Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To-night he must make the shortest time of it he could to Strata Marcella , reassure himself that his father 's grave had not been desecrated , and warn the prior of Isambard 's malignant interest in it . |
| 2 | B : [ pragmatically interpreted particle ] the milkman came at some time prior to the time of speaking Yet it is clear to native speakers that what would ordinarily be communicated by such an exchange involves considerably more , along the lines of the italicized material in ( 3 ) : ( 3 ) A : Do you have the ability to tell me the time of the present moment , as standardly indicated on a watch , and if so please do so tell me B : No I do n't know the exact time of the present moment , but I can provide some information from which you may be able to deduce the approximate time , namely the milkman has come ( see R. Lakoff , 1973a ; Smith & Wilson , 1979 : 172ff for a discussion of such examples ) . |
| 3 | We knew we would enjoy the wild times for two weeks and then regret it . |
| 4 | Answer your first-choice question and , if you finish or run out of anything else to write before the allocated time , do not give the extra time to the second question but keep it in reserve for the end of the examination . |
| 5 | Congress , President , the government have got no guts to announce publicly that their intentions to privatize the N H S on a date that will give the leading time with the razzmatazz and P R that they 've done before to sell shares , to sell shares in the British public in a public nationally held N H S , there will be no seats , there will be no Inspector Morses and others as there 've been with Telecom , gas , water and electricity . |
| 6 | Reserves Duncan Chapman and Paul Pickering can expect a difficult time against in-form Dane , Richard Juul , and Max Schofield , the former Bear who will be determined to prove a point to Middlesbrough for allowing him to move on . |
| 7 | Any Party wishing to make any such publication or disclosure shall in requesting such consent submit details of the intended publication or disclosure to the Chairman of the Project Committee and may specify a reasonable time within which consent is to be given . |
| 8 | You should specify a relative time in the format dddd hh:mm . |
| 9 | For example a particular combination of kinetic and chemical energy at a certain temperature may give a cleaning time of ten minutes . |
| 10 | Do you remember the approximate time of that . |
| 11 | They 'd probably spend the entire time at one another 's throats ! |
| 12 | It has also been a tenet of good security that prisoners should spend the maximum time outside their cells being kept busy working . |
| 13 | I 'd like a short time on board before the start , if you would n't mind . ’ |
| 14 | Erm I do n't think we can spend a long time considering them , it 's just if people bear me whisking through them our brains . |
| 15 | Accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh , she will spend a short time in the town on Wednesday , 30 June . |
| 16 | A church service followed by an afternoon and evening of sports , feasting and the entertaining of friends and relations would provide an enjoyable time for all ages . |
| 17 | If you can show genuine enthusiasm for the company the interviewer will be reassured that you will stay a reasonable time with the firm and not be constantly on the lookout for something better . |
| 18 | You can stay a long time in neutral , ticking over — provided nothing happens . |
| 19 | They may alter the predicted times of high or low water by up to one hour , but the effects are much less easy to quantify as winds are very variable and are strongly influenced by the topography of the local area . |
| 20 | ITALY , weakened by injuries and suspension , could face a torrid time in tonight 's World Cup qualifier against a Portuguese side fired up for their first home match in the series . |
| 21 | Defence counsel , Michael Parroy , said because Jones was a magistrate , he would face a tough time in jail . |
| 22 | All might go well and you might simply relive and re-experience a happy time in your life . |
| 23 | The mountain before them was the birthplace of mankind ; and he referred the ladies , while excusing himself with an ingratiating laugh for mentioning an indelicate subject , to the authority of Our Saviour 's words to Nicodemus , where it is stated that a man can not enter a second time into his mother 's womb and be born once more . |
| 24 | He can not enter a second time into his mother 's womb and be born , can he ? |
| 25 | It will take a little time for me to forget the hurt and the disappointment … |
| 26 | It 'll take a long time at his age but it 'll mend . |
| 27 | It seemed that it must take a long time for such peace to be broken . |
| 28 | Once food has cooled to 5°C or colder , if any food poisoning bacteria are present most will grow only very slowly and it would take a long time for them to reach large enough numbers to cause a problem . |
| 29 | There are frictions in the markets for capital , labour , and products , and it may take a long time for changes in the pattern of demand to work their way through the system . |
| 30 | It can take a long time for a woman to rid herself of the automatic assumptions that she has absorbed about home-making , and learn to fashion an approach which suits her and her family . |