able to do what Conservatives should have done from the outset — pick up and operate a tried and trusted system and concentrate on dealing over time and in proper order with imperfections that had developed . |
| 22 | I concentrate on paddling in time with everyone else but my efforts are to no avail . |
| 23 | And I am if at five minutes to five , or five minutes to leaving off time whatever it was and you would n't say well we 'll get ready to go home you had to pick a half a link up make it into a staple and throw it in the box . |
| 24 | Be ruthless about arriving on time yourself and starting promptly . |
| 25 | He failed conspicuously to do so and continues to side-step any commitment to taking the effective steps which many senior military experts believe could at least limit the damage , by calling from time to time for a mere tightening of sanctions against Serbia . |
| 26 | Tonight 's movies are 11 Harrowhouse , an engaging London diamond heist romp with John Gielgud , Trevor Howard and James Mason and Le Petomane where Leonard Rossiter plays an early 20th Century Frenchman who makes a living by farting in time to music . |