Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , for early EDI users , getting two computers , one 's own and one belonging to a trading partner , to talk to one another , was quite enough of a challenge , without worrying about other people you and your partners might want to communicate with some time in the future . |
| 2 | In accordance with the terms of the contract , you can choose to retire at any time after the age of 60 , when the policy will buy you a regular pension plus the option of taking part of the money as a tax-tree lump sum . |
| 3 | But for some time teachers have been aware that many pupils do not appear to benefit from private-study time nor do they acquire the associated study skills , and there is uncertainty as to what kind of study skills training should be given . |
| 4 | At recent rates about 80 per cent of married women can expect to work at some time in their married lifetime ( Martin and Roberts 1984 ) . |
| 5 | Political interventions can also work according to different time scales . |
| 6 | Blake was not averse to entering such places , but could think of a number of things he 'd prefer to do at this time . |
| 7 | But companies can stop giving at any time ; under the traditional system of covenants , they were committed to giving an annual donation for four years . |
| 8 | Because you should have you should have heard by this time . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm sorry to disappoint you , but Hadrian and his wall will have to wait for another time . ’ |
| 10 | What was the reason for the growth between eighteen hundred and eighteen fifty because they had n't had sort of mass industrialization industrialization which had caused population growth in other countries so was there any particular reason why there 's should have trebled in that time ? |
| 11 | I can stand in front of the screen , I can look at the simulations , I can stop them whenever I want to stop them and look at them , it gives me ideas about how the buildings might have looked at that time and it gives me a whole range of variations as to as to what can be done in terms of their reconstructions . |
| 12 | It must have looked at one time as though I 'd follow the family tradition and end up permanently on a farm . |
| 13 | Had I been asked to imagine myself as I would have looked during that time , you can be sure that I would have had the beautiful gown , the ruffled frill and the bejewelled fingers of a lady . |
| 14 | My first reaction to the resignations was that they were tantamount to an admission of guilt when , in fact , the Argentinians could have attacked at any time in the previous fifteen years . |
| 15 | Proposals to replace our dry sow accommodation could not have come at worse time , with pig prices falling through the floor , and I suppose some would say that we are reacting plenty soon enough . |
| 16 | ... But no , for he had said her heart was badly damaged , death might have come at any time . |
| 17 | If I had to Oxford my finger might have come off bythe time I got there |
| 18 | I think we sho we could have done with some time to look at it really . |
| 19 | He regretted that his proposal for a peace conference a year ago had not been acted upon , as he was confident the Soviet Union would have participated at that time with beneficial effects for the whole world . |
| 20 | But there may be legitimate reasons for incorporating a company which is intended to remain dormant indefinitely or for retaining on the register a company which for the time being has ceased to carry on business but which the members may wish to use at some time in the future for the same or some different business . |
| 21 | I would have sworn at that time that I loved her as much as she did me , more even , but subsequent events proved me wrong . |
| 22 | The last of the shore birds will probably have arrived by this time . |
| 23 | The French high command must also have known for some time , but hushed it up no doubt . ’ |
| 24 | Second , if a traveller goes eastwards halfway round the Earth he will have passed through 12 time zones and gained 12 hours with respect to GMT ; he will meet another traveller who has travelled westward and so is 12 time zones ( 12 hours ) behind GMT . |
| 25 | They could have left at any time . |
| 26 | ‘ It appears it could have happened at any time , even running for a bus , ’ said headmaster Harrison Huddart , at Hewart Grange School , Gateshead , Tyne and Wear . |
| 27 | The horse 's trainer Robin Dickin said : ‘ It could have happened at any time , on the racecourse or at home . |
| 28 | ‘ The doctor said it could have happened at any time . |
| 29 | The frosted glass panel with my name on it had been cracked , but that could have happened at any time . |
| 30 | I have explained everything to her , told her it could have happened at any time . |