Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adj] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The column for telephone numbers of Melanie 's family would have to remain empty for the time being . |
| 2 | Although the school holidays are difficult , her husband does shift work and could arrange his shifts to cover most of the time she is at work . |
| 3 | And I felt that I did n't really want to do this at a time when I was still floundering about and not having very disciplined classes and so on . |
| 4 | Ironically , however , of those 71% of accountants who would like to have more holiday entitlement , 42.7% did n't even manage to use all of the time they were due at present . |
| 5 | The one that I tend to use most of the time is this one not least , because it only three pounds , and it 's quite affordable but a , again , it 's got a loud sound to it , and I found that if you carry one of these with you and somebody does approach you , you 've always got this in your pocket and you can actually aim it them , cos they do n't know what you 've got in your hand . |
| 6 | Just from racing so long I know what it 's going to do most of the time so I can adjust the pressure on the handlebars and know how hard I can drive it into the pavement . |
| 7 | Erm , the advantage of this way is it tends to confuse most of the time , but it 's a lot quicker . |
| 8 | To beguile some of the time in Malvern , they went to the cinema . |
| 9 | It would not disturb you , would it , if I had to bear our child in this hole , among this dirt — I have hardly been able to keep clean over the time we 've lived here , with only a jug of cold water — and the unbearable food , and hardly enough light to see by when I have to read your script aloud to you in the evening , and then give you your pleasure in the bed every night with that woman listening through the wall ? |
| 10 | And there certainly was n't any point in her moving out of her Mum 's to live alone at a time like this . |
| 11 | The horse has to succeed most of the time to retain its self-esteem and to increase it . |
| 12 | Despite calls for its closure on safety grounds , the Leaning Tower of Pisa is to remain open for the time being , the mayor said yesterday . |
| 13 | some reason it has n't accepted it and Brian says it 's probably cos me wages have n't gone in yet , the bank they ca n't be empty , so he 's hoping to get that by the time they took it out he 's money at the end , it 's embarrassing enough , so , he 's telling me , so they had to take the stuff off him |
| 14 | But the alert believer should be aware of the main tendencies to doubt prevalent at the time . |
| 15 | Wherever you take them , though , try , if it is possible and the weather is good , to arrange for them to spend some of the time out of doors — for the housebound elderly are often short of vitamin D , which most of us get from natural sunlight ( as well as certain foods ) and this deficiency can lead to the painful condition of osteomalacia , in which there is rarefaction of the bones . |
| 16 | His parents will be able to spend much of the time in the ward with him . |
| 17 | I expect your clothes will be dry enough to brush clean by the time you 've finished . |
| 18 | I persuaded her to remain silent for the time being , I think , by promising to find out everything I could . |
| 19 | He has planned his reunion with her for so long , that it almost ceases to become real by the time it actually occurs . |
| 20 | You will also tend not to feel tired by the time the local inhabitants are going to bed . |