Example sentences of "[prep] [art] time [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too many take on too much , for the time they can or will devote . |
| 2 | It would , she saw , be perfectly possible for her and Pilade to go to England the following year if someone could be found to run her boarding house for the time it would take . |
| 3 | And although safe conduct was officially guaranteed to either faction during the time it would take to reach the site , parley and then ride home , many truces failed to hold . |
| 4 | But local people remained sceptical about the time it can take crews to reach emergencies . |
| 5 | Even an agreement about the time you might get up in the morning , and who gets up first , for instance , is important . |
| 6 | It was just after six , long after the time she should have gone off duty , and that was exactly what all the physiotherapists had done . |
| 7 | After a time I could hear distant shouts . |
| 8 | On the first occasion something will go well , but maybe after a time you will see that it was not right . |
| 9 | She did not want to waste a moment of the time they would have . |
| 10 | Experienced sailors enjoy the persistence of the winds , but most of the time they 'll be using 6m sails . |
| 11 | It is up to them and a lot of the time they will do anything to get you inside . |
| 12 | Most of the time they will not need a tangible reward like an extra sweet or a trip to the park . |
| 13 | Monitor the use made of it and assess recording proposals in terms of the time they will take , and the usefulness of the end result . |
| 14 | Most of the time they could n't hear anything because of the engine . |
| 15 | And a lot of the time they could n't teach me anything . |
| 16 | Equally , we would seldom be likely to use the word acrobatic of acrobats themselves or their doings except , precisely , on occasions when they are exercising their special skills — the rest of the time we may speak of them , if a description is needed at all , as large , or rich , or charming , as standing on his dignity , or asking for black coffee , or younger than Aunt Mary , and so on . |
| 17 | They might be about er a month old , perhaps six weeks old and we used to get them sometimes , most of the time we would get about four there , sometimes three . |
| 18 | They set it up deliberately so that we force ourselves to do more than any three men could do , and naturally quite a lot of the time we ca n't manage it . ’ |
| 19 | And most of the time we wo n't . |
| 20 | Early in 1976 Austrian Niki Lauda said that it was totally unsuitable because of the time it would take firefighters to reach some parts of the vast circuit . |
| 21 | Thousands of Tin Pan Alley tunes share this scheme and Adorno is quite justified in arguing that to listeners of the time it would be totally predictable . |
| 22 | He , more than any other ornithologist , knew what to look for and would be able , with the help of a few hand-picked collectors , to assemble a substantial collection in a fraction of the time it would take should he stay home and await specimens sent by less reliable amateurs . |
| 23 | And with son Peter living at Norwich , he and his wife can travel there in a third of the time it would take by road . |
| 24 | Most of the time it will be alright , like when you get a present for your birthday from your granny . |
| 25 | Whilst at Abu Sueir I managed to get a great deal of tennis but my rugger was curtailed slightly , I played for a scratch side called the Canal Zone but was not allowed to take part in away matches because of the time I would have to spend away from the course due to travelling . |
| 26 | At a time when he was lounging about in bed most of the time I would have loved a bed tray but I not think , I do n't think I 'm going to bother with one now . |
| 27 | ‘ Just give me a room to work in , and the rest of the time I 'll keep out of your way as much as I possibly can . |
| 28 | Most of the time I can cope really well . |
| 29 | I remember trying to make sense out of these ghostly darting signs that overlaid the story of the film , which most of the time I could n't follow . |
| 30 | Apparently it means that while for most of the time I will behave normally I shall be prone to sudden ourbursts of rage and obscenity . |