Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or , had she preferred it , she was sure that he would have agreed to her continuing to work for a time . |
| 2 | Even Sir Henry came out of his chill library to stand for a time , wrapped in greatcoat and mufflers , surveying the Breughel-like gathering at the lake . |
| 3 | ‘ I got to know after a time that he ad-libbed because he got bored with his lines . |
| 4 | Is it beyond imagination , in these days of biological engineering , to conceive of a time when embryos will be implanted in a man 's body , and develop , and be born — perhaps by caesarian section ? |
| 5 | Addition of unlabelled DNA causes the footprint to disappear in a time dependent fashion . |
| 6 | And thirdly , and certainly not erm least , we hoped ourselves to benefit at a time when the Government cutbacks were just come into force , which were requiring us to raise erm more income from non-government source . |
| 7 | Military conscription has always been a useful way of soaking up young people and even though Russia is suffering from a decline in the birthrate the sudden release of a large number of men on to the civilian labour market might be difficult to absorb at a time when Gorbachev is trying to raise productivity . |
| 8 | You could decide to work at a time when your partner or a friend is round to see the baby , or arrange for someone — a childminder or relative — to look after her for a few hours each week . |
| 9 | people used to talk about a time when the volcano also spat flames and rocks into the sky , like the strangers ' guns , when the black strand on the northern promontory of the island was formed by the mountain 's spewing . |
| 10 | The dog may well overcome its initial fear , and start to feed after a time on its own . |
| 11 | In the bond market , the Bank does not actively try to sell at a time when prices are falling ; indeed its spokesmen have often asserted that it can not sell in such conditions , that the views of investors in the short-term are predominantly extrapolative and that few will wish to buy stock when the price is falling . |
| 12 | It will issue CDs with a maturity expected to coincide with a liquidity surplus and hold CDs expected to mature at a time of shortage . |
| 13 | Nathan waited patiently for the remissions which made it possible for the ruined mind to function for a time ; he sat by the sick man , who by now was almost blind ; the paralysis was , after all , general . |
| 14 | However , the outbound timing must be adjusted as necessary to comply with a time at which you may be cleared to leave the holding point . |
| 15 | Eamonn Martin of Basildon AC ran away from the large entry of 2,200 runners to win in a time of 40 mins. 29 secs . |
| 16 | For Kathmandu the marathon is one of the biggest … grandest sporting events of the year and what a welcome there is for Ieuan Ellis as he races down the straight of the national stadium to win in a time of 2 hours 24 minutes and five seconds … |
| 17 | She once again showed a maturity way beyond her 16 years and put in a fantastic bike of 53.16 and run of 32.48 to win in a time of 1.39.13 . |
| 18 | Vaquero offers the city-bound reader a few minutes to escape to a time and place that we are losing ’ . |
| 19 | This is something we said we were going to discuss at a time in the future and I thought I 'd stick it on and see how much time we 'd got left . |
| 20 | In other words , only one gene was allowed to mutate at a time , and that gene was allowed to change its " value " only by +1 or -1 . |
| 21 | There 's three players per team ( chosen before the match ) , but only one gets to play at a time ( plus a computer-controlled goalie ) . |
| 22 | Fairly easy to put in a time signature . |
| 23 | To be , if you 're asked to put in a time signature ? |
| 24 | Thus , the existence of both mimetic and autonomous features in Simon 's novels proves that the two are not incompatible , as Ricardou claimed and which the novelist himself had been willing to endorse for a time . |
| 25 | You have attempted to schedule LIFESPAN RDBI to run at a time in the past . |
| 26 | The USA had moved to send out the invitations only after the Israelis and the Arabs had failed to agree on a time and venue . |
| 27 | And to , to resign and to bring the new leader in charge to settle for a time . |
| 28 | ‘ I know that Ella and Dimity — everyone in fact — will want to know how he is and would like to call , but they do n't wish to intrude at a time like this . |
| 29 | So , as Forster points out , AMV has the cash resources to expand at a time when many target companies are temptingly priced . |
| 30 | ‘ I wonder how long we are prepared to vacillate at a time when Britain , and all that Britain stands for , and human civilization , are in peril ? ’ |