Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I made my decision a long time ago , and now I have no rightful place in their lives . |
| 2 | He had his hand on my neck the whole time and kept saying I would get it . |
| 3 | One thing , one thing about it , it 's crossed my mind a long time ago is er the idea of erm in the half hour or whatever twenty minutes before a concert , doing er concert programme notes |
| 4 | In my mind the whole time there is the simple question , ‘ What is it the music is supposed to say ? ’ |
| 5 | Twenty children were flown to Croydon , and ‘ They were all cheerfully sick , enticed by the little paper bags , except a baby of one who slept peacefully in my lap the whole time . ’ |
| 6 | I had a tremendous struggle to keep my medication the whole time I was in Holloway , and it started again when I went to Styal . |
| 7 | Moods , bad moods and going to I gave my husband a terrible time ! |
| 8 | We had to be washed , dressed , have our hair immaculate ( which was difficult because I had to plait mine ) , strip all the bedclothes off our beds ( which seemed totally a pointless exercise and got right up my nose the entire time I was at Styal ) , and fold them to a complicated and immaculate design — sheet , blanket , sheet all wrapped round with the counterpane and put at the end of your bed . |
| 9 | I could not in the court of law swear that you had been under my observations the whole time we were making the ascent . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I had blown my whistle a long time before the ball was in the net . |
| 11 | I did n't mean to become so intense about it — I had realised my mistake the previous time — but I needed to keep from pining and working a sixteen-hour day seemed to be the only way I could manage it . |
| 12 | My boss is on my tail the whole time ! |
| 13 | That 's why she cuddles my children the whole time — she 's trying to say I lack warmth . ’ |
| 14 | In my book the only time a manager should consider resigning is when he starts believing his own programme notes . |
| 15 | All these species are common migrants which appear in Shetland every year , and I could n't help wondering if any of those we were hearing and seeing may have been feeding in the bushes in my garden a short time before … |
| 16 | ‘ I just have this terrible fluttering in my stomach the whole time . |
| 17 | ‘ But I felt so guilty — just as if my parents were looking disapprovingly over my shoulder the whole time ! |
| 18 | Unless the rules are changed despite her talent the only time Jodi Evans will score points for Oxford University — is at an exhibition match — or in practice . |
| 19 | He is not over fond of strangers , but he will allow people into the house , although he monitors their movements the whole time . ’ |
| 20 | She stands squarely with her hands on her hips the whole time , beaming at Crilly and remarking often upon the colour of the sky . |
| 21 | You do n't have to say that but we all you know you 're you 're pulling their leg the whole time okay ? |
| 22 | Somerset CCC made its peace and admitted its mistake a long time ago . |
| 23 | I emerged from its jaws a short time later , however , as I could n't bear the heat — My water wave fell down ! ’ |
| 24 | This had introduced them to mechanisms which suggested a terminology applicable to their own science making it possible for them at last to give the behaviourists , who had been giving those not of their ilk a hard time , some of their own medicine . |
| 25 | ‘ And these fellers used to go to sea like that ; and in these boats they were gone ten and twelve weeks , and they slept in little bunks , and they never changed their clothes the whole time . |
| 26 | Some pupils find it off-putting to have someone looking over their shoulder the whole time ; others would like to see fewer tutors per class . |
| 27 | The oriental had released them from their cells a short time before , and ordered them to precede him down through an open trapdoor into a secret escape tunnel . |
| 28 | It does n't sound much but you 've got to watch out these days , with everything constantly getting cheaper and Tod grimly counting his money the whole time . |
| 29 | He used to sit in his study the whole time . |
| 30 | Replacing his spectacles a final time , he looked me up and down once more and said : " You will be going out to meet the public every day , you know . |