Example sentences of "[vb base] [noun] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Press announcements at the time of the cancelled shows this summer claimed that Morrissey fans who sent ‘ proof of purchase ’ of Glastonbury or Finsbury Park tickets to a PO Box number would receive free Alexandra Palace tickets . |
| 2 | Few deluxe hotels of the time offered such luxury . |
| 3 | I 'm just , you know thinking of the time . |
| 4 | Suzy Menkes , then fashion editor of The Times , described Laura in a major feature as ‘ The queen of printed cotton … who has nurtured a nostalgia for a vanished rural world . ’ |
| 5 | Yet some of the richness and wit of the Jacobean dialogue is threatened by its being spoken in thick Italian/New York accents — mastered better by some actors than others — and snatches of more modern speech , while essential for credibility , draw attention to the time warp . |
| 6 | However heaters only operate part of the time , so it is generous to say 1p per hour . |
| 7 | A judicial investigation had opened on July 7 , 1989 , into the possible involvement of Blecha , Gratz and a former Federal Chancellor , Alfred ( Fred ) Sinowatz , and the court dealing with the affair began preliminary inquiries in September into the role played by the SPÖ Finance Minister , Ferdinand Lacina ( Minister for Transport and State Industries at the time ) ; similar inquiries were also initiated into the former Defence Minister , Friedhelm Frischenschläger ( FPÖ ) , and a former Minister of the Interior and of Foreign Minister , Erwin Lanc ( SPÖ ) . |
| 8 | Although couched in the typically occult language of the time , Garland 's prescient account catches society at a crossroads : those young homosexuals adrift in a postwar landscape without signs may now be seen as harbingers of a new way of life and a new economic order — variously described as pop culture , youth culture or the Teen age — which stand at the heart of ‘ late , consumer or multinational capitalism ’ . |
| 9 | Use bactericide for the time being to guard against infection , but do nothing else which may further stress the fish . |
| 10 | It was necessary , she told her persuasively , that she leave sanctuary for the time being . |
| 11 | Take notes at the time , so you remember the facts . |
| 12 | Irving Fisher 's version of the quantity theory can be explained in terms of the following ‘ equation of exchange ’ : where M is the nominal stock of money in circulation and V is the transactions velocity of circulation of money ( that is , the average number of times the given quantity of money changes hands in transactions ) ; P is the average price of all transactions and T is the number of transactions that take place during the time period . |
| 13 | ‘ I lose track of the time . ’ |
| 14 | We still have difficulty with the time changes towards a pot of geraniums ! ’ |
| 15 | And when you for example , see ads in the Times , you know , these pathetic people who say , I 've lost my filofax , five thousand pounds reward to anybody who gives it back to me , because my life is in ruins . |
| 16 | These industrialized countries have people with the time and money to travel . |