Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You bring them on from the time they 're little , and they think they 've got it made , then — wallop . ’ |
| 2 | It was pink , not red like Hank Marvin 's , which disappointed me rather at the time . |
| 3 | And I 'll say this now , they was in business there , nextdoor , and I knew them like that , they says any machinery come here and use it , and they 'd got shears and all that sort of thing , and with their help , you know , I had these four locks and did them and took them down in no time to m to er , to and they was flabbergasted because of the quickness of them , you know , and they says er we can always find you sommat to work if er this is the case . |
| 4 | We all use them much of the time and could not do without them . |
| 5 | Many books which my more ardent academic colleagues ( and I too at the time ) might have cheerfully consigned to the dustbin have been saved by the splendid professional retentiveness of librarians . |
| 6 | ‘ The dogs saw them off in no time . |
| 7 | It 'll set you right in no time . ’ |
| 8 | She 'll have you right in no time . ’ |
| 9 | I 'd have done anything for you once upon a time . |
| 10 | You do n't want people knocking your door and er you know she up to the time she died we we used to be advised by her . |
| 11 | I will have you back in no time at all . ’ |
| 12 | But once you 're out of here , I 'll have you well in no time . |
| 13 | We will then contact you again about the time and place . |
| 14 | The staff revolted , Elliott locked them out of the Time Out offices , and the magazine vanished from the newsstands . |
| 15 | But by the time I 'd got to the summer term the things that had failed had failed and I knew why , and I was n't feeling too inclined to change them particularly at the time because they had n't failed to the point where the class was in chaos . |
| 16 | You are also preparing them well for the time when they will be outside your jurisdiction for ever . |
| 17 | ‘ I watched him much of the time , Inspector , ’ said Auguste , an anxious sheepdog watching Alfred 's eyes glaze over . |
| 18 | Well , that should finish him off in no time . |
| 19 | It shuts him up for the time being , and I 'm not going to give him the satisfaction of thinking his insolence cuts any ice with me . |
| 20 | A clinical smell like solvent that reminded her instantly of the time in hospital when she gave birth to Sousan . |
| 21 | A boyfriend came with her , rather unkempt , so keep him out for the time being at least . |
| 22 | In fact she did n't demand anything , apart from a dressing-room on the ground floor because she was having great difficulty with her back at the time , and being in pain , was using a wheelchair most of the time . |
| 23 | ‘ ( 1 ) … in relation to an institution in respect of which a payment falls to be made under section 58(1) above any reference in this Act to a depositor 's protected deposit is a reference to the total liability of the institution to him immediately before the time when it becomes insolvent , limited to a maximum of £20,000 , in respect of the principal amounts of and accrued interest on sterling deposits made with United Kingdom offices of the institution . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll send someone for a blanket and we 'll get her there in no time at all . ’ |
| 25 | Yeah , I 'll send him round nearer the time , I think . |
| 26 | Piecing things together , he must have lived with them about from the time he was six to about age twelve . |
| 27 | Erm , well it 's just a seminar about planning at the moment , I shall get further information about it on nearer the time , erm , a change in who would pay our , or get our VAT repayment claim from , does n't change an address basically , and er a request from Sam Stewart , whose erm a Counc , er a County Councillor , er something which I really ca n't actually erm help him with , he wants to know the whole of our Parish Council meetings date for nineteen ninety four , but I mean this is something we fix as we go along , so I really do n't think that I can help him by that , and I 'm sending him that , erm |
| 28 | In much the same way , nearly all creature comforts must be sacrificed for performance — a condition which is worth it most of the time , but very occasionally not . |
| 29 | It 's possible that Fedorov may have exceeded his authority : I forgot to mention that he 's a madman , though he succeeds in disguising it most of the time . |
| 30 | She was obviously very unhappy and managed to conceal it most of the time . ’ |