Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [adv] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You were only doing it for yourself , using it as an excuse to go back in time and relive old memories . ’ |
| 2 | Some present-day achievements are motivated by the hurt of being ignored in the past ; they can represent an attempt to go backwards in time to recover early special relationships in the family . |
| 3 | Gooch declared on 304 for six , 17 runs behind Lancashire 's first innings total just before tea in an attempt to make up for time lost because of Friday 's wash-out . |
| 4 | The friends , all from the Meadowfield and Brandon area of County Durham , had stayed overnight on their way home and had made an early start to get back in time to play in a Sunday League fixture for their local pub team . |
| 5 | By a notice of appeal dated 25 November 1991 , and pursuant to the grant of leave to appeal out of time , the plaintiff appealed on the grounds that the judge erred in law in holding that ( 1 ) the defendant was at 24 December 1989 a residential occupier within the meaning of section 27 of the Housing Act 1988 and a statutory tenant within section 2 of the Rent Act 1977 ; and ( 2 ) once a possession order had been obtained against a statutory tenant it was necessary for the landlord to obtain a warrant of possession . |
| 6 | What Alice could not forgive herself was that she had been taken in by it all well , she had had the sense to get out in time , and meet people who could lead her on the right path … |
| 7 | While such solidarity may cause the nation to bind together from time to time as in 1940 , at present it-is of a divisive nature rather than unifying . |
| 8 | Stories and legends may have offered some sort of introduction to the more distant past , but it may well be necessary to use one of the school designed local history units as a " bridging " unit to work backwards in time , in a series of leaps , in order to bridge the chasm between history within living memory ( which will have been the natural focus for much work at Key Stage 1 ) and distant periods such as the age of Ancient Egyptians or Romans . |
| 9 | There was undoubtedly a tendency to push back in time the establishment of a far-flung military hegemony . |
| 10 | He is also the epitome of the New Man , and has been known to leave his office to arrive home in time to bath his daughter , Mary-Claire , and read her a story before bed . |