Example sentences of "[adj] time [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a very exciting time and we ( my then husband , Adrian , and I ) followed my parents to Cornwall . |
| 2 | I 've had a really horrendous time while you 've been away cavorting with your Jews … ’ |
| 3 | The hon. Gentleman and his colleagues can save money if they do not believe in the nuclear deterrent , and it is high time that they told the country what their priorities are . |
| 4 | Well , I think it is high time that we gave an award for valour in professional conduct , and I nominate as the first recipient , Keith Holdsworth of Bournemouth , Employed by the New Forest District Council , Keith Holdsworth risked his career , his livelihood and his life savings in the defence of his professional integrity , when it would have been so easy to take an easier route . |
| 5 | IT is high time that we stopped this charade of swearing allegiance to the Queen and her heirs and successors because we do not know from time to time who they are . |
| 6 | Given that so many kinds of pollution are avoidable , it really is high time that we all did something to bring an end to this needless damage . |
| 7 | It is high time that we assessed the desirability of judicial intervention in its own terms . |
| 8 | It is high time that we got rid of the Government who have characterised the 1980s with cardboard city and got a Government for the 1990s who will start using bricks and mortar again . |
| 9 | Is not it really the case that the Government do not care about training , that we have a disastrous training record and that it is high time that we had a Labour Government to tackle the problems ? |
| 10 | Even though the Prime Minister has not incorporated the provision into the agreement at Maastricht , does he not agree that it is high time that we in this country also took those steps for ourselves ? |
| 11 | The old man had spoiled her and it was high time that she faced facts . |
| 12 | He was taking an unholy delight in her discomfiture and it was high time that he was taken down a peg . |
| 13 | Robert Hooke urges in his Micrographia that ‘ the science of nature has already too long been made only a work of the brain and fancy : It is now high time that it should return to the plainness and soundness of observations on material and obvious things . ’ |
| 14 | Christmas is a very social time and we 've tried to make this a social newsletter . |
| 15 | In summer , such free time as she had was spent on the Moor . |
| 16 | It does indeed get dark at a sensible time so it 's possible to go to bed before about one in the morning . |
| 17 | Business is tough at the moment , but he loves this time of year , lambing is his favourite time and he 's a really good shepherd . |
| 18 | They had a gay old time while it lasted , healthy too , chanting , regular hours , then brew liqueurs benedictine , green chartreuse . |
| 19 | Course , they drop onto you any old time if they come but if they ca n't |
| 20 | Why does n't one just stick to the ordinary , real time that we understand ? |
| 21 | However , the North and South poles correspond to the beginning and end of the history of the universe in imaginary time , not in the real time that we experience . |
| 22 | Not only will they see each other and converse in real time but they will be able to share and manipulate together the contents of their computer screens . |
| 23 | I think what we have got to bear in mind , Mr Chairman , is that the small business is , it is a very , very dangerous time as we come out of recession , more businesses get into difficulties when they 're into expanding , than when they 're just , just surviving , if you like so erm , I think we have to keep a very careful eye on the next six months . |
| 24 | In fact , I gave her more thinking time than I 'd bargained for as the crush at the bar was worse than when we 'd arrived . |
| 25 | I have every sympathy for Rolan Adams 's family at this sad time and I wholeheartedly condemn racial attacks and those who commit or incite racial hatred . |
| 26 | Progress was slow , but by the mid-eighteenth century success had been achieved in both methods of calculating longitude : the Greenwich astronomers had worked out the tables for the movements of the moon and an English watchmaker , John Harrison , had made a chronometer that kept such perfect time that it could meet the requirements of any sailor . |
| 27 | that 's the perfect time and I had this sort of doubt in my mind erm then I was fortunate I learnt a co a very good scripted presentation for getting referred leads and once I started to actually ask , cos that 's all it comes down to , erm then I was getting three , four , in the end I was being quite clever and saying look if you just restrict them to three then I 'll give them the same good service I reckon I 've given you this service |
| 28 | You must have been in full-time employment for a fixed time before you can claim ? |
| 29 | Cranleigh manager Roy Kelsey made a double substitution as Cranleigh battled to force extra time and they were almost rewarded in the final minutes , with Cann charging the ball down before the ever-dangerous Carpenter could place his shot . |
| 30 | I was actually looking forward to extra time because I was so sure that we would win . |