Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the [adj] times " in BNC.
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| 1 | We want to give the children positive memories which they can draw on during the difficult times at home to build a better country . |
| 2 | Yes , yes , he was a poor little sole all the way through was n't , but , erm , she does n't sort of tell you much about the good times at the end |
| 3 | She talked to friends , not only about the happy times they 'd had together but the inevitable disappointments . |
| 4 | It keeps families together during the hard times of the depression . |
| 5 | I sat down with the Financial Times and tried to count how many people were actually smoking underneath no-smoking signs . |
| 6 | Tyzack 's advertisements , especially in the Financial Times , were eagerly studied by those seeking better opportunities in the pre-headhunting days . |
| 7 | ‘ The night-scene when they were landing the herring is one never to be forgotten , especially in the early times . |
| 8 | The current values of units are published daily in the Financial Times and each year you will be sent a statement showing the progress of your Bond . |
| 9 | The prevailing rates are published daily in the Financial Times , and are also displayed on Prestel and in all our branches . |
| 10 | You will find the prevailing rate of interest shown daily in the Financial Times and on Prestel , and it is also displayed in all our branches . |
| 11 | Even on the premier franchises , the marginal operator is likely to compete only at the best times while the franchisee is left to operate the full seven day service . |
| 12 | You looked along the sights , just like before , just like the other times . |
| 13 | Just , just round the three times three okay . |
| 14 | he , we shagged the same bird me and Nick , not on the same times but oh I went out with her after he went out with her . |
| 15 | ‘ The old adage is to promote harder during the difficult times , ’ admits Mr Bacon . |
| 16 | Each meeting-point was timed with as much leeway as moon and tide might allow — say an hour on occasions , although many submarine captains took bold risks in staying offshore beyond the agreed times when no recovery had been made , just in case the canoeists were late . |
| 17 | To my knowledge , cranks and dreamers have gone around talking about and looking for Homo superior ever since the primitive times when writers still used paper . |
| 18 | The alarm may go off at the wrong times and this can be very irritating but the fault can be capitalized on and the child encouraged to get up and go to the lavatory anyway . |
| 19 | Many people who call for benefit increases in a discussion on whether or not to operate a minimum wage , mysteriously lose their voice in debates to enhance welfare payments ( Sam Brittan and Joe Rogaly , both from the Financial Times stable , are honourable exceptions to this rule ) . |
| 20 | If you do , the participants will play truant anyway — probably at the wrong times ! |
| 21 | And along the top of the wall where once , back in the peaceful times , you set pieces of broken glass , you now run razor wire , each tine designed for maximum snag . |
| 22 | You ge you forget yourself do n't you and you go back to the two times table , we 're on threes now . |
| 23 | I travelled up from Kings Cross with Sidney , Daryl Bligh of the Graphic , K. B. D. Clarke of the Times , ‘ Tibby ’ Tisdale of the News , Stanford Roberts , of course , and I think we had Norton Malley with us , who would at that time I suppose have been on the Morning Post , though he later went back to the Irish Times . |
| 24 | Burble , burble , burble — I do miss you , Jeanette , often at the oddest times — like when ‘ preparing ’ the washing up or using your bubble bath . |
| 25 | I tried to keep his words in the front of my mind , particularly during the bad times when we were clearing everything out and the dust and debris of a hundred years was falling into our eyes . |
| 26 | But this was n't like the other times . |
| 27 | Did , even with the few times my parents have gone away , I 've never held parties , I may of had a couple of mates round just to let them kip over or something , come back I 've never , ever held a party , I would n't , I respect them , well I mean I would n't respect them make , every er penny they earned in the last fifteen years gone into that house , they 've had one holiday in that time and erm , gorgeous house , no its a lovely house , full of nice stuff as well , I , I , I would n't dare have a party |
| 28 | Grateful though he was — and there are few examples of anyone more grateful and generous than he was to those who had in any way helped him or even just been around in the bad times — he was not going to be craven or knuckle down like a goody-two-shoes . |
| 29 | Even in the slack times , between rush hours , there are usually several people in each car , even on these distant tentacles of the lines . |
| 30 | Prices of the funds appear regularly in the Financial Times , etc . |