Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.

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1 Soon this was to be entered and then only Tibet and Ethiopia would remain for a time unresponsive to European politics , ideas and technology .
2 Other propositions may not be testable even in principle but may remain for the time as a necessary component of an overall paradigm .
3 No , it seems that the drifter will remain for the time being in the form of the original although we will keep working on it .
4 God give you great care if you should her spare for the time that you are with her .
5 You can stay for the time being .
6 According to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle this ‘ virtual ’ photon can only exist for a time .
7 Despite her depression she occupied herself with office tasks , and , although there were times when she dabbed at a tear , she reminded herself that she must prepare for the time when she would never see Silas again .
8 You must think about the time that you have available to spend with an animal .
9 ‘ Because you ca n't wait for the time when you 'll be a married woman ? ’
10 If rates do fall about the time of the next Budget these loans appear to offer reasonable value .
11 Born in Hamburg , he was transferred to the Manor House at Amnersfield , the son of a remote German-American mother and of a sour , withdrawn , irritable Anglo-Scottish father , who would retreat behind the Times and spend the evening in lonely state , smoking his pipe in his kilt .
12 If Isabel can include in the time she spends with him developing his skills for a propensity for being slightly more economic in his travel and hospitality arrangements , I guess we 'd be even more pleased .
13 With Samson we have to decide whether we should concentrate on the time of its circulation in the early 1670s or whether we should attempt to determine a precise date of composition .
14 Even forgetting the fact that the Cobra was the fastest accelerating car you could buy at the time , that only puts it between the £21,620 Elan SE and the entry level £26,400 Excel SE , close to the £22,363 Morgan plus eight and even closer to the £23,526 Toyota Supra Turbo .
15 They do n't know at the time , but this is to be the biggest event of the unusually hot British summer .
16 ‘ To be a member of the Labour party you had to be a member of the staff association but I did n't know at the time , ’ says Davies .
17 Of course I did n't know at the time that this was to have been O's last night in The Bar ; and I knew that it was n't Boy 's first visit to The Bar , I mean he did not see O the very day he walked in , their eyes did not meet across the bar on that very first night .
18 She did n't know at the time that some day she would call herself ‘ artist ’ or ‘ writer ’ — not many teenage coloured girls from the Gorbals in Glasgow had trailblazed a path in that direction , so it was a real exploration into the unknown for her when at sixteen she set out to go to college to study fashion .
19 And I must admit I did n't know at the time exactly what her flying weight should be .
20 I did n't know at the time .
21 Lowe could n't know at the time how much both his private life and his work were about to go right .
22 The court , in deciding that W was not guilty , said that a supplier of goods does not commit an offence under section 1 if he does not know at the time of supply or offer to supply that the trade description was applied to the goods .
23 ( It was just as well I did n't know at the time that Jack would once have been called a psychopath , which to most people effectively means ‘ murderer ’ ) Untreatable ?
24 I did not know at the time who had commissioned the poll , but I learned afterwards that it was the Conservative party .
25 Please let us know at the time of booking if you would like us to make a hotel reservation on your behalf .
26 She did n't know at the time about the pictures that had been taken or about some of those activities in which he did take part .
27 Now what do the police know at the time .
28 But little did he know at the time , how soon he 'd need it .
29 But little did he know at the time , how soon he 'd need it .
30 ‘ I did n't know at the time it had been in the Quakers boardroom but it was a good , handmade , solid oak table and I got it for a reasonable price , ’ he said .
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