Example sentences of "[noun pl] [art] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are all reasoning out unstated propositions and analysing the probable intentions of our interlocutors every time we engage in talk — but various social and contextual factors influence the amount and the kind of reasoning required . |
| 2 | close your eyes every time he comes on |
| 3 | If you really do want to help me , I need your unquestioning support , not your childish tantrums every time I do or say something you do n't like . ’ |
| 4 | And here we have the calling under er an administration you know who they are and they 're hanging their heads every time you speak , you speak to them . |
| 5 | Little wonder , really , she acknowledged ruefully — she 'd seen women in the building all but swoon at his feet every time he walked down the corridor . |
| 6 | It might come as a huge blow to your ego , but there are women in this world who wo n't fall in a gibbering little heap at your feet every time you spare them a smile or a word . |
| 7 | They have also developed additives which prevent the fuel from frothing so that it no longer spills over your shoes every time you fill-up . |
| 8 | She moved on , and into a quagmire of silt which she had to wade through , making obscene sucking noises every time she took a step . |
| 9 | ‘ We risk our lives every time we go out there , ’ said Johnson quietly . |
| 10 | Miss Parker said she thanked God for high cheek bones every time she looked in a mirror and , on cover after cover , very little beyond her cheek bones was exposed . |
| 11 | Companies House , for example , which was established as an agency in October 1988 , had by April 1991 reduced from 25 days to 12 days the time it takes to process documents , against a target reduction to 18 days . |
| 12 | ‘ They face attacks every time they try to drive through France . ’ |
| 13 | No , he used John Menzies from the , stations every time he goes there . |
| 14 | Until now , each parallel computer has been so different that users had to re-write applications every time they changed machines . |
| 15 | His Adam 's apple went into convulsions every time he swallowed and his lips were unusually full . |
| 16 | However , it is that means that over the last few years every time we have actually debated about budget we recognised that the force had unwillingly and against the judgement of the majority of this council , not necessarily er bounded by political affiliation , we have to be getting down further and further towards the completely inaccurate expanded spending assessment that is assessed as necessary for the needs of this city by the department of the environment . |
| 17 | ‘ Just think of it — she suffers agonies every time she flies . ’ |
| 18 | Like Dexter , she had had enough of grappling with the bundles of facts she had accumulated , facts that did not slot together to form a coherent pattern ; but dissolved and reformed into new patterns every time she touched them . |
| 19 | Without this provision , producers would constantly have to recall and modify older products every time they introduced a safety improvement . |
| 20 | One thing 's for certain — she lies through her teeth every time I ask her something . ’ |
| 21 | His efforts gave officers the time they needed to clear Whitehall . |
| 22 | The first clean sheet on their travels , a fairly solid defence which allowed the home side only two clear chances , a midfield which showed finesse as well as strength , and a forward line which caused problems every time they moved forward . |
| 23 | Lawyers who spend their days faxing revisions of contracts to one another could avoid the need to type in the changes every time they receive something new . |
| 24 | Now , so , the name of the actual Act of Parliament is Sale of Goods Act er and that 's the law that gives you and me and everybody in Britain our basic rights every time we buy something from a shop or in a sale or a market stall or by post through a mail order catalogue . |
| 25 | So you could say for exactly a hundred years we 've had a basic law designed to give us rights every time we go shopping . |
| 26 | What do you think of the little hearts every time you put an enter ? |
| 27 | Soon a video of this execution may well be available and people will be able to pop it into their video machines every time they feel the need to have ‘ justice seen to be done ’ . |
| 28 | Oh I 'm , I 'm not sure , it 's , it 's a few hundred pounds a year and I , I , I 'm really guessing it 's a few hundred pounds a year for what they call a retaining fee , for being firemen , and then it 's a few pounds every time they attend , and a lesser amount every time for an , a greater amount every time they go out on the fire engine , but it 's nothing er nothing exceptionally high , it 's , it 's very reasonable when you think they 've got other jobs to do |
| 29 | You those bird tables every time you go past on the way to Palace do n't you ? |
| 30 | I can feel the lorries every time they go past — the ground sort of shakes like a whatnot — an earthquake . |