Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a succession of jobs as bellhop , waiter , car-park attendant , like a bit-part actor who finally made the big time in this aquatic Hollywood , he has built a career out of surfing big waves . |
| 2 | In 1980 , Dirk Coetzee made the big time in the South African Security Police . |
| 3 | It is truly remarkable that , given the scant time for leisure , a fine appreciation of music and literature existed in certain isolated pockets of Baldersdale which Hannah was privileged to enjoy . |
| 4 | If too many are undertaken the average time to completion will be unacceptably long . |
| 5 | To-night he must make the shortest time of it he could to Strata Marcella , reassure himself that his father 's grave had not been desecrated , and warn the prior of Isambard 's malignant interest in it . |
| 6 | Sponsors and guests were invited to estimate the exact time of the flight of the Haggis from the Sandford Hotel , Fife to The Savoy . |
| 7 | Building reusable code can take more time initially , so it has to make good business sense to invest the extra time on a particular object . |
| 8 | The command TIME displays the current time on the screen and waits for you to enter the new time . |
| 9 | Michael Schumacher of Germany will start on the front row with his Benetton-Ford Schumacher after producing the second-best time of the qualifications , 1:21 . |
| 10 | Although Luke translated the whole time for her , she felt desperately isolated and sick with longing for Ricky . |
| 11 | I mean the first time at a lower level something appeared , I shaded half a square |
| 12 | Course checked the whole time by the admiralty . |
| 13 | I tried the next time with a very dapper man , all pinstripes and umbrella . |
| 14 | B : [ pragmatically interpreted particle ] the milkman came at some time prior to the time of speaking Yet it is clear to native speakers that what would ordinarily be communicated by such an exchange involves considerably more , along the lines of the italicized material in ( 3 ) : ( 3 ) A : Do you have the ability to tell me the time of the present moment , as standardly indicated on a watch , and if so please do so tell me B : No I do n't know the exact time of the present moment , but I can provide some information from which you may be able to deduce the approximate time , namely the milkman has come ( see R. Lakoff , 1973a ; Smith & Wilson , 1979 : 172ff for a discussion of such examples ) . |
| 15 | The code contains the scheduled time of the start of the programme , plus day of the month . |
| 16 | What is more , much of government expenditure is committed a long time in advance and can not easily be cut . |
| 17 | If a person who was occupied a considerable time in a search gave an additional fee to the parish clerk , saying , ‘ I wish to make you some compensation for your time , ’ that would be a voluntary payment . |
| 18 | If a person who was occupied a considerable time in a search gave an additional fee to the parish clerk , saying , ‘ I wish to make you some compensation for your time , ’ that would be a voluntary payment . |
| 19 | Most of the , what has happened I think , over the last two and half years , that I 'm aware of , erm , is basically happening a long time before that , I , I ca n't say yes or no . |
| 20 | I was then permitted a short time during the lunch interval to study this new material before being cross-examined on it . |
| 21 | Jean Francois Poitevin , who finished third last year and has a best time of 1:32:22 , has pulled out in protest . |
| 22 | A young Paul Gascoigne has a torrid time of it at the hands of the opposition in a league football match back in 1989 . |
| 23 | With Serafin back in Oxford and Mrs Padmore hard at work on the tapes he has a little time on his hands . |
| 24 | Most parents graduate to giving one warning after the initial command so that the child has a little time in which to respond but parents need to be very careful that they do n't lapse into nagging to get the child to comply again . |
| 25 | A small generator can be used primarily to stop a battery discharging and it will only be able to recharge a battery if it is small and has a long time in which to do it . |
| 26 | The latter film has a playing time of twenty minutes . |
| 27 | Job B has an estimated time of 3 units , so the early finish of B is 4 + 3 = 7 . |
| 28 | Job B has an estimated time of 3 units , so the early finish of B is 4 + 3 = 7 . |
| 29 | Finally as some transfers , in particular ‘ bulk ’ may be rather time consuming , the LIFESPAN Manager has the ability to restrict the elapsed time over which LIFESPAN RDBI runs . |
| 30 | ‘ I scored the first time after eight minutes . |