Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your reasons for this colossal exploitation of what is to you hi-tech may be quite divorced from ours ( we want to look for black holes , whereas you want to ascertain the precise time you should sacrifice a virgin in order to propitiate the gods ) , but the principle is much the same . |
| 2 | For most point to point is a good day out … an afternoon of country sport … the competition is keen … the racing hard and winning isn ’ t the be all and end all … for some horses and riders though this game is the first hurdle … a fence they have to jump to make the big time |
| 3 | to wonder whether I 'd got the right time . |
| 4 | Not all of us like using woodworking machines , and do not mind spending the extra time achieving results which may be less perfect and mechanical-looking . |
| 5 | But he would have preferred to spend the extra time in bed none the less . |
| 6 | His reward for helping to fix the broken-down Time Machine is to travel to a time of his choice . |
| 7 | Sponsors and guests were invited to estimate the exact time of the flight of the Haggis from the Sandford Hotel , Fife to The Savoy . |
| 8 | Throughout the Sixties various means were employed to give the cast time off , though not normally for longer than one week at a time . |
| 9 | It was interesting and exciting and I began to forget the bad times in Hong Kong . |
| 10 | Thus even here we may want to reduce the total time required to record the spectrum . |
| 11 | ‘ I think a real friend is someone you do n't have to see the whole time . |
| 12 | I should have done the Financial Times . |
| 13 | Yes , there 's definitely there some proving , mind you , you 'll have to pick the right time of day , do you know what I mean ? |
| 14 | However this difference might not have reflected the additional time taken to draw an inference in the indirect antecedent condition , but rather that there was repetition of a noun in the direct antecedent condition but not in the indirect antecedent condition . |
| 15 | Her coach , Ian Threadgill , said : ‘ We 've got to be delighted with that without the wind she would easily have got the qualifying time . ’ |
| 16 | While some infants may go uncomplaining through the night without feeding by the age of two months they will not have spent the whole time asleep . |
| 17 | Bingley 's Richard Nerurkar , who finished second , should join him in the team , having achieved the qualifying time in the World Championships last year , but third-placed Paul Evans must decide whether to chase it in Europe before the team is finalised on June 28 . |
| 18 | You have to keep smiling the whole time . ’ |
| 19 | Oh you just keep moving the whole time . |
| 20 | Yet he had remained alert the whole time , his senses tuned , even in their intimacy ; he had been able to bring his mind to other things . |
| 21 | Benton and his Assistant Editor managed to keep the New Times of Burma going and we could still use the radio , but it was obvious that things were moving to a climax , and I was desperately afraid that violence would develop throughout the country . |
| 22 | This was clearly identified in the consensus statement from the King 's Fund : ‘ Until teaching is recognised to be an important professional activity ( comparable in status to clinical service , research and management ) it is unrealistic to expect those involved to devote the necessary time and effort to planning and implementing any new curriculum . ’ |
| 23 | Swindon did see the good times . |
| 24 | The evidence to date is that DHAs and independent sector employers are taking Derek Dean 's predictions seriously , and are preparing to defuse the demographic time bomb by revamping their image to attract the attention of potential returners , and by setting up re-entry schemes which will help to instil confidence in staff who feel nervous about coping with new and demanding roles . |
| 25 | The reins were in one piece ; no one had noticed the previous time , he 'd been able to make an extra hole and buckle them . |
| 26 | Even more so than he had done the previous time , I said did n't you hear this about this at the station meeting and he said it had n't been brought up . |
| 27 | no , but we now know that , if it , if I 've got the right time , half past twelve 's fine |
| 28 | I do , I hope but we appreciated Claire and Steven had her more than we had , but you know , we 've had the odd times we 've virtually been across there a month or something like , but but when you have a position where you have five |
| 29 | Poor Martinho , almost his portly self again , had spent the whole time with at least one gun in his back . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've spent the whole time trying to convince myself it could never work between us , ’ he went on , as though she had n't spoken . |