Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , at the end of this act we are shown how his ambition has led to another theme , that of appearance and reality , where Macbeth is told by his wife to conceal his thoughts and appear to his guests to be the perfect host whereas he is really supposed to wait for the time to kill the king . |
| 2 | They had to wait to go through the time lock machine . |
| 3 | Or , had she preferred it , she was sure that he would have agreed to her continuing to work for a time . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ I got to know after a time that he ad-libbed because he got bored with his lines . |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | Addition of unlabelled DNA causes the footprint to disappear in a time dependent fashion . |
| 8 | It is , however , a very special kind of autobiography , and may be compared to the accounts of their own lives which the early Methodists were expected to write at the time of their reception into the church : in such spiritual autobiographies divine visitations were singled out for special mention as evidences of God 's grace and power ; they were contrasted with laments over sinful behaviour and backsliding , and led to the culminating moment of conversion . |
| 9 | it was too late to try and stop the marriage now , and it certainly had n't occurred to him to try at the time . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | If for any reason the plaintiff was unable to come at the time fixed for his hearing , he became ‘ non-suited ’ , and the man he hoped to sue could collect the deposit he had left with the clerk on starting the action . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It seemed to work at the time . |
| 15 | With these , but with no filming permits , since they were impossible to obtain at the time , we winged it to the steaming metropolis of Jakarta . |
| 16 | Fourthly , Woolwich was not , of course , to know at the time of the payments that it would succeed in the judicial review proceedings . |
| 17 | Fourthly , Woolwich was not , of course , to know at the time of the payments that it would succeed in the judicial review proceedings . |
| 18 | I was not familiar enough , yet , with the light nights of the Highlands to be able to guess at the time , but the sky was paler , and the stars were fading . |
| 19 | They were told by Jesus not to speculate about the time when God would bring in the kingdom in all its fullness , but , once they had received the Holy Spirit , they were to witness to Jesus in Jerusalem , Judaea , Samaria , and throughout the world ( Acts 1:8 ) . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The dog may well overcome its initial fear , and start to feed after a time on its own . |
| 22 | There are several locations to visit in the time limit . |
| 23 | The court was told that teenagers were made to suck dummies and wear nappies , were bathed like babies and told to regress to the time they were last happy . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | After all , she had signed Sting in the first place ( she had even given him a list of music-business lawyers to consult at the time , but he had used the Newcastle lawyer because he was cheaper ) . |
| 26 | And I think it was , we were willing to go back to work and carry on discussions , albeit without earning any bonus because we were working to rule at the time , but it was what happened in er the quarry that really started the strike , when he laid the workforce off because they were helping us , or joining us in sympathetic action , you know there was a lockout up there , so I think that speeded up things considerably . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | However , it has not yet been possible to obtain agreement on the need for specific regulation for construction liability and so the principle of subsidiarity continues to apply for the time being . |
| 30 | 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 . |