Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | If your bitch is not neutered , you should be aware of the possibility of this behavioural change occurring soon after the time when she would normally have given birth , just over two months after her last heat . |
| 2 | They dismiss US claims that the war is ‘ going to plan ’ , noting only that the multi-national force is four weeks into a war which shows no likelihood of ending soon at the time of writing . |
| 3 | In many cases the husband and wife will be living apart at the time of the court order , or at a time when agreement is reached between them concerning the former matrimonial home , in circumstances that are likely to prove permanent . |
| 4 | She is full of admiration for the care and attention she is receiving at the hospital but is already looking ahead to the time when she is strong enough to go on to a convalescent home . |
| 5 | I 'm missing you all very much and looking forward to a time of sharing and renewal with you in April . |
| 6 | He recalls a game with Durham 20 years ago when Darlington , going well at the time , were 12–0 down without touching the ball . |
| 7 | ‘ Country properties were not selling well at the time . |
| 8 | The strength of the stock market has been built entirely on the belief that the economy is about to start growing again at a time when inflation , earnings growth and interest rates are all low and falling , creating ideal conditions for a period of non-inflationary growth . |
| 9 | It had been some time now since the old pilots had been in a dog-fight , and Killion for one was sweating heavily by the time he landed . |
| 10 | The two-parter was also fun as it gave all of us a chance to act in conflict and be a bit more expansive , because otherwise , if you think about it , all we were doing most of the time was feeding lines to other people . ’ |
| 11 | He could n't see what the men were doing most of the time , because they were either inside or hidden by buildings . |
| 12 | So , for many years , the couple made their living as hired help , and were doing so at the time of the film 's success . |
| 13 | I mean I actually voted for this contract , erm , rather reluctantly , but it seemed better than not , doing so at the time , but we were given assurances , and it was very well understood by absolutely everybody , that vigorous management would be needed in order to achieve the targetising and that was the only way that the savings were going to be made , and it does seem that , that , erm that has not been going on . |
| 14 | ‘ Because I 'll never cry for you again , ’ I said , which was a very false promise , because I was crying inside at the time , and only I know how much I cried for her later . |
| 15 | Julie 's high-achieving life seemed as if it would continue on its upward curve with her two companies both doing well in a time of recession . |
| 16 | She was panting hard by the time she saw the narrow white ribbon that was the road to Coton . |
| 17 | Three of the four students not looking for employment and without plans to continue their studies would be travelling overseas for a time before commencing job search . |
| 18 | But there is no further time for speculation and reflection on the Enlightenment , because one of the false views of humanity ( the collectivist kind ) , after ticking away like a time bomb , explodes in a political event of such fury and consequence that the gentle yet élitist world of the Enlightenment philosophers is destroyed for ever . |
| 19 | Somervillians in the area will be hearing more nearer the time . |
| 20 | She was scarlet in the face and perspiring profusely by the time she entered the old gentleman 's room . |
| 21 | David Paul McKnight ( 27 ) , of Juniper Park was said by his solicitor at Craigavon Crown Court to be ‘ a virtual alcoholic ’ and was drinking heavily at the time of the offences on January 4 . |
| 22 | Egypt is a very humbling place , with its larger-than-life statues and obelisks serenely standing since before the time of Christ , and the mammoth pyramids whose blocks of stone weigh up to forty tons each ; this is a land which inspires constant awe and disbelief . |
| 23 | One method was simply to set fire to a ‘ train' of gunpowder leading to the charge itself , the length of the train corresponding roughly to the time delay before the charge exploded ; a later method involved a kind of fuse of goose quills filled with gunpowder . |
| 24 | This time the flood tide of ‘ forward and backward Cs in which the French so much delight ’ was flowing inexplicably at a time when we and the French were fighting the Seven Years War and French fashions , like French bottle makers and garlic , were desperately unpopular . |
| 25 | But in the meantime the food awaited her attention , and the two rafts containing eighteen hungry men were riding the white foam , every minute drawing closer to the time when they must be fed . |
| 26 | You are covered from the time of leaving home to the time of arrival home from your holiday . |
| 27 | Leaving aside for the time being the question of ‘ hostile intent , ’ it is plain that it is not enough that the defendant deliberately does an act that has the incidental effect of obstructing the police ; he must also have some notion that he is obstructing and causing the police difficulties . |
| 28 | I 've been thinking today of the time I took Piers and Antoinette to meet him . |
| 29 | The man , who 's in his forties , was working alone at the time . |
| 30 | I understand that the signalling and axle counter system , which is used to detect the location of trains in the tunnel , was not working normally at the time . |