Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] time they [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , and during that time they used to have a lot of people visiting from overseas |
| 2 | During this time they would attempt to popularize the LGS message further by organizing health education activities in schools , mosques and meetings . |
| 3 | Gradually they learn to discriminate , although for some time they can not determine what is influencing the mother 's movements towards or away from them . |
| 4 | He believes , or he chooses to believe , that in Chicago or somewhere else there were readers of Poetry magazine in 1918 who zealously and in all seriousness wanted to know what French poets of that time they might profitably read , and what in the broadest terms they should look for in each of them . |
| 5 | Mr Edwards also detects caution in employers who are recruiting : ‘ They hire people for a specific period , maybe one or two years , so that at the end of that time they can decide whether or not to renew their contract or make them redundant . |
| 6 | If , instead of ‘ piecework ’ , the men contracted to get the harvest in by the end of a month , it meant that should they finish before that time they could then go to other jobs on the farm , drawing their usual wage whilst doing so . |
| 7 | ‘ Career breaks would enable women to choose to take five , six or seven years out to have their families but in that time they would be kept in touch , ’ said Miss Armstrong . |
| 8 | Landing kicks on target has been Gloucester 's main weakness this season and when Roberts made it two out of two just before half time they must have thought their luck was changing . |
| 9 | In good time they shall . |
| 10 | Over the wall , overlooking Kingsdale , is a tight concentration of potholes , some of great depth , but if Whernside 's summit is to be reached in good time they must be considered out of bounds . |
| 11 | So she moves them to a nearby burrow when they are approximately four weeks old and at that time they will have become virtually self-supporting . |
| 12 | Often a group of children will work alongside their teacher and may produce similar puppets , but at another time they may use the technique more creatively . |
| 13 | At this time they can be observed rummaging around in search of food . |
| 14 | At one time they could turn to the Government 's agricultural advisory service , but now this charges for its help and is too expensive to consult in many cases . |
| 15 | ‘ At one time they 'd have thought it odd if I did n't have a girl in tow . |
| 16 | At one time they 'd say , Oh just bid the whole parish . |
| 17 | The desert was an unforgiving place , but their training had equipped them to cope , when at any time they could have taken the easy way out and walked down to the coast road to surrender . |
| 18 | Most hotels maintain records of the occupancy of the room so that at any time they can refer to it and see when and by whom the room was occupied . |
| 19 | They 'll find themselves chartered to carry pig-iron and cheap tin trays , just like everybody else ; and by that time they 'll be down in the South Seas loading rainbows and moonbeams . |
| 20 | ‘ But because when we join up it will be on the back of a full weekend 's fixtures of FA Cup matches — and by that time they will have played 15 games for their clubs — I 've just asked them to keep a little compartment in their minds about England . |
| 21 | ‘ Unfortunately , by that time they could be HIV positive . |
| 22 | By this time they might have gained a portfolio They might well have got hooked . |
| 23 | I think by this time they must be dreading the thought of another signal from the Ariadne . |