Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 She was alone with the man she believed had killed once and tried to kill a second time .
2 The retailer needs to know the best time to advertise seasonal goods — eg camping equipment will be promoted in the spring , ready for the summer .
3 The retailer needs to know the best time to advertise … goods .
4 Another super-domestique of great experience is Sean Yates from Sussex , who has won a long time trial stage in the tour .
5 In the early studies we chose to look at them twenty-four hours after training on the grounds that any structural change would take time to build up , ; more recently he has pushed the earliest time at which changes can be found back to as little as an hour after the bird pecks the bead .
6 A prompt return to the social beat has ensured a trouble-free time thereafter
7 It has exploited a slack time — the hiatus between the end of tunnelling work on the Channel link and the start of London 's Jubilee Line Underground extension — to demand that contractors work to tighter margins : between 3 and 7 per cent , compared with the 15 per cent allowed by North West Water , for example , on its contracts .
8 Waiting in the third round could be fourth seed Boris Becker , who has had a torrid time in the build-up to the French Championships but who has a good chance to find his feet with a first round match against 579th-ranked French wild card Nicolas Escude .
9 Manager Lennie Lawrence said : ‘ Payton has had a torrid time .
10 Hodge , who joined Leeds from Nottingham Forest in a £900,000 deal , has had a frustrating time this season .
11 ‘ He has had a sad time looking for work in London and intends to go back to the North-East with his parents as soon as possible , ’ said David Martin , defending .
12 The professor said : ‘ Judith has had a worse time than David because all of this is not of her making .
13 The former Charlton youngster has had a harrowing time at Wednesday since his £250,000 move in January last year — but is aiming to finally win over the Hillsborough boo-boys .
14 She has had a bad time .
15 WW has had a difficult time , suffering heavy losses on its glass side , but profits could be achieved this year .
16 Lloyd 's has had a difficult time recently but it remains vital if London is to retain its pre-eminent position in the world insurance market . ’
17 Bowater has had a miserable time since joining the Footsie last week , the share price falling a good 10 p.c .
18 Even Disney , the most successful studio of the late 1980s , has had a tough time launching Hollywood Pictures , the baby sister of its Touchstone studio .
19 Added to that , there was something about the Wartberg works that I found soothing the first time I went there for the interview .
20 But we also remember how that was n't sustained , and the cynical political fix of the Tories a few months later , that for the moment has coped with the government 's political crisis , and temporarily has bought a little time for a few pits .
21 Since he was sacked , Robin Smith has become a full time employee of his union , after six months on the dole .
22 It has taken a long time to reduce the effects of that defect but it is now under control .
23 The pyramid has taken a long time to crumble .
24 It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives .
25 ‘ It has taken a long time getting Australian rugby to the top and we are n't about to throw that away in one game , ’ he added .
26 Surprisingly , it has taken a long time to arrange something that most would have considered to be basic .
27 It has taken a long time for such unashamed aspiration to reach these shores , yet now , that mentality which is increasingly being demanded by the British in pursuance of their leisure activities , has finally arrived .
28 It has taken a long time for those engaged in mainstream adult education to attribute any significance to the Women 's Movement .
29 Such a measure has taken a long time to appear .
30 It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives .
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