Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Keep my products for the time being , will you ? ’ |
| 2 | I was on my knees by the time we unpacked the sandwiches and tried to find the energy to chew , and I recall making small high-pitched squeaking noises in reply to any attempt at a chat . |
| 3 | The fastenings flew off my jodhpurs and there had wriggled their way round my knees by the time the pony pulled up . |
| 4 | I was still living with my parents at the time and I 'd not long passed my driving test — with Bernie 's assistance — so I borrowed my old man 's Austin Cambridge one Sunday morning and drove over to Nick 's . |
| 5 | I did n't say anything about this to my parents at the time , but the sight haunted me for years . |
| 6 | ‘ Take them off and let's get them dry , you can borrow my slippers for the time being . |
| 7 | We are setting ourselves targets for the time we take to make decisions on papers submitted to us and then to publish the papers . |
| 8 | In the belief that it was time a woman was honest about the experience , my paintings try to convey the sensation of giving birth and my feelings at the time . |
| 9 | I suddenly found that I was losing my powers at a time when I needed them most . |
| 10 | I shall try to do so and also follow your suggestion of writing down my dreams at the time of waking . |
| 11 | ‘ To your beauty , ’ he said , though my looks at the time were nothing to write home about , ‘ coupled with the birthday of the King of Bulgaria . ’ |
| 12 | The consequence was that , when the value of the dollar against the dinar or other currencies changed during the year , the reported values of trade in dollars did not correspond to their values at the time of entry or exit from Yugoslavia . |
| 13 | Table 5.5 summarises their views at the time of their first interview . |
| 14 | To this extent , their enemies at the time perceived them as collaborators . |
| 15 | But , subject to considerable restrictions on the furtherance of political objects , a Trade Union is empowered by Statute since 1913 to devote its funds to any lawful objects authorized by its rules for the time being . |
| 16 | Among the local cases , adult women are the majority and those living in their homes at the time of the attack particularly feature . |
| 17 | If it had n't been for the triumphant glitter in his eyes she would have been lost ; as it was , he had pulled her zip down and was easing her dress from her shoulders by the time she 'd steeled herself to thrust hard against his shoulders with both hands and roll off the bed . |
| 18 | They are a silent order , pledged not to allow a single word to pass their lips in the time they spend as guardians of the shrine . |
| 19 | I 'm getting so I ask my wife to account for her movements during the time the butler was killed . ’ |
| 20 | That was the end of their aspirations for the time being — and the end of that romantic notion of one final Lord 's appearance for IVA . |
| 21 | The coins show that contemporary Romans kept returning to the iconography not just of war , but of conquest , and that they presented themselves as following in the footsteps of Alexander ; this is an important contribution to our understanding of their aspirations at the time . |
| 22 | Perez says he is well aware that expert systems have n't lived up to the promises and claims that were being made for the technology three or four years ago , but claims Neuron Data was well aware of its limitations at the time and was already busy putting Open Interface together . |
| 23 | Its functions at the time of the research were as follows : |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't know why his tail is like that , but the Percy Lion was erected to the lord of the manor by his tenants in gratitude for his leniency with their rents in a time of hardship . |
| 25 | SSDs will inevitably have problems meeting their obligations in a time of ever-tightening budgets . |
| 26 | One of the requirements of that particular council guides to the Chief Officers was that , they should bring before the councils a statement that Treasury Management policy and arrangements and that , in fact , was done in the autumn of ninety-two , and the council adopted a particular statement which reflected its circumstances at the time , erm , and the then policy . |
| 27 | She had regained her senses by the time she made her way back with his drink . |
| 28 | Many of the other budget measures left oil companies confused about the overall impact on their revenues at a time when oil industry funding is under pressure from sluggish international prices . |
| 29 | Asked whether the same applied to Mrs Thatcher , Dr Kohl replied : ‘ She is a democrat , she supports self-determination , but her ideas about a time frame for German unity are different . ’ |
| 30 | The General Sir John French commemorative of 1916 , which the Rose and Crown Hotel in Selby offered its customers at the time , is captioned ‘ Souvenir of the Greatest War in History ’ . |