Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd gone to the loo together by the time I joined Bunny . |
| 2 | side then by the time you 've walked round |
| 3 | He himself had founded this in honour of St Thomas of Canterbury , at whose tomb Henry II was doing penance just at the time of William 's capture at Alnwick . |
| 4 | Old Kewlany and his mate , as mystified as anyone , were set to work elsewhere for the time being . |
| 5 | The dead man 's sister , Sara Glynn , has made a fresh statement in which she claims to have seen her brother , Alfred , leaving the scene shortly after the time at which Matthew must have died . ’ |
| 6 | 20.1 In the case of any dispute or difference arising between the parties hereto relating to this Agreement or any matter arising therefrom or incidental thereto the same may be submitted to the arbitration of a single arbitrator in accordance with the provisions of the United Kingdom Arbitration Act 1979 or any statutory modification thereof for the time being in force . |
| 7 | Journalists could whip up public indignation but cricket and football authorities were singularly unresponsive to press influence apart from The Times . |
| 8 | They should be ignored in normal practice and disinfection should be assumed to have taken place only at the time a chemical has been applied and after the requisite contact time has elapsed . |
| 9 | ( 1 ) Make sure that the committee starts its business promptly at the time announced . |
| 10 | 12.3 In the event that any such dispute or difference can not be settled amicably the matter in dispute or difference may be referred by any of the Parties to a single arbitrator to be appointed by the Parties hereto or failing agreement within 28 days after being requested to concur in such appointment , according to the provisions of the Arbitration Acts , 1950 and 1979 or any statuary re-enactment or amendment thereof for the time being in force shall apply thereto . |
| 11 | Try not to be rushed into a decision and particularly do not offer a job immediately at the time of the interview or commit yourself before you have seen all the candidates , even if you are very sure that you have seen the right person for the job . |
| 12 | So strategic was the city 's position that the present inhabitants claim that the dwellers were a people in their own right even by the time of the Roman conquest , and that when Julius Caesar gave them Roman citizenship they were already famed as an industrious , peaceable , practical people with a legendary ability to confront any misadventures with incredible resources of energy . |
| 13 | Doctors believed that the development of girls ' reproductive systems took place primarily at the time of menstruation and , in keeping with Spencer 's belief in the need to conserve energy in order to ensure healthy reproductive development , advised rest for teenage girls . |
| 14 | It is not always possible to deliver a module just at the time a trainee needs it for the purposes of SVQ assessment . |
| 15 | ‘ That is what Martin says ; he was some distance away at the time and was n't able to see who it was . ’ |
| 16 | You 'll find your ticket downstairs by the time you check out . ’ |
| 17 | This leads some to claim it for immediately after the return , but it can as well be immediately before the flight , and in any case it dates the change securely to the time around 480 . |
| 18 | ‘ You wrote that you caught him at his flat just at the time he was leaving the country . ’ |
| 19 | Yes , O K then , right , because it 's more than a week away , I 'll give you a bell close to the time , just to make sure you , everything 's alright . |
| 20 | Excavations at Tepe Gawra much nearer the highland sources of metals show that close contacts had already been established with the city states of Sumer as far back as the middle of the fourth millennium B.C. By the time of the Royal Cemetery of Ur ( c.2600–2500 B.C. ) metallurgy and not least gold- and silversmithing had already reached a stage at which many of the fundamental processes had been mastered . |
| 21 | He worked he worked all his time on the island apart from the time he was in the army . |
| 22 | They were in bed together at the time , staring sadly at the ceiling . |
| 23 | In December 1927 , while he was in the midst of his darkness , and in june 1928 when he was better , the House of Commons rejected a proposal , carried by large majorities in the Church bodies , for a new prayer book , which was the old prayer book , from the age of King Charles II , modestly revised in a pastoral spirit long after the time when it needed revision . |
| 24 | It could also tie up members of the C E C , the General Secretary , the Regional Secretary , the President , Officers and many others in internal wrangles new union just at the time when we need to look outward in the next two or three years . |
| 25 | " Item whereas there is Sixscore pounds due unto mee by Roger Harper and Johnn Barrett Payable at Certen Dayes and tymes agreed uponn betweene us , My mynde and will ys That the Somme of Fortye pounds being a Thirdd parte of the sayd Sixscore pounds shall be and remayne to the augmentacion and increase of the wages of the Schoolemaster of Stockport for the tyme beinge , for ever , to be hadd and receaved at suche dayes and tymes as the same shall bee due , And further I do will and bequeath the sume of Tenn pounds for and towards the augmenting of the Schoolmasters wages afforesayd to make upp the sayd sume of Fortye pounds the Full sume of Fyftie pounds All the sayd Sume to be Imployed and used for the benefit of the Schoolemaster afforesayde by the Parsonn of Stockporte the Maior of Stockport and the most Auncyent Alderman thereof for the time being . |
| 26 | Although some of these may have been cases of a genuine change of religious commitment , in many I was given the strong impression that these were people who had come to the church regularly at the time when they were building their political careers but who had subsequently fallen away and now professed no strong denominational attachment . |
| 27 | The carrier is liable for the total of partial loss of the goods and for damage thereto from the time of taking over the goods and the time of delivery . |
| 28 | Yes er somehow they , they 'd , they 'd got it , or was it or did I have to fill in a a census form just at the time when Paul was with me ? |
| 29 | For the first time population could increase with a declining grain price and a less than commensurate food output , subsisting on grain imports paid for by manufactures ; ‘ It is one of the most striking ironies of intellectual history that Malthus should have fashioned his analysis just at the time when it was about to cease to be applicable to the country in which he lived ’ ( Wrigley 1986 ) . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd say he was a transit airline passenger on a refuelling stop who got off his aeroplane , changed into a pair of overalls in the toilet , drove off with a van-load of baggage , took what he wanted and was back on his plane well within the time his flight was called , to continue his journey without even going through customs . |