Example sentences of "[noun pl] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 Sadly , the spirit of 1992 had not reached the denizens of Elveden Forest ; not one single person played boules the whole time I was there .
2 The drive through the 40 junctions ( not including the practice section ) took an average of 40 minutes the shortest time being 34 minutes and the longest being 57 minutes .
3 Rain objected that if that were the case publishers would be getting authors involved in sordid court cases the whole time .
4 For all these reasons the additional time and effort involved in achieving the improved results , compared with the first exercise , will be significant .
5 You had loads the first time round .
6 Maybe they had been for old times the old times that had never really existed .
7 Driving-time : one and a half hours the first time , two hours the second .
8 Detroit , Michigan-based Compuware says the deal will enable it to release CICS fault diagnosis products the same time as new IBM CICS releases , so giving it as much as a three-month lead over its rivals .
9 But each of their small squad of 12 won at least one medal in their final count of 16 golds , 13 silvers and nine bronzes the first time this has happened .
10 The breakwater had given the kids the precious time they needed .
11 In the year I had skippered Wavebreaker at least half of our married male charterers had either offered Ellen a job or pressed her to visit their offices the next time she passed through their city .
12 She hoped the police would give the two journalists the hard time they deserved .
13 ‘ Just for once , for p'raps the only time in your life , take a bit of advice from your elders and betters . ’
14 He was run off his legs the last time and he had only just been paid for the quarter . ’
15 Rather an odd place to camp , having to keep your eye on the tides the whole time . ’
16 IAN WRIGHT and Andy Gray hardly exchanged pleasantries the first time they met .
17 ‘ It 's funny , ’ says Brian , ‘ they 're both so like my own kids that we often say the stork must have dropped them in the wrong homes the first time around .
18 Replacing his spectacles a final time , he looked me up and down once more and said : " You will be going out to meet the public every day , you know .
19 Thanks a thousand times — I do n't know what we 'd have done without your help . ’
20 Further in the future , laser light looks set to replace electricity itself , driving computers a hundred times faster than the fastest now available .
21 Lifted and dropped his shoulders a few times , he 'd seen people do it when they tried on clothes in stores .
22 ‘ Some residents who were moved after the last round of home closures are now faced with losing their homes a second time , ’ said Mr Common .
23 They were then asked to listen to the voices a second time and say whether each was " black , white or other " , giving a confidence rating .
24 She had stayed at the baths a long time , probably getting a chill , but worst of all no-one would testify that the water in the pool had had a proper dose of chlorine .
25 Because of these uncertainties the appropriate time for selecting the multiplier is at the time of death and the number of pre-trial years for which special damages are awarded should then be deducted from the multiplier ( Graham v Dodds [ 1983 ] 1 WLR 808 ) .
26 But we 're not in each other 's pockets the whole time .
27 It was ironical that Adam , who was the owner of that big house and all that land and the contents of the house , nevertheless went down to Nunes the second time with less than a fiver in his pocket .
28 I just got two two bottles the last time I was in , I ca n't .
29 I guess it made a stimulating change for him not to be surrounded by fawners and flatterers the whole time .
30 I saw it twice , the second time to see what I 'd missed through racked sobs the first time .
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