Example sentences of "and [verb] [art] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Back home we play only 11 first-class matches , so players come out spitting and firing every time in the knowledge that they will have three or four days off afterwards . ’ |
| 2 | Puts watch on table and records the time on a pad . ) |
| 3 | He knew most of the men who used the line and passed the time of day with them . |
| 4 | Of course the idea came to nothing ; in fact , one gets the impression , throughout this period , that there were a great many ideas floating about whose sole value was to console , and occupy the time of , those who had them . |
| 5 | They are more able to relax and enjoy the time with their baby when they have had a break from the everyday routine at home ; others find that having their own income gives them independence — and fewer money worries . |
| 6 | It is a real pleasure to see these young lady constables and to pass the time of day with them . ’ |
| 7 | It 's precious meeting the odd soul on a high top and passing the time of day with them , knowing that no matter who or what they are , you share the same interests in wildlife , wilderness and solitude . |
| 8 | If that power was sufficient , the holy spirit , if that power was sufficient to raise Christ from the dead , you not think he 's able to exert that power in your life and in my life to make us live lives that are pleasing to God , of course it is so we do n't do it ourselves , just let me in closing mention one other thing , this relationship we have needs to be maintained , you know for any relationship to grow , one needs to spend time with the other person , I do n't give a lot of credence to the saying that absence makes the heart grow fonder , it does with somebody else , it 's true , it does not make it grow fonder of that person the person is you know who you , you heard this story so often , like particularly like going back during the last war , folk who were separated sometimes for , for , not just for months but for several years , there they were in concentration camps perhaps , in prisoner of war camps , separated for years , they come back home they 've got to get to know each other all over again you see that a relationship on a human level as well as in our relationship with God is dependent on , on association , it 's dependent on companionship , it 's dependent on spending time with the other person and in our relationship with Christ this is achieved by , by prayer , by knowing and understanding God 's word , by having fellowship with other Christians and fellowship with other Christians is not just meeting them and passing the time of day with them , oh that 's fellowship but it 's far more than that is required , there 's the fellowship in worship , we worship together , of course I can worship God at home of course I can do it , so can you do it and we , we should do it , but there 's that re , there 's that need , that requirement as God 's people we come together to worship him in a corporate act , in the sacraments , in , as we mentioned in , in earlier on in taking the bread and the wine and remembering the lords death , there 's a sense in which I can do it by myself |
| 9 | New developments in filtration have been mainly in the direction of improving performance and lengthening the times between backwashing . |
| 10 | I glanced at my watch , found I had forgotten to adjust it and read the time for him from the digital clock at the base of the instrument panel . |
| 11 | Then our hostess appeared on a terrace higher still , put a large telescope to her eye , and read the time by the clock on the town tower . |
| 12 | Stroll by and pass the time of day , when you were ranting and raving and threatening ’ |
| 13 | Teri was a high fashion catwalk model for 10 years , and spent the time between shows talking to and watching her fellow models . |
| 14 | I sometimes join them , if their smell is n't too gamey , and exchange the time of day during my lunch hour , just to make sure that I still have the use of my voice if I 've been feeding the archive into the computer all day . |
| 15 | He would want everybody to go out and have the time of their lives . ’ |
| 16 | Most of the architectural establishment were outraged , and lost no time in condemning the Prince . |
| 17 | But most men of her acquaintance were in uniform now , and having the time of their lives , she should n't wonder , with girls young enough to be their own daughters . |
| 18 | ‘ I was glad to hear that the children are well and happy — and having the time of their lives down here in Devon . |
| 19 | Yet a Prime Minister does face certain persisting role demands — chairing the Cabinet , answering parliamentary questions , making appointments , and choosing the time for a dissolution of Parliament . |
| 20 | egg removal is a surgical procedure , virtually always preceeded by the administration of fertility drugs and hormones to the woman so that multiple eggs will be produced during the menstrual cycle , and to control the time of ovulation . |
| 21 | She lowered her lashes and sighed deeply , prolonging the moment from a sense of fun ; and then she saw his face , glimpsed the uncertainty there and knew the time for games was over . |
| 22 | He supported the Japanese at the time of the Russo-Japanese war and represented The Times at the Portsmouth peace conference in 1905 . |
| 23 | A low drone of talk hummed in the hut , and Holly lay on his back on his bunk and gazed at the roof rafters and counted the time between each fall of a water drop to his feet . |
| 24 | He smiles , waves , is clearly over-worked , over-stretched , in a hurry , but glad to stop and pass the time of day helped by our Czech phrase book and my appalling German . |
| 25 | I heard you at it so I thought I 'd pop in and pass the time of day . |
| 26 | ‘ You 'd best go over and pass the time of day . |
| 27 | You can plot its movement on a map of the world and date the times of arrival of the outbreaks . |
| 28 | You just behaved as you , in fact , naturally were and had no time for the black arts of propaganda . |
| 29 | He was a good judge of character , hated hypocrisy , and had no time for conceit . |
| 30 | To spend her days reading and writing and finding out more and talking to people , and to spend no time at all trying to outwit awful people like Mother Clare . |