Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] the time and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both sides have struggled in the league this year and Haslemere were grateful for the time and space they were allowed in this match . |
| 2 | Acting chairman Dr James Smith said : ‘ He is an extremely busy man and we are grateful for the time and effort he gave . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We 've been sitting around twiddling our thumbs for some of the time and people have been sloping off early , ’ he said . |
| 4 | I think most Prisoners would say that the sex problem worried them less than they had expected it to , but that is not to say that it did not worry most people some of the time and some people all the time . |
| 5 | Some will say ‘ He 's cuddly and can be very sensitive at times ’ or ‘ She is lovable some of the time and is good when we go out ’ . |
| 6 | But what they all wanted was to be cared for some of the time and often their tears were statements about that need . |
| 7 | What you would do in your case with children is probably appoint them all and then they do n't all have to prove so they would hopefully discuss this at the time and say Well you know I 'm a long way away why do n't you two get on with . |
| 8 | Agoos was 22 at the time and even scored a hat-trick for the youth team during his brief spell at the Prenton Park club . |
| 9 | Agoos was 22 at the time and even scored a hat-trick for the youth team during his spell at Prenton . |
| 10 | As Coleman had been at pains to point this out before taking on the DEA assignment , he could hardly disagree , but the risk had seemed acceptable at the time and he had taken particular care to underline his academic credentials whenever he met Hurley 's people . |
| 11 | I was twenty-one at the time and the whole experience gave me a lot of confidence . ’ |
| 12 | She was nearly 80 years old at the time and had been a devoted parent and strict catholic all her life . |
| 13 | I was eight years old at the time and completely confused by their attitude . |
| 14 | One can of course see Colonel Airey 's point , although the fact remains that his Commando was unemployed at the time and Stirling was about to be required to undertake an important series of raids . |
| 15 | This is equally destructive of the time and creative opportunity of each new day . |
| 16 | Many factors such as the time and space available in intensive care units will determine how soon such discoveries can be translated into routine procedures for investigating and monitoring patients . |
| 17 | On the second of these , the captain , Leslie Ames , was injured for much of the time and Worrell was appointed his deputy . |
| 18 | Nonetheless , for much of the time and for many places , local particularism was a dominant motif . |
| 19 | War , whether against domestic rebels or external threats , meant armed forces and armaments , and the financing of these prodigious costs meant that much of the time and energy of the Monarch 's developing bureaucracies were devoted to raising funds for this purpose , securing access to the surplus generated within society . |
| 20 | The interviewer is Peter Hayter , an owlish Friar Tuck figure who seems to be troubled by itching much of the time and who uses ‘ I mean ’ as frequently as commas . |
| 21 | If drainage is too efficient , however , little water may be present in the regolith for much of the time and rates of weathering will consequently be reduced . |
| 22 | Until 1939 internal dissension remained characteristic of the Labour Party , with agitations against Fascism and the National Government 's foreign policy occupying much of the time and energy of the active Party member . |
| 23 | ‘ It used to get me so angry and I really wanted to protect my mother and help her , but I was only six at the time and there was nothing I could do . |
| 24 | The second I saw was an Alan Ayckbourn , considering that I was only six at the time and I did n't understand some of it I still was enthralled with the acting and enjoyed it almost as equally enough as the panto . |
| 25 | Although each component is necessary to the final taste of the cake , to ask how much of the taste is contributed by the flour , how much by the eggs , how much by the time and temperature of baking makes no sense ; the mixing and baking have qualitatively transformed the components . |
| 26 | And my little boy was he was only about three at the time and I used to be used to angry at him and my neighbour used to come in and take him . |
| 27 | The patients were under only local anaesthetic , and so were conscious at the time and able to talk to the doctor . |
| 28 | She only escaped because she was ill at the time and had remained behind . |
| 29 | and erm I was feeling ill at the time and I , I wondered why because he 'd been through so much suffering , you know , it was a happy release . |
| 30 | With powerful cars , no physical obstacles and with the knowledge that legal retribution is unlikely , it is not surprising that the 30 mph limit is held in contempt by many drivers all of the time and abused by nearly all drivers some of the time . |