Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] time they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Micros are astonishingly powerful , and it may well be that in a couple of years time they will provide the most attractive solution — but they do not provide it yet . |
| 2 | When the Dragons first eleven set off for the sun in a couple of weeks time they 'll be taking with them a pretty impressive record , just 2 defeats in the last seven seasons . |
| 3 | From Han times they were importing ivory along with rhinoceros horn , kingfisher feathers and pearls from North Vietnam . |
| 4 | so they 're coming erm Friday just before dinner time they said between eleven and twelve and er they 're leaving Saturday afternoon about three |
| 5 | Nearer to Christmas time they are supplemented by college and older school students , some of whom already work in the store on late night shopping evenings or at the weekend . |
| 6 | they let them go out and they do n't know where they are , but the majority of of children that do it year in and running up to Christmas time they do exactly the same at Christmas , |
| 7 | But at lambing time they take on a total change of character and they can sometimes become very aggressive . |
| 8 | But the pollsters have a point when they complain that at election time they are like a doctor asked to make a diagnosis over the telephone . |
| 9 | And then at tea time they had what their dinner was at tea time you see and it was always fish and . |
| 10 | Now we are getting somewhere in our understanding of the behaviour of these fish for at night time they can often be easily caught in very clear water . |
| 11 | This certainly overstates the situation , but there is no doubt that party leaders in Parliament like to keep a free ( and vague ) policy hand , and in their speeches and campaigning around election time they are more likely to attack opponents and invoke positive symbols than to get down to the specifics of their own party programmes . |