Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | We suggest you find out where your newly-acquired friends and acquaintances tend to gather at different times of the day . |
| 2 | Speculation emerged in both Manila and Washington that the plan was designed to play for sufficient time to allow for a reversal of the Senate 's decision after the election of its new President in May 1992 . |
| 3 | Used my travel alarm for the first time having been appointed ‘ waker up ’ for breakfast — not a success as I had forgotten to resent for French time ( one hour ahead ) — many comments about my parentage . |
| 4 | ‘ Okay then what can I really do for you ? — or did you just want to talk about old times ? ’ |
| 5 | Bragad was affable enough at the end — said that all things came to pass in good time if they were meant to . |
| 6 | But for some time teachers have been aware that many pupils do not appear to benefit from private-study time nor do they acquire the associated study skills , and there is uncertainty as to what kind of study skills training should be given . |
| 7 | This Welcome break restaurant has suffered such a drop in trade that staff have agreed to work on short time , with a cut in wages , to try and keep it going until the bridge reopens . |
| 8 | His grandmother like to talk of past times too . |
| 9 | Guests at the Award ceremony were invited to arrive in good time so that they could take part in the fund raising . |
| 10 | Time was marching on an in order to return to the hotel in Carcassonne I needed to leave in good time . |
| 11 | ‘ I took a plumbers apprenticeship when I left school , ’ he said , ‘ But after I 'd worked here for a while , I decided to stay on full time . ’ |
| 12 | Still more complex behaviours , such as the spinning of an orb web by a spider , or the singing of the species-specific song by a bird , depend on an interaction between innate structures generating particular movements , on innate tendencies to be reinforced by particular sensory inputs , and on experience , which may have to occur at particular times during development . |
| 13 | To accommodate such large numbers , visitors were asked to arrive at different times , all carefully co-ordinated to avoid a jam . |
| 14 | If correct , this still purely theoretical conclusion implies that epigenetic rules and mental traits might have continued to evolve into historical times . |
| 15 | Thorn is a floating voter , but a Labour victory would be better for business , as replacements would be needed for the boxes which Tories wished to keep for old times ' sake . |
| 16 | ‘ Would you have liked to live in Inca times ? ’ |
| 17 | In the event , we had to return at separate times and as the friend , Mr. Robin Townsend , was to cross first , he took the plastic ticket and we agreed he would arrange to have the ticket divided , and leave my part at your Ostend office . |
| 18 | A further consequence of having time zones is that , when we travel we have to adjust to local time in the new time zone . |
| 19 | For the study of local history there is , except in a very few cases , little need to look before Saxon times . |
| 20 | Consider whether a very bold , outrageous , or dramatic look would be too overwhelming in a dining room which all the family are going to want to use at different times . |
| 21 | The Sergeant-Major had said that like all other legionnaires we would learn to sing in perfect time , so sing we would . |
| 22 | And she never wanted to return to full time teaching . |
| 23 | Mm and she never wanted to return to full time teaching , its , its for her that she 's got a job that she 's very good at and she enjoy , in an extremely nice school . |
| 24 | Mr Stitt pointed out that mountain accidents tended to happen at similar times — during hard winter conditions , at weekends or in holiday periods . |