Example sentences of "[pron] [adv prt] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | A rabbit which up to that time may have been perfectly content to sit it out suddenly has more grounds for fear . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | They work under the grim threat that armed and dangerous rebels could pick them off at any time . |
| 7 | He admitted : ‘ Lawrie McMenemy took me off at half- time in Spain after I 'd been booked . |
| 8 | But they 're all going to wonder why I dragged you along at this time of night . |
| 9 | Where are you off to this time ? |
| 10 | I mean if you like , I mean , I 'll pick you up at normal time , then we 'll just |
| 11 | So how far do you actually want God to forgive you up to three times and then no more you know it 's it 's that kind of er question that we 're asking and that we that I feel that is something we should be thinking about that how far should a Christian go in forgiving . |
| 12 | What villainy are you up to this time ? ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Erm there have been attempts to brighten them up at various times . |
| 15 | He has ploughed the land many times and could have set something off at any time . |
| 16 | You can have one up to three times a day , er you 're never going to take that I 'm sure . |
| 17 | They had , it transpired , been training one up for some time . |
| 18 | And they did n't really want them back at that time . |
| 19 | I concluded from what Heather told me that Alan had taken him on for old time 's sake . ’ |
| 20 | and she did actually take him out at one time |
| 21 | 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 ? |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The flexibility and cheapness of overdraft borrowing is possible because it is an ‘ on demand ’ facility , and we can therefore call it in at any time . |
| 24 | In fact if it was dry down to the band they would near take it in by that time , you with the bands round the middle ? |
| 25 | Oh I see I must of just been putting it down at that time |
| 26 | Most will think " Now what is he up to this time ? " . |
| 27 | I think there was one question I 'll I 'll root it out for next time erm and I was really stunned on it I might be okay on it now . |
| 28 | If you did n't get it out at that time it 'd be half past eleven and she 'd lose two hours . |
| 29 | To think two weeks ago they were three nil up at half time against Oldham and they 're only one nil up against Charlton and they totally dominated the game . |
| 30 | I have not dressed myself up for some time . |