Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | One becomes accustomed to constantly ringing church bells and clocks — our local church clock chimes up to six , then at 7 o'clock it begins again , requiring a mathematical feat to work out the correct time . |
| 2 | The child comes to know when the special time is and guards it . |
| 3 | In the field it is difficult to be exact when filling so the burning time of the tank will vary . |
| 4 | Cut down the grooming time but do it quickly , efficiently and calmly . |
| 5 | ‘ Somebody told me that they saw the Bad Seeds recently and the show was being recorded , and that Blixa had had his volume knob turned down the whole time ! |
| 6 | He will spend almost the entire time in an isolation cubicle within the unit 's small ward until the new bone marrow becomes effective . |
| 7 | Rhys will spend almost the entire time in an isolation cubicle within the unit 's small ward until the new bone marrow becomes effective . |
| 8 | To chuck away the big time for a day out at Wembley would be a shame . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've often watched you in the past and wondered how you know exactly the right time to enter the bidding , the right time to leave , ’ Moran praised . |
| 10 | She very much doubted Madeleine would be prepared to give up the good time she was having to settle down in the country on Harry 's salary . |
| 11 | ‘ I suppose all the sorting out at the flat will take up the spare time for quite a while . |
| 12 | Whether it 's because they feel they 're not taking up the valuable time of a doctor , they can go at their own pace , who knows ? |
| 13 | Talking softly the whole time , he slowly ran his hands over her , caressing , gentling and scratching up and down her mane where once her mother would have lovingly nibbled her , then progressing to her back and flanks . |
| 14 | Do n't sit down the whole time while you 're teaching . |
| 15 | The best approach would have been to do the more straightforward bits first and to spend only the allocated time — 36 minutes — and no longer . |
| 16 | That will speed up the existing time , which can be anything up to two to three years . |
| 17 | The bad news is that your pass is for today and Friday , and Lil wo n't allow you to make up the lost time in the field . |
| 18 | No doubt , in his constituency office and at his surgery at this very moment , impatient constituents are waving their charters and working out the waiting time that they have to put in while the hon. Gentleman is in London delivering a good speech . |
| 19 | This is because some weight is given to the cash flows in early years of the bond 's life and this helps to bring forward the average time at which cash flows are received . |