Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | These hospitals were funded by Iran to treat battle casualties — Hezbollah , Amal militiamen and Syrian troops , depending on who happened to be fighting whom at the time — and they were ideal places for holding hostages . |
| 2 | Soon after joining the WSPU in 1906 she had embarked on a campaign of disruptive action which by the time she went to Epsom for the Derby had brought her numerous prison sentences for offences such as obstruction , throwing bricks , setting fire to pillar-boxes and smashing windows in the House of Commons . |
| 3 | Any loss which at the time of making the contract the defendant could have predicted as likely ( or not unlikely ) to result from the breach of it . |
| 4 | The program puts up words one at a time , in transcription , and the user 's task is to read the word and then input it in normal spelling . |
| 5 | cars one at a time on horse drawn flat trucks , along Canterbury Road and Mitcham Road to dump them on the site in Aurelia Road , which the company had purchased for a depôt . |
| 6 | The instructor should distribute Handout 13 , then go through the steps one at a time using the details in the text and asking the trainees to complete exercises where necessary . |
| 7 | He cuts the tenon shoulders one at a time , and then lines them up to make a final pass if necessary . |
| 8 | One by one Europe 's heroes began to climb off the floor and mount a furious offensive which for a time at least threatened to overpower their rivals . |
| 9 | A classic study on short term verbal recall seemed to show that reading highly emotional words impairs memory , a finding which at the time seemed to support notions of repression . |
| 10 | Introduced by the government for the first time in the Local Government Bill , the county consists of only two districts and is dominated by Cardiff which at the time contained ‘ just about the only pocket of Conservative Party strength in south Wales ’ ( Wond 1976 : 127 ) . |
| 11 | The Bill would have altered the definition of rape which at the time was classified in the Italian Penal Code as a ‘ crime against morals and custom ’ , so that it became a crime of violence against the person . |
| 12 | These provided work which for a time helped to stop young people leaving the Highlands . |
| 13 | Whether the West 's prerogatives are real , and whether or not they are exercised , the resolution of the territorial controversy has removed the one bone of contention which for a time made the Warsaw Pact a community of shared anxiety . |
| 14 | For later he also believed that the motor accident and its consequences could have destroyed his morale but for the tranquil worship of the little Oxfordshire village which for the time was his base . |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , it was , ’ Athelstan replied , though he remembered he had not asked that question himself at the time . |
| 16 | In addition to a claim for capital loss or loss of profits , a claim can be made for any consequential loss which falls within the rules in Hadley v. Baxendale , i.e. loss of a type which at the time of the contract could reasonably have been predicted by both parties as liable ( i.e. not unlikely ) to occur in the event of the breach . |
| 17 | He made very few mistakes and so often picked out the right line on the greens , lines which at the time I doubted , that I left the decisions to him . ’ |
| 18 | This process involved the addition of doses of lime and soda ash which after a time led to precipitation of the hardness salts . |
| 19 | in addition , I have a Blue Ring Angel which at the time of purchase had a few white-spot-like fluffy things on the edges of his fins . |
| 20 | In Varley v. Whipp ( 1900 Q.B. ) the contract was for the sale of a specified second-hand reaping machine which at the time of the contract the seller did not own but had still to acquire . |
| 21 | In Underwood v. Burgh Castle Brick & cement Syndicate ( 1922 C.A ) the contract was to sell a-30 ton condensing machine which at the time of the contract was standing bolted to a concrete emplacement in which it had become embedded because of its weight . |
| 22 | She stepped out of the dress and then turned and sat on the bed , rather heavily ; smiling at Wayne to show that she was okay , she kicked off her shoes one at a time . |
| 23 | There is little evidence about Ermentrude herself at the time of the marriage . |
| 24 | I 'll second it for the time being . |
| 25 | There were two female attendants on board who at the time were busy preparing beverages in the centrally situated galley . |
| 26 | It was this last point which at the time led to some discomfort about OD . |
| 27 | I remembered now another give-away sound which at the time I had n't noticed — a click on the line at the beginning of my conversation with the woman . |
| 28 | Kite was six under par when he inflicted on Clark the worst defeat in Ryder Cup singles history and in the process handed his side the initiative which for a time seemed it would n't relinquish . |
| 29 | They recorded one demo tape at Cargo Studios in Rochdale which at the time was being patronised by a legion of new wave bands spanning Joy Division to Orchestral Manoeuvres in The Dark . |
| 30 | A great many Greek politicians and officials who at the time said privately that they thought the thing was a nonsense heard themselves publicly using arguments which did not improve Greece 's reputation for honest debate . |