Example sentences of "[det] [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I know what you should do with all that free time you have : acting . |
| 2 | Although I have been billed as a " computer man " — I have been employed in the computer marketing and services side of IBM for 17 years — for over half this time I have been a line manager . |
| 3 | But at some future time they may decide they want to . |
| 4 | Mr. Sturge in his argument has maintained that such a lease would be valid , and that , even if the term is uncertain at its beginning when the lease takes effect , the fact that at some future time it will be rendered certain is sufficient to make it a good lease . |
| 5 | Taken aback , fearful — this second time she was more afraid — she hesitated . |
| 6 | The Quarto version assigns the play 's final lines — ‘ The weight of this sad time we must obey ; /Speak what we feel , not what we ought to say . |
| 7 | At some later time they could , by chance , all be in the right half or back in the left half , but it is overwhelmingly more probable that there will be roughly equal numbers in the two halves . |
| 8 | The basis of the Good Friday belief appears to have been that on that day the soil is redeemed from the power of Satan — the old chthonic god of the pre-Christian religion — and for this brief time he has no influence on it at all . |
| 9 | If , for example , she sometimes finds the superfluities of Godmersham amusing — ‘ At this present time I have five Tables , Eight & twenty Chairs & two fires all to myself ’ she none the less savours the ‘ luxurious sensation ’ of sitting ‘ in idleness over a good fire in a well-proportioned room ’ . |
| 10 | When I 've got some more time I 'm going to offer my services again . |
| 11 | She began to feel that if she did this a few more times she would get the hang of it . |
| 12 | During this spare time you can catch up on lost sleep ( as long as your naps do not prevent a full night 's sleep ) , relax after the stresses of the journey , adjust drinking and eating habits , and generally adapt to your new surroundings . |
| 13 | If I do manage to find some spare time I 'll be studying Spanish because you need something to take your mind off the racing . ’ |
| 14 | If you realize that you are especially susceptible at some particular time it is foolish to place yourself directly in temptation 's way . |
| 15 | But just at this particular time we 've got a lot of residents with Zimmer frames and they really just are n't steady enough without one of the care staff going across with them , which does happen . |
| 16 | Er in my opinion at this particular time we must bear in mind the financial constraints that we work under and er would the board agree with me that erm survival comes first yes but it 's obvious that the programme that we 've er had put forward is a good compromise between preferred in the arts , maintaining the theatre as a viable proposition and er entertaining the people of this particular part of the world because as I understand it this theatre was not just the artist also an entertainment centre and it 's in this area that er it 's quite obvious when you look into the figures on this area the popular area that the majority income comes so you 'll have to make a compromise and I will congratulate the board on what I think is pretty reasonable compromise so it 's quite obvious in the programme . |
| 17 | But at this particular time we are here to support and assist in communication . ’ |
| 18 | David asked if I could jive and at this particular time I always dressed as a man , which was probably another reason Calvin and I got along very well because Calvin wore velvet suits and I wore velvet suits — so that was one area we got on very well . |
| 19 | And this particular time I said , well maybe we should use Durex . |
| 20 | At this particular time he liked to begin the unwinding process . |
| 21 | Why is it that we can look at organizations which we ourselves have worked in for most of our lives , where we have complained bitterly , where over drinks with our colleagues or at the Christmas pantomime or some other time we have given vent to our irritation at these bad organizational and behavioural characteristics ; and yet when we reach high positions in companies we consider them to be something which is beyond our capability to influence ? |
| 22 | So this last time she wanted to be in her office , correct and professional at the right time . |
| 23 | This last time I was better prepared . |
| 24 | Girl , he called her , but this last time he 'd called her Vi and written that he loved her , and he 'd never done that before . |
| 25 | That second time I went in they left me there for two hours , and I was really cracking up . |
| 26 | A spectacular vindication of the principle that each individual coin spun individually ( He spins one ) is as likely to come down heads as tails and therefore should cause no surprise each individual time it does . |
| 27 | He began to wonder how much more time he would need to waste before phoning Blanche with the bad news that he had found nothing . |
| 28 | If there were no need for sheltered workshops because disabled people were fully integrated into ‘ normal ’ society , then it would be a gain ; but if , as I suspect , in these hard times it is impossible for many severely disabled people to get a job of any sort , surely the lack of opportunity to go to work is a loss — even if the kind of work they do is far from ideal . |
| 29 | IN THESE TOUGH TIMES we need all the influence we can get ! |
| 30 | In these egalitarian times it would take no more than the price of an off-season 's weekend bed and breakfast and the permission of a landowner or two . |