Example sentences of "time and [pron] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd seen the book a dozen times and he knew this perfectly well ; he was challenging her to go further , but Lucy now knew better . |
| 2 | Yeah and we wound , re-wound the tape and er looked for the number and it 's the same number , I 've done it three times and I got this other bloke and I went right through it once and it says |
| 3 | Because I look at hard times and I make this vow : This will not stand . " |
| 4 | Moreover , manual workers tended to be paid benefits for shorter periods of time and they received smaller amounts than non-manual workers . |
| 5 | It is the way that our feelings tell us that they have got too much to cope with at the same time and they need some help — in the jargon this is called needing some ‘ ventilation ’ . |
| 6 | There are a number of processes which reproduce themselves through time and which keep poor farmers in perpetual poverty and force them to use their natural environment in non-sustainable ways . |
| 7 | The spirit of true craftsmanship is , however , best seen in those items which , as far as is known , were unique in their time and which required all the craftsmen 's skills to achieve . |
| 8 | at the time and we took that with us , which was an old fashioned , a really old Victorian suite which we got rid of when we moved into this house . |
| 9 | But after plunging towards the relegation zone with just four points from the previous 21 , he admitted : ‘ We have been going through a bad time and We needed this win . ’ |
| 10 | There can be reasons why people make a claim for asylum after they have been here for some time and we consider all cases properly . |
| 11 | The time I have available to practise is my sacred time and I make sure that I accomplish everything I set out to do . |
| 12 | that 's the perfect time and I had this sort of doubt in my mind erm then I was fortunate I learnt a co a very good scripted presentation for getting referred leads and once I started to actually ask , cos that 's all it comes down to , erm then I was getting three , four , in the end I was being quite clever and saying look if you just restrict them to three then I 'll give them the same good service I reckon I 've given you this service |
| 13 | I have n't taken more than a week off at a time and I need some rest . ’ |
| 14 | After what has happened I do not think this girl will be able easily to adjust to a normal teenage existence for some time and I think any order forbidding her to see this man again would not only be unrealistic , but would place an intolerable burden on a young girl who , it seems to me , has had quite enough strain already . |
| 15 | I mean when I wrote this book of bible poems in fact it took me a very long time and I started all sorts of subjects which I did n't finish , so , no , you have to be obedient to whether the poem intends to get written or not . |
| 16 | His father was the laibon at the time and he had five brothers . |
| 17 | He thought again about his parents , but it had been a long time and he became angry with himself because he could no longer picture their faces like before . |
| 18 | David had a couple of records out at the time and he sang all his songs in the show that we did . |
| 19 | If there is time and he has any energy left , Bill will also do some gardening . |
| 20 | beard and that all the time and he shaved that off , oh |
| 21 | No she still buys smooth erm I remember I must have been about three years old , it was when we were still up North and mummy was dashing out , it was breakfast time and she go easy on the peanut butter , there 's hardly any left . |
| 22 | Christmas time and she did last year |
| 23 | There was a general election pending at this time and it seemed certain we should lose it . |
| 24 | ‘ Last time , ’ he grins , ‘ one guy said , ‘ I just kissed a man for the first time and it felt good . ’ |
| 25 | However , administration of the scheme is costly in terms of time and it seems unlikely that it would be feasible to operate it on a large scale . |