Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] [pos pn] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus Regan , in memoirs not noted for their kindness to the president , says , ‘ [ Reagan 's ] grasp of economic theory as it had been taught in his time ( Eureka College , class of 1932 ) was excellent , and he kept abreast of later theory . |
| 2 | He found it difficult to see what progress had been made since his time . |
| 3 | Is n't it actually what they are doing with their time that counts ? |
| 4 | Finally , look after your health — if you are really going to the top enormous demands are going to be made on your time and strength and you can not afford to be careless . ’ |
| 5 | But the animals that are to be seen in our time can be interpreted as the end-products of an arms race that was run in the past . |
| 6 | ‘ If we had n't come to an agreement , you 'd be paying for my time as well . ’ |
| 7 | While I 'm paying for your time , we 'll discuss whatever I think necessary , ’ and if that was n't enough to send her temper soaring , ‘ So , for a start , you can begin by telling me why , when I know as fact that two men at least hang their hat up in your home , you 're so intent — the glasses , the schoolmarm hairstyle — on living up to the Miss Frostbite label they 've pinned on you here ? ’ |
| 8 | It provides for both Britain and France a unique representative picture of the quality of family life and how it has been changing in our time . |
| 9 | Even David Owen was later to admit that they should have been scrapped during his time at the Foreign Office in 1 977–9 . |
| 10 | His creativity continued unabated to the end of his life , but his efficiency in administration and political reform soon led to enormous demands being made on his time . |
| 11 | In the course of ten years , some fifty students were trained , about half of whom went on to ordination and a few of the others were ordained after my time . |
| 12 | The only occasion when rail closures were raised in my time at the Transport Department was in the spring of 1981 . |
| 13 | Why , I ca n't even take a bath without being pestered for my time and attention . |
| 14 | He and his wife Ann were unstinting of their time in attending lectures , functions and committees and they won the affection and admiration of a great many people at all levels . |
| 15 | An official enquiry is needed to examine why the skills acquired by some children in primary schools are lost during their time in a secondary school . |
| 16 | the , what Daniel wrote there it 's happening in our time |
| 17 | The registered version is configured for your time and place of birth which makes it even more accurate . |
| 18 | The other word , kairos , is a word that is used a great deal to describe God 's breaking into our time and history to bring his salvation . |
| 19 | ‘ Ee — well , it 's getting near my time for going home , I think I 'd better be making a move … ’ |
| 20 | The major innovations and discoveries of the 20th century such as transistors , penicillin or nuclear power could not have been predicted before their time nor do their stories have much in common except the the research which led to them could not have been directed towards their discovery . |
| 21 | Despite the difficulties and the continuing insecurity of support , Linda concludes that life for Elizabeth and Helen has been improved by their time in the community and that the hard journey is worth it . |
| 22 | Thalberg ( 1812–71 ) was considered in his time Liszt 's only true rival . |
| 23 | With music by DJ Noel Watson and costumes by Andre Walker , the piece was inspired by her time spent living in Harlem last year and by the era of Josephine Baker , Lena Horne and Cab Calloway . |
| 24 | Her second child was born during her time at Somerville while she was studying for an M. Phil in Social Anthropology , and she describes ‘ the time when Mrs Indira Gandhi was awarded the Hon. |
| 25 | Alexander , Duke of Ross , was born before his time on the thirtieth April 1514 ! ’ |
| 26 | For years we had no telephone , and the house was lit in our time by acetylene gas which we made each evening in the pigsty . |
| 27 | By contrast Engels 's position was that the family , as it was known in his time , had not always existed in that form , that marriage as it was known at that time had also not always existed . |
| 28 | We can account for what he was doing with his time , but this is not the same thing as explaining how or why the tone of voice — that vigour , that distinctively Lewisian freshness and vitality — was so long in coming . |
| 29 | He was beginning to see that his concept of Art with a capital A was European , based on a classical tradition that was never going to expand to meet the challenge of the new generations of painters because it was defined by its time . |