Example sentences of "[prep] it [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This , ’ complained Wedderburn , ‘ gives him vast uneasiness , for if he is ordered abroad before he gets his Post he dispairs of it for some time . ’ |
| 2 | Ace had been dimly aware of it for some time , but now she realized that beads of laser light were swinging in crazy arcs all round the stub of girder on which she and Defries were standing . |
| 3 | I myself know only too well what it 's like to have a car stolen , so as a car is one of our most valuable possessions , it pays to take care of it at all times . |
| 4 | Well , I think all I can do is to reiterate that this road would not be considered for construction at all at this stage if it was n't for the probable re-siting of the erm transfer station and therefore we would not be looking at any aspect of it at this time if it were not for that . |
| 5 | I said look Neil you can drive , but let's not let's not take it that I 'm saying that you must drive let's go into the question of why you 're making a mess of it at this time and we , oh honestly Brenda if I 've got black circles under my eyes do not be surprised because , of course , this all goes back to his absolutely , appallingly , stupid mother ! |
| 6 | No it 's all of it even the h and the w I think they might have lost some figures off of it at some time . |
| 7 | Sex is possible , too , during menstruation ; many women feel disinclined towards it at this time of the month , but some feel their strongest desires during the menstrual period . |
| 8 | I could have made contact with it at any time . |
| 9 | And because also that it was er partly the , the directors ' money that was being poured into it at that time , we knew all these things , and they were expecting a , a return back from it . |
| 10 | Harry : ‘ I 'd have asked them , ‘ This opera , you 've been in it for long time — do you still like it then ? … |
| 11 | The staged process allows the majority to watch the change without having to be involved in it for some time . |
| 12 | ‘ Fish Street , ’ says Esme , ‘ did have 19 fish shops in it at one time . |
| 13 | The small size of the protector means that it is practical to leave radioactive tubes in it at all times , even during vortexing or addition of reagents . |
| 14 | Anyway I wo n't say any more because I 'll other people will eventually go but Hugh Berger is a gentleman who owns it or who lives in it at this time |
| 15 | I did n't get over it for some time ; it had touched my heart . |
| 16 | It probably sums up the case and we can discuss it and perhaps add to it at that time . |
| 17 | ‘ I expect I 'll come round to it in good time , ’ said Ellen . |
| 18 | Another problem is that if you 're trying to deal with other manufacturers in the way that we do , where we have this extremely close relationship and they are very reliant on our forward forecasts of volume , they feel if you have your own manufacturing plant that you would always give preference to it in bad times and the other suppliers would be the people to suffer if sales declined . |
| 19 | And we were not too keen on it at that time but had been all right . |
| 20 | She 's only limping on it at certain times cos she came rushing into my bedroom last night and you were n't limping then ! |
| 21 | However , as the table has to be moved out of the way whenever the patient gets up , it should not be too heavy , or have too many items on it at one time . |
| 22 | In the present case , the defendant was well aware that the council had acquired the plot in order to construct a road on it at some time in the future and meantime had no present use for the land . |
| 23 | There 's nowt attractive about it at this time of year , ’ he remonstrated . |
| 24 | She lay thinking about it for some time , then decided she had nothing to lose . |
| 25 | The Dept of Health says ’ we are aware of the problem and we 've been pressing the medical profession to do something about it for some time . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'd thought about it for some time , and decided to give it a go . ’ |
| 27 | If very dirty they lay it in the stream , securing it with a large stone , and let the water flow through it for some time , after which they proceed as before … the linen is spread upon the rocks in the river , or the walls near at hand , and secured , like everything else by a stone at each corner … |
| 28 | But I would n't have thought everybody would , would want to wade through it at all times . |
| 29 | It was so faint that he had to look at it for some time before he could make any sense of it . |