Example sentences of "time it [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lois Brown was critical of the length of time it took many publishers to make deliveries . |
| 2 | With a combination of every kind of scientific equipment and a psychological ‘ mind over matter ’ approach , he got players fit again in a fraction of the time it took other trainers . |
| 3 | In 792 the Saxons revolted yet again ; this time it took two years of campaigning to suppress the Eastphalians and Nordalbingians involved . |
| 4 | But this time it took fewer repeats before the horse calmed and stopped . |
| 5 | At the same time it recommended enhanced powers for chief executives to arbitrate in sensitive political matters : for example , applying the rules for party balance on committees , determining whether an individual council has a need to inspect a document or attend a meeting , and deciding which chief officers should attend party group meetings . |
| 6 | But in the time it takes these children to ask for a drink of water an accomplice has slipped in the back and helped himself . |
| 7 | At that time it had two units located in Wilmslow and Knutsford . |
| 8 | Therefore , each time it receives new deposits and operational balances , the additional balances serve only to replace the balances used to increase its own advances . |