Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the time [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Large expanses of privet need a longer blade , and the extra cost will be offset by the time saved . |
| 2 | The local authority must therefore prove ( 1 ) that notice in accordance with section 10(1) was served on the person having control of the house to execute works , ( 2 ) that he failed within the time specified to execute them , ( 3 ) that the local authority have themselves carried out the works specified in the notice and ( 4 ) that they have incurred expenses in so doing . |
| 3 | The microbes known at the time did not pass through filters , so the nature of the material was obscure . |
| 4 | To measure oesophageal body motility , variables measured were : ( 1 ) amplitude of contraction ( mm Hg ) , defined as the difference between the baseline pressure and the maximal pressure during the pressure event ; ( 2 ) duration of contraction ( s ) , defined as the time elapsed between the start and the end of the pressure event ; ( 3 ) area under the pressure curve ( mm Hg×s ) , calculated from the sum of all pressure values between the start and the end of the pressure event , multiplied by the sampling interval ; ( 4 ) propagation velocity ( cm/s ) , defined as the speed of a contraction and calculated from the delay time and the distance between the sensors ; ( 5 ) contractility ( mm Hg/s ) , defined as the maximal increment between consecutive pressure values divided by the sampling interval ; ( 6 ) total contractions ( No/24 h ) , defined as pressure curves that are not rejected as artifacts ; ( 7 ) propagated contractions ( No/24 h ) , defined as contractions that are detected by a proximal pressure transducer and followed by a contraction at the distal sensor . |
| 5 | Johnson rejected the proposal for the elections , which in any case were clearly impossible to hold within the time proposed . |
| 6 | Well we laughed at the time did n't we . |
| 7 | At the time it was widely believed that Sugar would not be returning to operational flying , as the following press release issued at the time seemed to indicate : |
| 8 | My father who was a er a clergyman taught me the piano from an early age and er I first became interested in the organ purely for money purposes in fact , when at the age of fifteen a local methodist church in Durham where we lived at the time said er , We need an organist . |
| 9 | The ministers denied that de Klerk knew about the payments , arguing that prodecures at the time had not required him to know . |
| 10 | He did n't know what Lewis meant about someone looking after the house but no doubt he , Adam , had at the time concocted some tale to keep his father quiet , to keep him away even . |
| 11 | Good results were obtained by those who completed their courses and at least 74.3% had at the time progressed satisfactorily ( 460 students ) . |
| 12 | ‘ I remember this dodgy little manager we had at the time sent out five copies , and I can remember the one he sent to Sounds . |
| 13 | ‘ I remember this dodgy little manager we had at the time sent out five copies , and I can remember the one he sent to Sounds . |
| 14 | Michael 's idol was Buster Keaton , and he had at the time studied Keaton more than I had , and said that he had never used a double . |
| 15 | The social worker I had at the time kept coming to see me in Low Newton and saying , ‘ Do you not think it 's best if you get him adopted ? ’ |
| 16 | Pallister recalled : ‘ What some people in the game said at the time left a bad taste in my mouth . |
| 17 | Sometimes they contain more material than any human being could teach in the time recommended . |
| 18 | Isolated press reports at the time had noted that most of these forces were from the Nuer tribe , and their victims had been mainly from the Dinka tribe , of which Garang was a member . |