Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr and Mrs Is-the-Mitsubishi-Scratched-Yet smiled and nodded at people who passed them and tried not to flinch every time anyone went within ten yards of the Mitsubishi . |
| 2 | I must have done , as not only did the Old Bill and the Ritas ( as in Meter Maid ) ignore me , but a real cabbie parked nearby came over to pass the time of day . |
| 3 | I had a whole lotta fun playing just about every megalithic riff I could remember and the Tribute came up smiling every time . |
| 4 | He rarely seemed either to have the time or the inclination to return to Brougham . |
| 5 | He 'd never known a time when Klein did n't need money for some gambit or other , and that meant he needed painters . |
| 6 | The old hands were less excited and settled down to daydream the time away until supper . |
| 7 | But in those rare flashes when one can shed the present self and all it is in command of I realise that there were really only two occasions when I did personally feel the times on my pulse in such a way that I remember them , and not what I have since reconstructed of them . |
| 8 | It 's very obvious that the two of you did not pass the time playing tic tac toe . ’ |
| 9 | The presence of 200 nmol/l staurosporine did not alter the time course of the desensitisation that was seen when HGT-1 cells were exposed to histamine at 37°C ( data not shown . |
| 10 | ( The witness did not mention every time she blinked , for example , or the fact that she was breathing . ) |
| 11 | Heath did not indicate a time scale for unification , but appears to have seen it materialising even sooner than Wilson . |
| 12 | The pack-flat furniture had been invented recognising that younger people had become more mobile and often did not have the time to wait around at home for furniture deliveries . |
| 13 | Although in the oases they made gardens , perhaps even carried on other spare-time occupations , they were forbidden to trade and did not have the time to be truck drivers . |
| 14 | Mr Fractor turned red but did not have the time to answer because the basket was back beside them . |
| 15 | Apart from letting them share the brand name and an instant distribution deal , The Wedding Present did not have the time to take on any record company functions for the bands . |
| 16 | We did not have the time to visit the swimming-pool three times a week , and we were not interested in pumping iron or trundling around on an exercise bike every morning . |
| 17 | A problem was that they did not have the time to do this ; cells were being charged up and time was running out , every spare moment being needed for preparing and measuring active cells . |
| 18 | I did not have the time for this myself , but clearly , a solution is to lie in wait for this photograph on one of those days when the time of performance does not coincide with the time of sunset ! |
| 19 | Six attended on 26th October : another resigned by letter ( he " did not have the time to attend meetings " ! ) |
| 20 | He said he did not have the time . |
| 21 | I did not have the time for this myself , but clearly , a solution is to lie in wait for this photograph on one of those days when the time of performance does not coincide with the time of sunset ! |
| 22 | Unfortunately they turned out to be two fools who did n't realise the time , and brought Mountain Rescue out combing the hill for them next morning . |
| 23 | I 'm afraid I just did n't realise the time . |
| 24 | That 's the trouble with though she did n't stop every time to get ready for the next scene . |
| 25 | she could n't she just did n't smile every time like , she was it 's like , I think it 's something to do with , sounds like it 's something to do with the parents maybe . |
| 26 | Normally he would have had little patience with the attitudes of the Fromes , but the morning after such a bereavement did n't seem the time to argue the social or political toss with them . |
| 27 | This did n't seem the time to remind him that he had seen her wearing considerably less . |
| 28 | But I did n't have the time to do anything except prepare for the election during that year . ’ |
| 29 | We did n't have the time or energy to pay much attention to the other theatres of war , unless we had someone out there . |
| 30 | It was a clean , white , rather clinical-looking room , with its white wooden towel rail , its bowl and pitcher of water for those who did n't have the time or inclination to take a bath . |