Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.

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1 The key to a successful prosecution is proving that at the time of the offence the children understood the seriousness of what they were doing and were not simply behaving mischievously .
2 It is little surprise that they are saying that for the time being they will give Mrs Cresson the ‘ benefit of the doubt ’ .
3 The Japanese emphasise the quality of their wares , and rubbish the UK product , while the UK counters by saying that by the time Japanese food is shipped here it can become oxidised .
4 This was unnerving and by the time I got to the top I was exhausted .
5 In about 1935 lie came to Euston Road School when it was just about starting and in no time at all he became a really competent painter in that way .
6 Of its 450 members , 162 last month signed a letter arguing that for the time being Ukraine should hold on to its nuclear weapons .
7 A Government seeking to minimise awkward questions will try to railroad the the Bill through , hoping that by the time that Back Benchers have woken up to what is happening and their constituents have understood the dangers it will again be too late .
8 I , I was n't watching while at the time , but erm basically it seemed like it was six of one and half a dozen of the other .
9 It is striking that at a time when just about every other human value has been called in question , the value of life is still universally accepted as an absolute .
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