Example sentences of "on [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The specifications of November 1939 became a reality just 43 years ago , when a CW pump evacuated model with sealing wax joints was switched on for the first time at the end of February 1940 , and operated successfully . |
| 2 | As a climax , you could arrange for some of the room lights to be switched off one by one before the tree-lights are switched on for the first time ( test them first ! ) . |
| 3 | For instance , a LAN operating system like NetWare or an appropriate environment like Windows for Workgroups can be largely pre-installed at the factory , with the remaining configuration being done via a fill-in-the-blanks , sign-on display when the thing 's switched on for the first time . |
| 4 | I was operated on for the first time when I was two or three weeks old . |
| 5 | Andy Mutch has been trying his new kit on for the first time today . |
| 6 | There was one in this show when Charity Barnum 's understudy went on for the first time . |
| 7 | on for the first time yesterday |
| 8 | If you attempt to pass the SPR on for the seventh time or to the same user twice , LIFESPAN will display an error message and you will not be allowed to pass it on . |
| 9 | The light will be left on for the whole time . |
| 10 | What 's sort of going on since the last time I interviewed you . |
| 11 | He said it does n't matter who does it on down the second time . |
| 12 | pending discussions but the whole thing Mr chairman really has n't erm has n't been decided to you know er a few colleagues point er I mean there 's nothing we can actually start and you can put pencil to paper on at the present time . |
| 13 | You put that on at the right time |
| 14 | Concentration has nothing to do with gritting your teeth and braving it out ; it 's the secret of being more and more relaxed and aware of everything that is going on at the same time . |
| 15 | I put Growmore fertiliser on at the same time as the compost and it seems to have no ill-effects . |
| 16 | One of the most productive nurseries in the world , the Yorkshire League , has become almost barren and the time has come to pluck from another , rich in blossoms — Shivaji Park , Bombay , where you can stand on the roof-top of the small pavilion and watch 15 games going on at the same time . |
| 17 | Why did n't they wait for the passengers to get off first , instead of squeezing themselves , their sacks of wheat and bicycles on at the same time that others were dragging their possessions off ? |
| 18 | But what commits the muscle to this final pathway and what ensures that all the necessary genes are turned on at the same time ? |
| 19 | I mute them so that I can switch two wirelesses on at the same time , because if you have two on together they screech . |
| 20 | If that 's on at the same time as soccer , we 'll have two sets going . |
| 21 | None of the following devices should , on any account , be switched on at the same time : the immersion heater in the master bathroom , the swimming-pool filter or the dishwashing machine . |
| 22 | If they are to be more than mere training , then a process of informed reflection has to go on at the same time . |
| 23 | On the intellectual front , this unification went on at the same time that in the social history of science specialization was the order of the day . |
| 24 | Talk ought to go on , even if murder went on at the same time ; at the sideboard Twomey turned his back before he smiled . |
| 25 | All the DCs can be worked on at the same time ( which is why they must all be handled through one user and one package ) , and the package need only be approved once for them all . |
| 26 | All the DCs can be worked on at the same time ( which is why they must all be handled through one user and one package ) , and the package need only be approved once for them all . |
| 27 | More than one DC can be activated via a package at the same time , up to a maximum of 10 , and all of the DCs can be worked on at the same time ( which is why they must all be handled through one user and one package ) . |
| 28 | At present , another member commented , " we have been driving with the accelerator full down and the brake on at the same time " . |
| 29 | Just er wh when you put an , when you put an each way bet , you put two bets on at the same time . |
| 30 | How many aircraft were they capable of working on at the same time ? |