Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They also understand about that at the time Kenny left he was obviously under a lot of the stress . |
| 2 | Erm I 'm not sh w w well would you really have , have , have worried about that at the time ? getting out of feudalism then why exactly how you 're gon na go from there . |
| 3 | But we 'll we 'll think about that nearer the time . |
| 4 | The temperature will rise to a maximum of about nine degrees Celsius , about normal for the time of year . |
| 5 | In a simple agricultural community , such as that at the time of the Pentateuch , this meant each family being able to own land . |
| 6 | Winston Benjamin had already claimed the prize scalp of Gooch for eight by the time Agnew peeled off his sweater . |
| 7 | We simply stop when we are satisfied that the piles are firm enough to carry the structure , as least for the time being . |
| 8 | So it looks as if she 's left the master , as least for the time being . ’ |
| 9 | I did n't think too much about this at the time , although I knew they usually only had money for their ‘ little pleasures ’ after they 'd done the washing and pawned it . |
| 10 | Right , erm , did we not have a fair amount of discussion about this at the time , before |
| 11 | Problems of authenticity are not so great or modern art as for other periods , even if a gifted forger like the painter Elmir de Horty can fool some of the people for some of the time . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's accepted that the towing tractor will stand idle for some of the time , but at least you are n't taking tankers into the field , ’ he adds . |
| 13 | ‘ We 've been sitting around twiddling our thumbs for some of the time and people have been sloping off early , ’ he said . |
| 14 | The patient 's problem is that he has joined a group of unfamiliar people , some of whom , the patients , are present all the time ; others , the nurses , are in his vicinity for some of the time ; and a whole variety of others appear ‘ to come and go ’ . |
| 15 | Compared with the press and radio , however , the TV audience remained very mixed : most viewers watched most channels for some of the time . |
| 16 | the other option of course is not to do that and to try and gain some experience erm m maybe voluntary for some of the time so that maybe I can then spend you know in another years time get a job which is a bit more relevant and I 'll be able to earn some money . |
| 17 | But what they all wanted was to be cared for some of the time and often their tears were statements about that need . |
| 18 | Some children experienced the balance for some of the time ; others inevitably did not . |
| 19 | ‘ They say that , for some of the time , the Robemaker dwells in the heart of the Dark Realm , ’ said Caspar and glanced over his shoulder uneasily . |
| 20 | Responsible party government and pluralism fitted some of the facts of British politics for some of the time , but they were always overoptimistic and crucially flawed in ways we have pointed to in the body of this chapter . |
| 21 | There were quite a few there during the afternoon — eight , ten — more , perhaps , for some of the time , some of the races . |
| 22 | Insurers usually require a Statutory Declaration as to the solvency of the transferor husband at the time of the conveyance so the practitioner must consider whether or not it is practical to ask for this at the time of the conveyance ( see further Chapter 10 ) . |
| 23 | It was well after nine by the time we got rid of them . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ My wife is out most of the time . ’ |
| 25 | Constanza was out most of the time but when she dropped in to change , there they were , rattling Italian to each other , poring over Anna 's art books — ’ Bet you 've never been inside Sant'Agnese in Oscurità ? ’ |
| 26 | He and Jeff were out most of the time , trying to track down the speedboat , for which a popular local search had been mounted , and he was hardly ever at the villa . |
| 27 | Yet a friend with a 14.1hh Welsh Cob says his costs average out at £12 a week ; admittedly she has her own land and he lives out most of the time , but he really earns his living — last year they did everything from Riding Club events to a few days hunting . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't know whether this was a fund-raising ploy or whether this was for real , ’ O'Boyle said , ‘ but I thought it was for real at the time . ’ |
| 29 | For much of the time , he is the achiever who tries for a reasonable percentage return . |
| 30 | To most people , a receptionist is an obstacle to be negotiated , and that was unfortunately how I was made to feel for much of the time . |