Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Air Ministry was emphatic that it " was suicide to attempt air delivery — more especially in winter time " . |
| 2 | If you have a go at reading Hansard , both truths will force themselves on you , piercing the tedium , loquaciousness and tomfoolery of MPs , especially at question time . |
| 3 | The reader will not , however , begrudge the author 's serendipity which , especially at election time , succeeded in extracting for him the following from Smollett 's Humphrey Clinker ( 1771 ) : I know nothing so abject as the behaviour of a man canvassing for a seat in Parliament . |
| 4 | The fact remains that while Mossad is the honoured guest of the American government in Washington , especially at election time , the entire UN General Assembly had to be air-lifted to Geneva to hear what Arafat had to say . |
| 5 | He was incapable of entering any room quietly , especially at breakfast time . |
| 6 | York ham commands a high price and is much sought after , especially at Christmas time . |
| 7 | The sitting-room has glazed sliding-front china cases , electrically lit on either side … the staircase window , or rather glass wall , has fringed curtains in green and white , illuminated from below at night time . ’ |
| 8 | Immediate Past National President and his lady , and were showered with cards and letters of good wishes during their conference and take this opportunity to thank all their friends and colleagues for their support and friendship , not only at conference time but throughout their year of office . |
| 9 | Oh funny thing I was having a look at one of Carrie 's , she 's got the Radio Times which we do n't get , only at Christmas time . |
| 10 | Dennis McCarthy on Afternoon Special from two till half four Alan Clifford at tea time in for John Simons from half four until seven o'clock at tea time later . |
| 11 | Cornish mining families tended to live in rural villages apart from the mines , and while very few married women worked full-time , husbands and wives took part in the life of their communities , attending the annual fairs and suppers and working together at harvest time . |
| 12 | The two tablecloths can be used together at Christmas time , and , for the rest of the year , the bottom cloth can be used on its own . |
| 13 | We went out to lunch to er Tesco 's we got to pick Christopher up from school and we went just for lunch time , that was quite nice |
| 14 | well they are now , my daughter now has a proper bum bag , but this was just a school , purse for school , just for break time . |
| 15 | exactly about lunch time you know |
| 16 | The explosion wrecked the semi-detached house at Sling , near Coleford in Gloucestershire shortly after breakfast time . |
| 17 | So I went on until just after refreshment time : Spoke to Mr so-and-so — lots of things in my book . |
| 18 | At Lord 's , he once square-cut Jack Durston into the grandstand just under Father Time . |
| 19 | Then there was that bleating Prime Minister on ’ Desert Island Discs ’ saying that he would love to get away from Question Time on Tuesdays and Thursdays . |
| 20 | Do you know that in the last twelve months er we 've produced or the office has produced , twelve hundred twelve hundred reports to committees at an average cost of six hundred pounds each and that 's just in officer time in writing them , nothing to do with the paper they were printed on , the cost of printing , the cost of distribution , the cost of our time to discuss them and our attendance allowance . |
| 21 | The body was found in a terraced cottage in Cheltenham shortly before lunch time . |
| 22 | Is the Lord President aware that the Prime Minister has not been doing very cleverly lately in Question Time ? |
| 23 | I received a telephone call just before Question Time telling me that that enterprise will have to close . |
| 24 | 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 |
| 25 | Nico , our host , serves cool drinks and limited snacks in the bar downstairs till supper time . |
| 26 | Only I heard him crying a bit lately at night time . |
| 27 | Practice in simulated examination conditions must not be delayed until close to examination time . |
| 28 | Thus the amount of notes in circulation is always more at Christmas time . |
| 29 | ‘ I hope all the old dears over there will hold tight to the handrail , ’ was his only remark when he was told the news , but he said more to Ruth when he went home at lunch time . |
| 30 | On arriving home at lunch time Ron was confronted with the owner of the purloined petrol , who stated he had been advised to prosecute , but in view of them being ex POWs , he would take no action . |