Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I came out of the forces , he was only waiting for the time that I came out , for him to retire . |
| 2 | But the beauty and the loving care with which many a smaller city had been built and adorned in the early days of the Greek cities is a vital element in the history of the Greek city , obscurely pointing to a time , not of peace — for in Greece the lion never lay down with the lamb , and neighbouring cities constantly fought each other — but of more equal prosperity . |
| 3 | LIFESPAN determines which processes take place at the terminal and which are carried out as background activities , largely depending on the time they will take to complete . |
| 4 | The company had been well placed to take advantage of the 1960s consumer boom , and was already prospering by the time Horsley joined the Board in 1963 , at the age of twenty-nine . |
| 5 | We 're not only catering for Harlow people we are catering for people outside which is bringing money into Harlow helping the finance of Harlow and I think we are just progressing with the times . |
| 6 | Roirbak was physically shaking by the time he 'd broken the connection with Jahsaxa . |
| 7 | In photographs I 'm already scowling by the time I 'm two : in an Argyle Street photographer 's studio , clutching a rubber doll , dressed in a tailored coat with a velvet collar and an enormous bow in my hair ; or paddling with my parents in the sea , somewhere off the coast of Ireland . |
| 8 | At the end we er , of the day I had to opt out because it was n't possible for me to fit in and someone else a , I 'm just thinking of the time taken for er , er housing manager or one of his er , staff to erm er , you know , to do that practical thing that 's all |
| 9 | The telephone was already ringing by the time Folly returned to the flat , and she had almost picked it up before realising that the only person likely to be ringing her was Luke . |
| 10 | The American Adventure opens at 10.00am and closes between 5.00pm and 7.00pm depending on the time of year . |
| 11 | This tough and challenging rural course finishes with a series of hills , which seem to grow steeper and more demanding as the time to challenge them comes around . |
| 12 | No-one left the school unless the Headmaster was throwing them out and Endill could n't remember that ever happening in the time he had been there . |
| 13 | The dome of Santiaguito in Guatemala has been growing ever since 1922 , and was still growing at the time of writing . |
| 14 | Such protection already exists in Britain , where royalties are still flooding in every time Beatles ' classics are played in clubs or pubs . |
| 15 | During this time , a failed adventurer has WS and BS -20 — this may be a problem if Gargoyles from area 13 are still attacking at the time ! |
| 16 | The excavations on the south side of the High Street in 1961–2 also revealed the earliest version of Watling Street , probably dating to the time of the conquest , with associated timber-framed buildings ; the road was originally 2.7 m ( 9 ft ) wide , although it was soon widened to 6.7 m ( 22 ft ) , and a central stone-built drain effectively divided it into two carriageways . |
| 17 | It is encouraging to see that the Society is also moving with the times and its work with people with a disability , mothers and toddlers and its preparations for the arrival of National Vocational Qualifications are to be commended . |
| 18 | It is true that much contemporary prose has a clarity and directness that was often lacking at the time when Huey wrote , while technical aids have developed beyond what he could have imagined . |
| 19 | However , since the late 1960s — roughly speaking from the time of the escalation of the Vietnam War and the student riots in Paris — the rate of growth of gross national product in real terms in all Western countries has fallen noticeably . |
| 20 | We are now coming to the time of the year when paddlers start competing again in marathons and it would be nice to remember the ancient Greeks who started it all off . |
| 21 | I was n't really thinking at the time . |
| 22 | Wallace estimated that Sulawesi was of very ancient origin , possibly even dating from a time before Sumatra , Java and Borneo were raised above the level of the ocean . |
| 23 | But much , in any case , must be allowed to a man who is single-handedly fighting against the times . |
| 24 | So deep was the division on the " entrist tactic " that the unified body reached the compromise of working within the Labour Party for a period and then withdrawing for a time and continuing independent activity . |
| 25 | It was then getting near the time that I could turn him out , again I put it off , frightened of what he might do . |
| 26 | I think my first thought was a black armband to wear on my uniform I was so proudly wearing at the time of the news . |
| 27 | Careful timing will also he required to ensure that the item is actually happening at the time it fits into the programme . |
| 28 | During the summer we had serious problems , we had a report on children homes which erm which y'know which pointed out a few things y'know that had n't been doing well , mainly , mainly in defence of erm because they did put in a lot of effort into fostering y'know and the children homes y'know need , as Councillor would y'know will , they did a very good job actually representing at the time . |