Example sentences of "[prep] the time [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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1 | Too many take on too much , for the time they can or will devote . |
2 | It would , she saw , be perfectly possible for her and Pilade to go to England the following year if someone could be found to run her boarding house for the time it would take . |
3 | And although safe conduct was officially guaranteed to either faction during the time it would take to reach the site , parley and then ride home , many truces failed to hold . |
4 | But local people remained sceptical about the time it can take crews to reach emergencies . |
5 | Even an agreement about the time you might get up in the morning , and who gets up first , for instance , is important . |
6 | It was just after six , long after the time she should have gone off duty , and that was exactly what all the physiotherapists had done . |
7 | She did not want to waste a moment of the time they would have . |
8 | Experienced sailors enjoy the persistence of the winds , but most of the time they 'll be using 6m sails . |
9 | It is up to them and a lot of the time they will do anything to get you inside . |
10 | Most of the time they will not need a tangible reward like an extra sweet or a trip to the park . |
11 | Monitor the use made of it and assess recording proposals in terms of the time they will take , and the usefulness of the end result . |
12 | Most of the time they could n't hear anything because of the engine . |
13 | And a lot of the time they could n't teach me anything . |
14 | Equally , we would seldom be likely to use the word acrobatic of acrobats themselves or their doings except , precisely , on occasions when they are exercising their special skills — the rest of the time we may speak of them , if a description is needed at all , as large , or rich , or charming , as standing on his dignity , or asking for black coffee , or younger than Aunt Mary , and so on . |
15 | They might be about er a month old , perhaps six weeks old and we used to get them sometimes , most of the time we would get about four there , sometimes three . |
16 | They set it up deliberately so that we force ourselves to do more than any three men could do , and naturally quite a lot of the time we ca n't manage it . ’ |
17 | And most of the time we wo n't . |
18 | Early in 1976 Austrian Niki Lauda said that it was totally unsuitable because of the time it would take firefighters to reach some parts of the vast circuit . |
19 | Thousands of Tin Pan Alley tunes share this scheme and Adorno is quite justified in arguing that to listeners of the time it would be totally predictable . |
20 | He , more than any other ornithologist , knew what to look for and would be able , with the help of a few hand-picked collectors , to assemble a substantial collection in a fraction of the time it would take should he stay home and await specimens sent by less reliable amateurs . |
21 | And with son Peter living at Norwich , he and his wife can travel there in a third of the time it would take by road . |
22 | Most of the time it will be alright , like when you get a present for your birthday from your granny . |
23 | Whilst at Abu Sueir I managed to get a great deal of tennis but my rugger was curtailed slightly , I played for a scratch side called the Canal Zone but was not allowed to take part in away matches because of the time I would have to spend away from the course due to travelling . |
24 | At a time when he was lounging about in bed most of the time I would have loved a bed tray but I not think , I do n't think I 'm going to bother with one now . |
25 | ‘ Just give me a room to work in , and the rest of the time I 'll keep out of your way as much as I possibly can . |
26 | Most of the time I can cope really well . |
27 | I remember trying to make sense out of these ghostly darting signs that overlaid the story of the film , which most of the time I could n't follow . |
28 | Apparently it means that while for most of the time I will behave normally I shall be prone to sudden ourbursts of rage and obscenity . |
29 | I I find that I am assertive whereas at times I should n't be in fact most of the time I should n't be and I am |
30 | So it 's six hundred times , what does one take away nought point three come from , to , one point one point nought , take away nought point three , we 'll try it on here , one point nought take away nought point three , I mean , most of the time you would be actually using the |