Example sentences of "be do [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 The research has been done for some time and the results have been known for some time , yet still the Government do nothing .
2 The Court of Appeal decided to undertake a review of the basic principles of the law in this area and as this has not been done for some time we now set out in detail what they held .
3 Well urgent tasks would be tasks that are done at that time , to complete them .
4 Er , and that , you , you 'll at the town cooking dinner , watching television , talking to my friend , or just roughly what you 're doing at that time that conversation took place , okay , at work , form , then make me a cup of tea , she was photo-copying ,
5 The most effective method is that of asking all members of a sample of households to keep diaries , noting what they are doing at all times of the day .
6 What I think should be done at that time was that the Government should be fifty percent shares in it so that anything that 's er sample that 's brought up they should know what it is .
7 There is legitimate concern that the meeting decided that little could be done at this time we might be able to contribute to the campaign at a later stage .
8 The certificate on form R190(SD) must be completed but this can be done at any time and amounts to little more than a claim procedure .
9 This can be done at any time .
10 For counsellors to know the limits of their competence is clearly important , and calling in specialist help is always something that should be done in good time .
11 Not at all , I mean they can be done in three times .
12 A Friday afternoon class not too prepared to believe that art was the most important thing that they could be doing at that time soon discovered they were wrong .
13 No one knew where he 'd gone ; everyone was worried sick ; and by the look of her , Shirley Brown was worried the sickest : what could a man be doing at this time of night , for heaven 's sake ?
14 Whilst poor Millie , far from playing cello concertos at the Festival Hall , or leading archaeological expeditions to Asia Minor , or whatever she was expected to be doing by this time , is …
15 However , some excellent studies were done at this time , many using fieldwork techniques and participant observation rather than surveys .
16 The thinking was done at various times before — and will , no doubt , be re-done by the reader .
17 A great deal of work was done at that time in enlarging and landscaping the park , creating lakes and the kitchen gardens .
18 We have not yet as a nation fully acknowledged the wrong that was done at that time , and we have not fully rejected it .
19 ’ And then , softly , ‘ And indeed , the damage was done by that time .
20 She recalls : ‘ The book was done by this time .
21 Actually this was done in double-quick time but I can never forget the excitement and the terror of that night .
22 he was so carried away with Newley that I believe quite unconsciously , Newley crept into Bowie 's voice and , as you know , he 's been accused of copying Tony Newley , but I do n't think he was really aware of what he was doing at that time .
23 They would visit to see what it was doing at particular times , like haymaking .
24 All I was doing at this time , if I was n't at school , was watching TV , listening to music , reading or walking , with Dawn as my constant companion .
25 However , most of the work he was doing at this time was of a minor nature .
26 First , it is clear that they would need to be mutually oriented ; they would each need to be aware of what the other was doing at any time .
27 It was difficult to x-ray his leg so far up , and as it was a small machine and needed a relatively long exposure it was hard to get a clear picture with him shaking as the poor boy was doing by this time .
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