Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] the time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Isabel can include in the time she spends with him developing his skills for a propensity for being slightly more economic in his travel and hospitality arrangements , I guess we 'd be even more pleased . |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't know at the time it had been in the Quakers boardroom but it was a good , handmade , solid oak table and I got it for a reasonable price , ’ he said . |
| 3 | I did not know at the time who had commissioned the poll , but I learned afterwards that it was the Conservative party . |
| 4 | was I gave my mum a lift because I , and d' ya know by the time he gets better |
| 5 | Then there was a heavy pause , like the moment a ball must feel between the time it 's thrown up and the time it starts to come down , and something picked up all three of them and slid them into a struggling heap . |
| 6 | The question was and always will be , what shall we do with the time we have saved ? |
| 7 | There followed as fierce and nasty a little campaign as I can remember in the time I spent with the health service . |
| 8 | ‘ I like a woman who can keep to the time I give her , ’ Roman said as she came into their sitting-room . |
| 9 | According to Richards , therefore , critics need two things that they did not habitually possess at the time he was writing , and usually do not possess now : a theory of communication and a theory of valuation . |
| 10 | How long did it take from the time you started what was going to be the quick , silent operation until you finished and got in ? |
| 11 | We did not appreciate at the time what a wrench leaving the Weir House must have been for him , nor the difficulty he had in adjusting himself to four assertive stepsons he hardly knew . |
| 12 | I also thinking about what we 're going to do is we would end up sounding like a Foster and Allen song anyway you know not deliberately but I think you know by the time we 'd have have by the time we do the way we 'd be able to do it it would sound like Foster and Allen . |
| 13 | Attitudes amongst Oxfordshire teachers towards SSE as a general notion are for the most part moderately positive , but towards the LEA scheme moderately negative , particularly so with regard to the time it takes . |
| 14 | She ca n't cope with the time she she has . |
| 15 | ‘ I did n't realise at the time what had happened . |
| 16 | well but the important thing is she 's engaged to be married I would reckon by the time she 's about twenty-six she 'll be looking for time out to have a family but by that time hopefully she 's and when she 's thirty-two or thirty-three can come back into the business and say I 've got a and the door opens that much more easily |
| 17 | Drinking with meals the correct way can actually be ‘ slimming ’ , in that it can helpfully add to the time it takes to consume high-fibre meals . |
| 18 | They are to help pay for something you need but can not afford at the time you need it . |
| 19 | I could hardly breathe by the time I got there ; my chest felt as if it was bursting and my throat was clenched tight and my legs were quivering again . |
| 20 | Those inmates classed as illiterate were obliged to take a compulsory form of basic education , with the aim that they would at least be able to read and write by the time they were released . |
| 21 | Half nine it finishes so we 're supposed to be back by tennish I should think by the time we 're finished . |
| 22 | Mm it 'll be about five to half past when he leaves I should think by the time he 's cleared up . |
| 23 | The wreaths sold well , fetching prices over three pounds each , a figure that will double by the time they reach the shops . |
| 24 | Erm , yes , as you know I 'm a member of the Essex traffic group and we did state at the time there will be no looking into or no pulling down of any type of property or building , yeah , but it , erm the Council went ahead and looked at Wordsworth Road |