Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] the time of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lewis , a metre behind , equalled the old world record of 9.93 seconds but could not even console himself with a new American best for he only equalled the time of Calvin Smith . |
| 2 | We must account for every idle word , never talk with anyone or undertake any trifling employment merely to pass the time of day . |
| 3 | Enoch Powell sat hunched and brooding , breaking his silence only to pass the time of day with John Biffen . |
| 4 | The previous Bill had passed through Committee and was well advanced ‘ when international affairs so occupied the time of this House that it was impossible to carry the Measure to the Statute Book ’ . |
| 5 | She 'd been amazed to see Nelson working for her — and even more amazed to see how good he was at it , laughing and chatting with the customers , apparently having the time of his life . |
| 6 | This was just as well , because I must have looked pea green , and it did n't make me feel any better to watch Olive sitting up front chatting to the pilot and navigator , obviously having the time of her life . |
| 7 | Time is finite and business has to be done ; abuse consists of seeking merely to occupy the time of the House to no other end than that business shall not be done . |
| 8 | All the meals are prepared together , arrive at the unit or ward together and are served together , thus using the time of chefs , porters and unit or ward staff in the most efficient way . |
| 9 | It would be possible for the government of the day utterly to monopolise the time of the House fur its own legislation . |
| 10 | It is n't intended to go anywhere , just fill the time of day … on and on and on with no point or purpose other than to fill the time , like the rocking of a chair . ’ |
| 11 | She and Mungo had already passed the time of day with him . |
| 12 | ‘ You do n't hardly pass the time of day with me , this is the first time you 've sat and talked to me . |
| 13 | Linda had always passed the time of day with her when Doris had been able to get out and about , but now the old woman was con fined to her house with arthritis . |
| 14 | We have also omitted the time of unpaid informal carers and their lost employment opportunities . |
| 15 | Once an offline run has completed , the offline system will automatically update the time of the next offline run by adding the interval to the current start time . |
| 16 | As those matters are clearly occupying the time of Ministers in the European Community , and as interest in the issue is bound to deepen with the removal of internal border controls , does the Home Secretary accept the proposed draft treaty article A arrangements recognising the common interest of Community countries in such matters ? |
| 17 | From what I hear they 're both having the time of their lives ! |
| 18 | The early increase of pan-PLA2 values probably reflects the time of destruction of pancreatic tissue . |
| 19 | Most obviously it means that the ‘ birds ’ sang at a previous moment in time but it could also mean the time of year , the time of the poet 's life , and most strikingly , it could be another word connected with death . |
| 20 | The Ellan Vannin Diaries have obligingly altered the time of their deliveries to a later hour in response to one or two complaints of sleep disturbance . |
| 21 | But , even when simply passing the time of day with a child , I would maintain that we are backing up this interaction with the support system outlined . |
| 22 | Give us a job , she said , he wo n't even pass the time of day with us . |
| 23 | First , they were a rational answer to the unplanned metropolis of the inter-war period ; we had long since passed the time of asking whether the State should build houses , now it was a question of determining precisely where the nation should locate its dwelling stock . |
| 24 | But then comes the time of differentiation , the time when the busy teacher takes her clothes down to the laundry on a Saturday morning and flings them in the laundry basket in the confidence that they will be returned neatly pressed later in the week . |
| 25 | The clock did a lot more besides telling the time of day . |
| 26 | They had barely exchanged the time of day before she was back with a trolley laden with plates of charcuterie and cheese , a basket of bread and a bowl of salad . |
| 27 | Marry , so there have been diverse good plots devised and wise counsels cast already about reformation of that realm , but they say it is the fatal destiny of that land that no purposes whatsoever are meant for her good will prosper or take good effect , which whether it proceed from the very genius of the soil , or the influence of the stars , or that Almighty God hath not yet appointed the time of her reformation , or that He reserveth her in this unquiet state still , for some secret scourge which shall by her come unto England , it is hard to be known but yet much to be feared . |
| 28 | I will not therefore take the time of the House with the conventional lengthy explanation of the detail of what are in fact relatively routine pieces of annual business , such as the guaranteed minimum pensions order and the draft contributions rerating order , which are very much in line with their predecessors over a number of years . |