Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Scottish defender is still on a high after hitting the extra time winner which earned his side a Wilkinson Sword League Cup final spot against Bangor on April 20 . |
| 2 | Some means of escaping the waiting time of boredom and temporary unemployment . |
| 3 | This method of deciding the right time to sow was recommended by Fitzherbert , the sixteenth-century writer on agriculture : ‘ go upon the land that is plowed and if it synge or crye or make any noise under they fete , then it is to wet to sowe . |
| 4 | Then the Seattle-based group hit on a sure-fire way of making the big time . |
| 5 | Another Challenge Tour player with potential of making the big time is Kevin Golding . |
| 6 | There was an opportunity now of reducing the waiting time to 12 months , on the basis of holding the percentage payment at 62 per cent . |
| 7 | In this phase it is well worth cutting the running time down , in order to spend 10 minutes on a thorough stretching programme . |
| 8 | ‘ Everything around playing has to be organised very carefully and he has to be mature in choosing the right time to play off the court . |
| 9 | These authors found that oral administration of aspirin was associated with inhibition of platelet prostaglandin synthesis and suggested that this finding might explain the known effects of aspirin in inhibiting the platelet-release reaction and in prolonging the bleeding time ( Quick , 1966 ) . |
| 10 | Before hitting the big time , the closest brush she had with anyone famous was tinting Ringo Starr 's mum 's hair who used to treat her to tea afterwards — spam and chips . |
| 11 | Science Practical Skills ( × ½ ) or Introducing Science Investigation Skills ( × ½ ) could be achieved within a programme for some students , depending on their ability , without increasing the notional time of the programme . |
| 12 | The timescale , , for the instability of the boundary layer to occur is given by the time taken for conduction to thicken the local boundary layer to this mean thickness The two different regimes can be separated by equating the settling time , /v S to the convective boundary-layer timescale , . |
| 13 | Start now by reading the Financial Times regularly . |
| 14 | A couple of miles down the road at London Irish they still want to hold on to the Irish connection , even if that leads to qualification by reading The Irish Times . |
| 15 | By extending the playing time on the same uncovered , bland pitches , you merely prolong the attrition , with no technical benefit other than individually longer innings plus longer spells from spinners on discouraging surfaces . |