Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [vb past] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was a challenging task even for an accomplished side which had little time to acclimatise or practise . |
| 2 | By adopting this method of study he wasted less time and it also enabled him to learn more efficiently . |
| 3 | In a case which occurred some time between 1037 and 1054 , the abbot of Marmoutier complained in Geoffrey Martel 's court that a certain Bouchard had seized back a mill which his brother , with Bouchard 's consent , had earlier bestowed on the abbey . |
| 4 | The one member of the CPNI who was centrally involved in NICRA was Betty Sinclair ; as secretary of the Belfast trades council she had more time to devote to it than trade-union officials like Banks and Harris . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll see you in the same pub we used last time . |
| 6 | The other device I saw some time ago was a timing light for diesels , this obtained its triggering pulse from a sensor clipped to no.1 injector pipe . |
| 7 | The room was silent save for the angry swishing sound she made each time she turned the magazine 's pages . |
| 8 | ‘ So the behaviour you described last time — following Susie 's movements , going through her things — is your way of trying to make her stay ? ’ asked the counsellor . |
| 9 | Denis Biggerstaff , the 1992 champion , needed to win the event with Woodside down the finishing order to retain the championship but it was Templepatrick driver Robert in his Pilbeam who set fastest time on his first run up the hill near Ballygalley . |
| 10 | In any event he had little time to give careful immediate consideration to the letter ; he merely wrote a short reply pressing Balfour to reconsider his position . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm prepared to double the offer I made last time . ’ |
| 12 | The owner who worked full time in the business paid himself a salary of £9,000 and also withdrew £1,000 in cash from the business to pay a pressing personal debt . |
| 13 | We th to rehearse a little bit of the debate we had last time on speed cameras , th there was erm discussion about who should fund the camera themselves because being a , the Department of Transport and Home Office recommendation , that they should be funded by the police , but because of Mr 's question at full Council and the wish of this committee to spend some of this additional money if you like , or in ninety three four for safety related measures , it was thought wise to combine the two and actually try and fund a trial er package of speed cameras cos it 's , it 's about six sites and one camera , from the ninety three four budget that we 've actually found . |
| 14 | I cut the cheese with the Lappish knife I acquired last time out ; it has a 25-centimetre blade and can open cans , cut fire-wood and generally keep misery at bay . |
| 15 | This may have been characterised by a mystic other-worldliness which had little time for the concerns of this world , and the working out of faith in relation to the everyday challenges of life . |
| 16 | They have come to reinforce the message they left last time . |
| 17 | And that were the mistake he made last time . |
| 18 | So in his first major speech as leader in parliament he wasted little time on the customary compliments and warned the government that he intended to play hard . |
| 19 | Lord Peyton has the right to stick to his guns and he 's disinclined to give in after the majority he won last time . |
| 20 | While it declined to say how much money it got this time , its four backers , the Mayfield Fund , Institutional Venture Partners , Menlo Ventures and St Paul Venture Capital , are now into it to the tune of $12.2m total . |
| 21 | But erm er so I thought that was er so that was the only thing that I would actually pick up on there erm and the one thing I noticed this time , and you did n't , I mean this was n't the case when you did erm the role play this morning , but this time , and I do n't know whether it was because you had less confidence with what , with actual talking about the product , but you had very little eye contact with Maggie . |
| 22 | In spite of the garden we took some time to get accustomed to our new way of living . |
| 23 | But I 'm encouraged by the way we finished extra time . |
| 24 | ‘ I wanted to , but after the way we parted last time I did n't dare . ’ |
| 25 | That year he had less time at Aix than usual . |
| 26 | With the conventional weighing system it took some time for the information about packet weights to get to the point where decisions could be made to adjust either the oven or the wrapping machine . |
| 27 | I mean , I can remember when she worked with me , every Christmas they changed one time they came to Leicester |
| 28 | In fact it took some time to make effective progress , in part because of institutional changes ; Lord Portal replaced Lord Reith , and in 1943 a separate Ministry of Town and Country Planning was set up . |
| 29 | Off the pitch he gave much time to helping young players , while on it his play was never selfish , always for the team rather than his average ; and there were times when he batted in great pain rather than let the side down . |