Example sentences of "be [verb] time [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IMO it has been demonstrated time after time that Strachan is pretty useless on the left ( even though he put in a nice cross for Hodge on saturday ) ) Even in the scum match , Strachan looked just a little too late and too slow in most situations , and I understand from the match reports that he has n't improved since . |
| 2 | But director Phil Noyce called for the scene to be re-shot time after time . |
| 3 | any employee attending court as a witness on behalf of the employee involved will be granted time off work with pay for this purpose . |
| 4 | The fragrance can be revitalised time after time with oils supplied ( £2.99 . ) |
| 5 | We would not be taking time off work , making all kinds of out-of-the-usual arrangements , unless we thought it was important to go to the funeral as a mark of how we feel about the person who had died , and wanted to ‘ pay our respects ’ . |
| 6 | It is most often used where a salesperson is faced with the same objection being raised time after time . |
| 7 | While children were spending time on task and on different curriculum areas in similar proportions to those identified in other studies , it was also clear that such figures are by no means inevitable or appropriate . |
| 8 | The important thing is to increase time before pace ; so walk at a moderate pace for 30 minutes , gently stretching yourself as you go . |
| 9 | The average Tube-goer 's travelling time to work is 52 minutes and rising by several seconds every week . |
| 10 | This explains why the general election was delayed time after time : clearly , all that mattered was the recession . |
| 11 | He was doing time for debt , as I recall . |
| 12 | He abused his inheritance , behaved extravagantly , and nearly got his comeuppance from the weasels — a violent proletariat who squatted in his house while he was doing time for car theft . |
| 13 | If the operative part could properly be controlled by the recitals , I think there would be much reason to say that the only thing contemplated by the recitals was giving time for payment , without any relinquishment , on the part of the judgment creditor , of any portion of the amount recoverable ( whether for principal or for interest ) under the judgment . |