Example sentences of "[adj] time [pers pn] [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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1 | At a more appropriate time I will be happy to prove to you just how much excitement and delight our mutual attraction can generate . ’ |
2 | Mr. Sturge in his argument has maintained that such a lease would be valid , and that , even if the term is uncertain at its beginning when the lease takes effect , the fact that at some future time it will be rendered certain is sufficient to make it a good lease . |
3 | In any event , if he does not reject the goods within a reasonable time he will be deemed to have accepted them . |
4 | At the present time it can be inoculated into laboratory animals , in which it will multiply , and will produce an illness similar to the human disease in the higher apes . |
5 | Over the wall , overlooking Kingsdale , is a tight concentration of potholes , some of great depth , but if Whernside 's summit is to be reached in good time they must be considered out of bounds . |
6 | I hoped that by knocking-off time I 'd be able to say that I knew someone who had finished it . |
7 | If you have been hunting for the perfect diet for a very long time it will be difficult to stop , actually to believe that good weight control can be established without resorting to one special diet that you go on ( and then , and this is the snag , come off again ) . |
8 | It always was a surprise , the pure majesty of the scene approaching the Alps , more especially in moonlight ; it seemed odd to me , whilst devouring this special panorama that in a short time we would be raining all the horrors of war down on people not seriously willing to fight . |
9 | ‘ She told the doctor at the orphanage , ‘ If I 'm going to go to England for a short time I must be careful not to give too much of my love , but if I 'm going to be there for a long time I can give all the love I can ’ , ’ Mike says . |
10 | Now in a short time he would be gone , and the era that had begun in the 1960S with the triumvirate of Harold Wilson , George Brown and myself would be at an end . |
11 | If I do manage to find some spare time I 'll be studying Spanish because you need something to take your mind off the racing . ’ |
12 | That 's the only time it 'll be reversed |
13 | I 'd promised my mother I 'd buy her some new central-heating , and the only time it could be fitted was the next week , so I needed to be home for Monday when the workmen came round . |
14 | ‘ At any other time it would be a pleasure . ’ |