Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [prep] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | The search for such dating methods has continued for some time , but in the second half of this century several methods have been developed , which provide much better ways of dating some sites and finds . |
| 32 | However , this is not expected to happen for some time and even when reform is introduced , the probability is that it will be phased in over a number of years . |
| 33 | He said yesterday that as Mr Dignum spent most of his time looking after the stores , which include the troubled Silo chain in America , the move ‘ reflects the reality of the situation which has existed for some time ’ . |
| 34 | Its format has changed over that time , quite a bit , because like any quality system , it 's subject to constant review . |
| 35 | The pianist was Roger Bluff , who seemed able to draw a singing tone from the Festival piano that I have not heard matched for some time . |
| 36 | In accordance with the terms of the contract , you can choose to retire at any time after the age of 60 , when the policy will buy you a regular pension plus the option of taking part of the money as a tax-tree lump sum . |
| 37 | By working co-operatively , long-term , with the people around me , I hope to continue for some time yet . |
| 38 | By working co-operatively , longterm , with the people around me , I hope to continue for some time yet . |
| 39 | Ronald Duncan , whom I came to know about this time ( our first meeting took place when I made a bicycle tour of Cornwall in the summer of 1947 ) , spoke of having received a telegram from Eliot cancelling an engagement and saying that he had to ‘ bury a woman ’ . |
| 40 | I crossed it out because I thought it was gon na say cos I thought it said , survey managers are instructed to work at all times |
| 41 | At recent rates about 80 per cent of married women can expect to work at some time in their married lifetime ( Martin and Roberts 1984 ) . |
| 42 | ‘ About some stolen property , ’ said the other , who , I 'd decided by this time , had shifty eyes . |
| 43 | I might have felt a little downcast at that point , only the evening had made me feel more encouraged about my prospects with her than I 'd felt for some time . |
| 44 | I 'd retired by this time . |
| 45 | And anyone who came calling at that time today must have more time than sense , because today was Tuesday . |
| 46 | Oh I , I 'd gone over several times , oh yes . |
| 47 | We have therefore decided to withdraw at this time ’ . |
| 48 | The ideological basis of Kremlin policy seemed confirmed at this time by Stalin , who declared in a speech in February 1946 that the Second World War had vindicated the Soviet system of government . |
| 49 | She seemed pulled out , elongated by it , so that her shoes , her new bronze slippers with rosettes on the toes that Aunt Emily had said she must keep hidden at all times if possible since legs and feet were highly indecent , seemed far further away than the five and a half feet she knew separated them from the crown of her head . |
| 50 | This mortaring is going to continue for some time . ’ |
| 51 | Pioneer must be assuming this trend is going to continue for some time ; its Wakefield plant does not go fully on line until 1994 . |
| 52 | Of course , we had to walk to work at that time o' day . |
| 53 | … or is it just another of those little habits ( much favoured by men ) that seem to flourish at this time of year . |
| 54 | Ours have needed replacing for some time , ’ he added with a touch of grimness . |
| 55 | The other story I recall to mind about this time is that Cranwell in those days must have been the coldest spot south of the Arctic Circle and the ration of coal to fire the single stove in a billet of 22 erks took little account of the temporary hutment , Some genius had laid down that the ration of coal would he 1lb of coal every other day was sufficient to ward off armies of brass monkeys that descended on Cranwell in winter . |
| 56 | Mrs Thompson said : ‘ This is something I have intended to do for some time but somehow never got round to . |
| 57 | If you have paid six full years ' contributions before you cease payments , the Society will make your policy paid-up , leaving the units purchased to remain invested until such time you make a request to encash them . |
| 58 | Blake was not averse to entering such places , but could think of a number of things he 'd prefer to do at this time . |
| 59 | March wind doth blow for some time to come , according to the coastguard , and believe me it blows hellish hard round Gullholm . ’ |
| 60 | Settling down because wood keeps moving for some time . |