Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again if you think about how many people actually provide their goods on time to their customers ninety five percent of the time or provide the goods and provide them on time that record is their record is very good . |
| 2 | He began to note down suitable thoughts and epigrams on pieces of office copy-paper , not really with the intention of learning them off by heart , but with the idea that he might put them in his jacket pocket and touch them from time to time during the programme to give himself reassurance , knowing that if the worst really came to the worst he could take them out and refresh his memory . |
| 3 | It is a strange sensation , but many sense it from time to time : a consuming desire to part with money . |
| 4 | It is not the commonly occurring long drawn out explanatory warning ( 'If you do n't stop whining I 'll get cross with you and then put you in time out until you stop' ) . |
| 5 | Then there 's her book — a series of short stories and reflections entitled Memoirs Of A Pretty Lady — that is due to be followed by a second volume next summer , ‘ if I finish it on time , which I 'd better ’ . |
| 6 | At the heart of both of them is a witness to the vital relationship between the historical reality of the Incarnation and a way of living by which man may engage with the spiritual reality it manifested and thus extend it in time . |
| 7 | Jargon and quirkiness assail him at times like passing attacks of cramp , but in the main he is always on the alert for a new ‘ angle ’ , always individual in expression and always ready to usher the most illuminating quotations to their correct places with the discreet poise of a butler from his chosen period . |
| 8 | And all creatures who hear it in time take their own appropriate , evasive action . |
| 9 | I get it from time to time . |
| 10 | pay you on time and all the rest of it . |
| 11 | If we pay him at time and three quarters which is the most we can pay him , we 're still making point six of a er on top of that . |
| 12 | Then it turns to the effect of the ‘ managerial revolution ’ ; that is , it says , to concentrate power in the hands of directors and to withdraw power from ineffective and acquiescent shareholders who only exercise it at times of crisis . |
| 13 | Ooh we better make sure we pay ours on time then . |
| 14 | We must therefore keep tight control on stocks of both raw materials and finished products and ensure that our customers pay us on time . |
| 15 | She 's gon na get sack her by time she 's finished . |
| 16 | Change it as times change , but do not split it up |
| 17 | Additionally , as already mentioned , patting a horse on its neck can be beneficial when trying to shoe a difficult horse ; and we pat it in time to the farrier 's hammer . |
| 18 | She pushed away the papers and rubbed at her eyes , she would have to visit the creditors , pay them a little of their money and then beg them for time to pay the rest . |
| 19 | In any case , if Parson Woodforde 's manservant Ben Leggatt found himself temporarily ‘ out of pocket ’ , all he had to do was to pawn the best pair of trousers he had been wearing over the weekend and redeem them in time for church on Sunday . |
| 20 | I am sure the answer is yes ; we all do it from time to time . |
| 21 | To try an , I I 'll click and you do it in time . |
| 22 | I was enormously impressed by a recent Thorofon CD of the four-art Fantasias for viols ( ) , and so I was delighted to see six-part works follow them in time for the quatercentenary of Jenkins 's birth this years . |
| 23 | Keep a list of things you worry about and analyse it from time to time to see what your worrying changed . |
| 24 | ‘ which was not attended ’ Means there is no person able to keep it under observation and reach it in time to prevent anything untoward ( Starfire Diamond Rings Ltd v Angel ( 1962 ) 106 SJ 854 and Ingleton of Ilford Ltd v General Accident & Co [ 1967 ] 2 Lloyd 's Rep 179 ) . |
| 25 | If an editing change or the execution of a command was a mistake , you can frequently ‘ undo ’ the error if you notice it in time ; ie ( generally ) before you do any more editing , or give any more commands . |