Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] it [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh if you 're silly with that the pieces will be missing by the time we want to play it next time . |
| 2 | We do n't need to do it this time . |
| 3 | I 'm not going to lose it this time . ’ |
| 4 | The only uncertainty is how the Lord is going to play it this time : start with the two of trumps and lead up to the ace , start with the ace and run down to the two , or mix them around . |
| 5 | There 's never any time , Lucy , you 've got to give it real time . |
| 6 | I mean to have to work out from first principles erm four plus three is seven every time , you may be able to do that with great understanding , but there 's an awful waste of time if you 've got to understand it each time . |
| 7 | Did n't get last time , and I 'm not going to get it this time , either . |
| 8 | Right , so , if it was going to cost me twenty pound a month for fifty thousand pounds worth of life cover , and I wanted to pay it annually , I 'd have to pay it twelve times , I 'd have to pay two hundred and forty pounds . |
| 9 | If the Operator terminal is in use , the Offline System will try to access it several times in quick succession ; if it remains unavailable the Offline run will not take place and a message reporting the situation will be sent via the mail system to the Offline Manager . |
| 10 | He proceeded to play it five times at the next night 's party ( ‘ We thought he was just being nice but he said it was great ! ’ ) . |
| 11 | I 've tried to do it endless times since but the drink just goes everywhere . |
| 12 | Another aim might be to see how far upwind you can sail in ten minutes , trying to beat it each time you do it in the future . |
| 13 | Caspar and Fenella had to explain it four times , and a fifth for Flaherty , who was still recovering from his overindulgence in the matter of the mulled wine . |
| 14 | C is also a difficult language unless you are planning to use it full time and certainly not something to indulge in for fun . |