Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [v-ing] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously completing joint statements booking in time to go on the computers to get them typed up nicely |
| 2 | Its content changes according to time and place . |
| 3 | Main access is by keyword on three levels designed to cater for varying approaches depending on time available , the abilities of pupils and the emphasis placed on the theme in each class . |
| 4 | There were variations in the accuracy of these figures according to time and place , but these evened out over fairly large geographical areas and periods of time . |
| 5 | They dropped from between 4,000 and 9,000 per square metre of riverbed — a natural variation according to time of year — to about 500 per square metre . |
| 6 | In any public confrontation a quick assessment and early resolution is the order of the day , for on the streets pragmatism always rules and ‘ real polises ’ set out immediately to ‘ fix ’ their adversaries by using deeply imbued constructs relating to time and space . |
| 7 | ‘ I should like to huff and to puff and to blow his house down and take Maggie away from him and she and me and Francie could go back to Ireland and live quietly together and play music and have a little step dancing from time to time . ’ |
| 8 | The camera makes them seem four-dimensional — solid figures moving in time . |
| 9 | Their gutting knives flashing in time to the music . |
| 10 | Oh , I know the prince is n't a fascist , he 's got nothing but contempt for Musso ; Constanza says her father was never the man who had much faith in any trains running on time ; but he is a man who can still get favours from the regime . |
| 11 | And remember that this is in addition to the calories you are burning away every day during aerobic walking , another 200–400 calories depending upon time and effort . |
| 12 | If the demand includes interest or any other charge accruing from time to time , the amount or rate of charge must be separately identified and the grounds on which payment of it is claimed must be stated . |
| 13 | The petition must state : ( i ) the amount of the debt ( in sterling , converted from any foreign currency at the official exchange rate at the date of issue of the petition , by analogy with r 6.111 ) , the consideration for it ( or , if there is no consideration , the way in which it arises ) and the fact that it is owed to the petitioner ; ( ii ) when the debt was incurred or became due ; ( iii ) if the debt includes interest or any other charge accruing from time to time , the amount or rate of the charge ( separately identified ) and the grounds upon which it is claimed to form part of the debt provided that , in the case of a petition based upon a statutory demand , only the interest claimed in the demand is included ; ( iv ) that the debt is unsecured , and either that the debt is for a liquidated sum payable immediately and the debtor appears to be unable to pay it , or that the debt is for a liquidated sum payable at some certain future specified time and the debtor appears to have no reasonable prospect of being able to pay it . |
| 14 | An anonymous teacher writing in Time Out said : ‘ I decided that I had to get out of teaching when , walking down the corridor , I heard myself screaming ‘ Tie ! ’ ’ at some kid I did n't even know . |
| 15 | The wave , like the mele , like all music , like the text , is a mental event , since it is never wholly present in any one instant and can only be grasped as a formal pattern existing through time . |