Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Ramey also explains that when couples are together for some time their hormone levels often begin to co-ordinate in the same way , so regular sex — say on Saturday nights — mean you tune into each other 's hormone levels . |
| 2 | What about livestock would they have been in at that time of year ? |
| 3 | Or if members of a group are not familiar with each other , no mutual aid may occur until they have been together for some time . |
| 4 | The couple live apart and although they have been together for some time , you sense Clint 's fingers have been burned by his previous bad experiences . |
| 5 | Once you are fully better , and have been so for some time , you can risk the occasional slice of white bread or a sliver of cake . |
| 6 | His section has been over for some time . ’ |
| 7 | Cards are valid for one year except those issued to over 60 year olds ( who are not in full time employment ) which are valid for life . |
| 8 | You 're away in half time . |
| 9 | Parts are still at this time being occupied but it is almost certain before long that the whole of the building will be condemned and we hope that this old building will be preserved and not allowed to fall into decay . |
| 10 | ‘ What 's 'e been up to this time ? ’ asked the put-upon wife . |
| 11 | Official signs for a cycle path connecting Baird Road , Ratho Station , to the minor road from Ratho to Newbridge have been up for some time . |
| 12 | The building was not built in ninety one , whether there 's any relevance or not , where they 're trying to prove that the building has been up for some time , they 'd say , it 's not , that building was put up this year . |
| 13 | So we 've been up for some time cos the arms are wet where he 'd been sucking it ! |
| 14 | The ‘ Great Debate ’ about education had been underway for some time and though it was clear that the curriculum was in need of change , it was less clear how much change should take place at Hinde House , bearing in mind the need for teachers to have ownership of curriculum delivery if higher standards and a wide range of learning experiences were to permeate the whole curriculum rather than making a series of peripheral and ephemeral alterations to an already redundant approach . |
| 15 | He 's been out for some time . |
| 16 | Then abruptly I am back in real time , bobbing up and down in the river , powerless against its current . |
| 17 | I sat on a committee chaired by Paul Fox , a big representative steering group for the Royal Television Society 's Biennial Cambridge Convention ( the only woman ) , which he had asked me to be on at that time . |
| 18 | She should be in at any time now . ’ |
| 19 | I , I have n't actually got to be in at any time except I did say I 'd be in at half nine . |
| 20 | Would I be away at any time , when was ill or needed his mummy ? |
| 21 | Father will be away for some time , and I 'm very worried . ’ |
| 22 | The empty refrigerator and the absence of perishable food like bread and milk suggested that Stavanger had left expecting to be away for some time , but that conflicted with the pyjamas under the pillow in the bedroom , and the razor in the bathroom . |
| 23 | By 1916 it had become obvious that the war was not likely to be over for some time and the government round that it was necessary to introduce military conscription in place of voluntary conscription , in order to ensure replacement of the thousands of soldiers being killed and wounded on the battlefields . |
| 24 | Still , I thought as I waited in thick over-coated ranks for the Germans to come and count us , it 'll all be over by this time tomorrow . |
| 25 | So , I mean what I would suggest is er I do n't know is John anticipated to be off for some time do you think ? |
| 26 | He should n't be up at this time ! |
| 27 | ‘ Rourke is going to the Brooksby plant , and I 'll be out for some time , so I wondered if you could come over and help Becky out with the computer ? |
| 28 | I mean , they should n't be out at this time of year cos the you know , the |
| 29 | But they 're likely to be back at any time . |
| 30 | I 'd like to be back in that time again … |