Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun] ['s] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only that , but on hatching , the young cuckoo throws out the host species ' own eggs or young so that it has no competition for the foster parents ' time and attention . |
| 2 | In the old King 's time he was in the garrison of the Tower , then he went abroad with others to fight in Outremer . ’ |
| 3 | Everything depended on the weather and if your luck was out the hired man 's time could be up and not much hay in . |
| 4 | Within these great defensive rings , particularly the outer ones , there is too Much to see in one go ; as with all cities Milan can comfortably fill almost any amount of the inquisitive visitor 's time . |
| 5 | The Indians of the Plains — Apache and Comanche — that he had known in the Sons of Geronimo had sworn that the white man 's time was nearing an end , and that the buffalo would return . |
| 6 | I 'll tell you : we 're leaving because the little cheat 's time will be up at midnight , son , that 's why . |
| 7 | It is not surprising , therefore , that much of the clinical teacher 's time is spent in teaching combinations of a variety of skills . |
| 8 | In the first Elizabeth 's time the superpowers were France and Spain ; but , while much has changed , Britain is still an island upon which no other nation has any territorial , ethnic or political claim . |
| 9 | It is , however , because religion is about the archaic heritage of humanity , and involves relations with parent figures , particularly the father , that one would expect emotional reactions to the subject ; either religion is the most important part of life , and immune to scientific investigation for that reason , or it is too trivial to be worth a working scientist 's time . |
| 10 | That person is a menace to everyone but he may well think that , in a few hours ' time , he 'll be back to normal and no harm will be done . |
| 11 | Some people expect that in a few decades ' time youngsters will learn from their home tutor computers and rarely , if ever , have contact with a human teacher . |
| 12 | He would be coming round to collect in a few minutes ' time . |
| 13 | It is absurd , every time we introduce another element of our policy , for him to leap on to the populist pitch and then , as he no doubt will in a few minutes ' time , find some detailed reasons for being opposed to it . |
| 14 | If it were to happen in a few year 's time when we have the lottery money , then I think the Sutherland Collection Collection is something that anybody concerned with heritage should make the highest possible priority . |
| 15 | The British Museum 's show was originally scheduled to coincide with the publication of its new catalogue of the drawings of Rembrandt and his School , due to appear in a few year 's time . |
| 16 | The hon. Gentleman will know , for he takes a close interest in this matter , that from next year , there is an extra £2.7 billion for the health service in its next budget , in a few day 's time — up another 5 per cent. , including efficiency gains . |
| 17 | Our plan was to meet there in a few days ' time , once our researches in New York were concluded . |
| 18 | In a few days ' time the President of the Society for the Protection of the Selva Sur , David Ricalde , would tell me , ‘ Some of these naturalists , it 's not their fault but they do n't know their stuff . |
| 19 | In a few days ' time , perhaps sooner , he would die quietly of pneumonia , peacefully suffocating as the bloodstream slowed and the deprived lungs surrendered their function . |
| 20 | The girls arrived at the Gare du Nord , as we will do , and then , as we will in a few days ' time , they made for the Gare de L'Est and the journey into central Europe . |
| 21 | This would on past experience coax the crocuses out in Hyde Park , only to be spiked by frost in a few days ' time . |
| 22 | However we agreed to visit Cedars together in a few days ' time . |
| 23 | Well , we had a talk and she invited me to come back in a few days ' time . |
| 24 | There was nothing wrong with enjoying her own interests and social activities — including Martin Ward 's party in a few days ' time . |
| 25 | Pete suggested that in a few days ' time he could take her out to the nearest big town on the coast , and there she could look for clothes in the department stores and check out the library for the addresses of any useful organisations or people to contact . |
| 26 | I 'm lucky , she told her reflection , and in a few days ' time I 'll be far away from this place , and without Piers around I 'll be able to put things back into perspective . |
| 27 | Except , a small protective inner voice prompted her hurtfully , that I 'm no long-term threat to your person or your property because in a few days ' time at the very most I shall be out of your land and out of your life . |
| 28 | What did it matter if there would be no long-term future for them together — that in a few days ' time they would be separated by the cold grey expanse of the North Sea ? |
| 29 | I hope that a message can go out that there is a new resolve in the west and that we are determined to ensure that the killing , the destruction and the brutality stop , and that , as a new year dawns in a few days ' time , it dawns with a new sense of hope for the battered , beleaguered people of Croatia . |
| 30 | I do n't want you to throw them away today , er , because you might actually in a few days ' time think of some use for them . |