Example sentences of "time they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over a period of time they will all be ill . |
| 2 | A recent survey of church youth groups shows that 1 in 4 have had sex by the time they are eighteen years old , 1 in 10 under the age of sixteen . |
| 3 | There is no outside view of any sort and the only time they leave the cell is for weekend visits from relatives , bi-daily showers or for 45 minutes ' daily exercise . |
| 4 | But it 's true to say that most actors feel their drama school training has left them inadequately prepared for working in television and film by the time they graduate . |
| 5 | I think there should be a more stringent system of entry into the drama schools so that there is a higher standard of work achieved by the time they come to join the profession . |
| 6 | ‘ Mind you , it 's the first time they 've been here , and if I 'm any judge it 'll be the last . |
| 7 | Brenda says she was in a coma by the time they got her into the hospital . |
| 8 | Alcoholism is a social thing , not a homelessness thing — I mean , I knew a few university lecturers who were alcoholics , but they all had homes to go to — or still had , last time they ever spoke to me . ’ |
| 9 | It may be some months or even years later when , for the first time they over-correct from a practice stall , they experience a substantial reduction in ‘ g ’ loading . |
| 10 | Now may be the time they are willing to tell you what has been going on . |
| 11 | For example , it can be argued the expansion into amalgamated police units has enlarged the organization to a point where it is no longer accessible to the man in the street ; alternatively , it may be that the use of a centralized computer and complex technical aids has alienated the public even at the same time they are increasingly fed a diet of violent news snippets which reinforce a fear of crime and generate another ‘ folk devil ’ of criminal menace , which demands the impossible : a policeman on every corner . |
| 12 | The time they shared became special now , where before they had been free and easy . |
| 13 | The last time they 'd made love , or would , probably . |
| 14 | Usually , by the time they have lost enough weight , they are totally fatigued ! |
| 15 | She and Donald had started to take risks — they wanted each other so much that the reality of other people had dimmed for them , half the time they felt cloaked in invisibility . |
| 16 | High time they had a fall , eh ? ’ |
| 17 | By this time they were starting to review the situation steadily , forecasting the Duke of Atholl 's likely moves , wording formal requests for warrants to meet in larger groups , arguing furiously over the likelihood of being able to get weapons from the armouries at Atholl or Taymouth Castle . |
| 18 | By the time they came to the sharp bend at Borlick they had caught up with the McCulloch family , old Donald limping and muttering to himself , Donald hand in hand with Jean , Mary and her friend big Mary striding on ahead , their arms pulled down by heavy baskets of pies and eggs . |
| 19 | By this time they had left the classroom and were walking down one of the long , high-ceilinged corridors of the Faculty building . |
| 20 | By the time they met , Leonard was indeed pushing hard at the doors of his own individuality — in one sense he had been doing that for years . |
| 21 | By the time they started ‘ I Guess it Does n't Matter Anymore ’ they were onto the last saucepan and the table was covered with clean , dry things . |
| 22 | Each time they arrive at a pose , Colas somehow steals the expected kiss or holds Lise in the proper climax as Alain strikes what he believes to be the proper pose . |
| 23 | Not too much has been done in the mountains , hardly surprising given the length of time they have been dry , but Dai Lampard snatched a great ascent with Mother of Mercy E5 6a . |
| 24 | The next time they took me to the room , a man and a woman were waiting . |
| 25 | This time they took up Bright 's original suggestion and spliced the cable in mid-ocean on July 29 1858 . |
| 26 | He believes , or he chooses to believe , that in Chicago or somewhere else there were readers of Poetry magazine in 1918 who zealously and in all seriousness wanted to know what French poets of that time they might profitably read , and what in the broadest terms they should look for in each of them . |
| 27 | By the time they make up their mind , the Chinese will probably be back to their old ways . ’ |
| 28 | Their brows were fierce and their teeth flashed gold every time they shouted . |
| 29 | Several transplants have been tried before , but this is the first time they have continued to function for a long period , according to the researchers at the University of Alberta , in Edmonton . |
| 30 | ‘ What I 'd like you to know is that when it was all over and Peter was back from America , the grave-diggers were down here on their bended knees begging him for forgiveness because they knew it was a nasty business and said had they known at the time they 'd have had nothing to do with it . ’ |