Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [adj] time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not difficult for Laura to remember the first time she had set eyes on Ross Wyndham , because it had also been the day of her cousin 's wedding . |
| 2 | I admired what he was doing with his life from afar and I put the museum on my list of places to experience the next time I was in the Miami area . |
| 3 | I said that the " genetic ruler " of Figure 8 enables us to calculate the minimum time it would take to evolve from one point to another . |
| 4 | And if racing round the world was n't enough , these half million pound yachts will be tackling it the wrong way — against the winds and currents , to commemorate the first time it was done 21 years ago by British sailor Chay Blyth . |
| 5 | Your reasons for this colossal exploitation of what is to you hi-tech may be quite divorced from ours ( we want to look for black holes , whereas you want to ascertain the precise time you should sacrifice a virgin in order to propitiate the gods ) , but the principle is much the same . |
| 6 | They had formulated some vague ideas which would let them use this effect to shorten the perceived time it took to play the games they had to play , but the castle clocks , or perhaps the castle itself , seemed unwilling to cooperate . |