Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He paused to let the effect sink in and to allow the participants to notice that the machine was not showing the correct time . |
| 2 | What she was thinking was that , unlike her memory block with Arnie , she could n't imagine ever forgetting the first time she 'd laid eyes on Guido . |
| 3 | I flew out to see her and , carefully choosing the right time , confronted her with anorexia . |
| 4 | It appeared then that Adam had actually been out shooting the last time he was here . |
| 5 | ( It was used to make a " gun-shot " by being popped at the right moment , thereby creating the wrong time for the murder . |
| 6 | It includes people who were domiciled in the United Kingdom on or after 10 December 1974 and within the three years immediately preceding the relevant time . |
| 7 | They were there checking the whole time . |
| 8 | One of the main practical impacts of the TransAction system is that almost all the conveyancing is now dealt with before exchange of contracts , and this means that the tasks that have to be undertaken in between exchange and completion are relatively minor , thereby reducing the average time between exchange and completion to two weeks or even less . |
| 9 | Was he too remembering the last time they had decided to keep each other warm ? |
| 10 | I mean when we 're walking we are actually falling the whole time , but insects are not like that , they do n't stand on three and pick up the other three . |