Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | My start was beginning to let me down around this time — Ron and I were concentrating more on my pick-up — but I had the satisfaction of beating Calvin Smith quite comfortably . |
| 2 | He added a postscript in his own hand : ‘ I pray you that ye fail me not at this time in my great need , as ye will that I show you my good lordship in that matter that ye labour to me for . ’ |
| 3 | He added a postscript in his own hand : ‘ I pray you that ye fail me not at this time in my great need , as ye will that I show you my good lordship in that matter that ye labour to me for . ’ |
| 4 | But it 's not gon na take me longer at that time of the morning than it has done today at eleven o'clock or so is it ? |
| 5 | The beginning of civilisation was almost certainly a mental development which came long before it affected man 's physical abilities , and it could well have been the moment when for the first time , a primitive creature found that he could override and control the instinctive urge to act , which up to that time would have been the only source of motivation . |
| 6 | A rabbit which up to that time may have been perfectly content to sit it out suddenly has more grounds for fear . |
| 7 | This scheme , which was the first which opened up the riverside in Leeds , an area which up to this time had been ignored and declining for 100 years , led the way for the mass of development which has since followed . |
| 8 | Also , Lister 's discovery of the importance of antisepsis made surgery , which up till that time had been a hazardous technique , a safe procedure , and with the development of anaesthesia , surgery suddenly began to enjoy great popularity as a panacea for many ills . |
| 9 | I had been told that er he 'd made threats against his wife and er his wife was living with somebody else at that time and he 'd made threats against him . |
| 10 | If he 'd had the money to choose a more experienced barrister , if the Marshal himself had been on the spot in the first place instead of that young fool student , Bacci , who fancied himself as some sort of Hollywood detective , probably have shot himself accidentally by this time … whole thing had been a mess from start to finish … |
| 11 | They work under the grim threat that armed and dangerous rebels could pick them off at any time . |
| 12 | He admitted : ‘ Lawrie McMenemy took me off at half- time in Spain after I 'd been booked . |
| 13 | But they 're all going to wonder why I dragged you along at this time of night . |
| 14 | Where are you off to this time ? |
| 15 | I mean if you like , I mean , I 'll pick you up at normal time , then we 'll just |
| 16 | What villainy are you up to this time ? ’ |
| 17 | For Hegel , the philosopher who up to that time had most influenced Marx , the idea of the State was a major force in history and the true source of justice . |
| 18 | And she would say , ‘ How long are you here for this time ? ’ praying it would be weeks instead of days … . |
| 19 | I think I can easily wait for you here until that time . |
| 20 | We want to do all we can to help you financially during this time and have developed special loan schemes which are available to post graduates . |
| 21 | He has ploughed the land many times and could have set something off at any time . |
| 22 | They had , it transpired , been training one up for some time . |
| 23 | And they did n't really want them back at that time . |
| 24 | I had known them now for some time and smiled at the thought of their good company . |
| 25 | I concluded from what Heather told me that Alan had taken him on for old time 's sake . ’ |
| 26 | Held , ( 1 ) that section 18(1) and ( 2 ) authorised an order for payment by the board of that part of the costs of the proceedings determined in the defendant 's favour incurred by him personally at any time when he was not receiving legal aid and was thus an unassisted person ; that , accordingly , the House had jurisdiction under the section to order payment by the board of the defendant 's costs incurred before the issue of his legal aid certificate ; and that the appropriate course was to adjourn the defendant 's application under regulation 143 of the Regulations of 1989 for him to pursue his claim in accordance with regulation 147 ( post , pp. 199G , 201A–B , E , H — 202A , 203B–D ) . |
| 27 | ‘ Fashion , ’ he 'd rant , when they sent him home on short time from the stocking factory . |
| 28 | and she did actually take him out at one time |
| 29 | Why should he build barns , drain land , clear wasteland and so on , if his landlord could turn him out at any time and reap the benefit of the improvement himself ? |
| 30 | Keep the old man in there , get him out in good time to defrost , maybe even put him in a hot bath to remove any traces of his preservation . |