Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pos pn] [noun] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was full of leather and PVC-clothed young people , banging their heads in time to the music . |
| 2 | In 1334 he was captured and ransomed by the Scots , gaining his freedom in time to fight in Edward III 's major Scottish campaign of 1335 ; but thereafter he shared in the general decline of English fortunes and interest in Scotland . |
| 3 | Many players totally ignore the triplet subdivision approach , and end up developing their sense of time only in relation to eighths and sixteenth grooves . |
| 4 | Gloria was busy tapping her feet in time to the music . |
| 5 | There was no point in frightening his grandmother before time . |
| 6 | The IEE has tried to negotiate with Thomson , offering help with writing and publishing his biography in time for the fiftieth anniversary of Blumlein 's death in June 1992 . |
| 7 | Ana seemed to pick up the vibes very quickly and tagged along with Mitch , laughing at his humour , turning her head from time to time in Maggie 's direction as if she could hear steam coming from her ears . |
| 8 | Afterwards they went to a nightclub and danced and smooched in the smoky blackness , cleaning their throats from time to time with champagne . |
| 9 | She glimpsed a movement behind him , and he saw her look , turning his head in time to meet a blow . |
| 10 | She looked into the mirror , moving her hips in time to some silent music in her head , letting the silky skirt swish enticingly around her legs — And saw another stranger looking back at her , eyes and mouth dreaming and vulnerable . |
| 11 | Other telecoms firms might well be interested in getting their hands on Time Warner 's sackful of valuable entertainment copyrights . |
| 12 | The reasons are the same ; the valleyside torrents are checked when they reach the main valley floor and aggradation takes place , the fan shape usually resulting from the stream shifting its course from time to time . |
| 13 | I walked partway along the trail , closing my eyes from time to time , imagining myself blind , unable to see . |
| 14 | Mr Fractor threatened him with a sum stretching right round the classroom if he did n't stay awake and had already punished him for not finishing his work on time . |
| 15 | In its use as an auxiliary , do has retained from the idea of " performing an activity " signified in its use as a lexical verb only the notion of " something actually taking its place in time " : do auxiliary thus has the effect of discussing the real actualization in time of the lexical event denoted by the infinitive . |
| 16 | A gangling youth with personal stereo and the thickest-soled baseball boots Harry had ever seen fell into the adjacent seat and began slapping his knee in time to the music only he could hear . |
| 17 | In the semi-darkness the houses around the village and the church in the centre of the green stood out like monuments with their shadows changing their shapes from time to time as a cloud obscured part of the moon . |
| 18 | People were buying her drinks ; she was lifting her glass in time with the others , banging on the tables like they did . |
| 19 | He had a good strong voice and he whistled the instrumental parts , shaking his head in time . |
| 20 | As I said when answering the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland ( Mr. Wallace ) I have written individually to the chairmen of the 100 largest companies urging them to pay close attention to settling their debts on time . |
| 21 | I am proud that we succeeded in submitting our Reports on time . |
| 22 | Sir John , perhaps rightly , thought that this was not our brief , and that the complexities of this problem would prevent us from submitting our Report on time . |
| 23 | He cut a dashing figure at the many conferences he addressed , raising his hand from time to time to stroke his dark curly locks as he poured out pure reason in soft well-modulated tones with a sincerity that was almost painful . |
| 24 | He was swaying his head in time to the Arab song . |