Example sentences of "time [verb] [adv prt] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means a reasonable length of time to try out the goods generally , not a reasonable length of time in which to discover any defects there might be in the goods , Bernstein v. Pamsons Motors ( Golders Green ) Ltd. ( 1986 Q.B. ) . |
| 2 | You can spend an enormous amount of time checking out the possibilities for a particular audio-visual presentation only to find the organiser or speaker changes his mind . |
| 3 | Staff and councillors at the town hall have praised the generous efforts of the milkmen who will inevitably have to spend extra time picking up the gifts . |
| 4 | Great carts pulled by as many as six horses at a time came up the roads from the east and waited at Ridgery Butts until a party of people who wanted to cross the forest formed up so that they could travel together . |
| 5 | But Madame Zborowska , who seems to have spent most of her time smoothing out the quarrels between the artists , asserted that Modigliani also worked ‘ passionately ’ . |
| 6 | I arrive in time to sort out the records for my show which starts at 8am and finishes at 10am . |
| 7 | There was little change in relations with the United States , although in May 1990 the North for the first time handed over the remains of US servicemen missing in action from the Korean War [ see p. 37456 ; see also p. 38295 ] . |
| 8 | He was doing three tasks at once : checking the statements of witnesses in a report being prepared for the Public Prosecutor and at the same time turning over the photographs and diagrams of the house in Church Row which the SOCO had put together . |
| 9 | It 's nearly time to give up the tights and get out the sandals . |
| 10 | She needed more time — time to think , time to weigh up the consequences . |
| 11 | A more gentle upbringing means that the animal has more time to build up the reserves of fat necessary to lubricate the meat . |
| 12 | Romney Marsh was flooded as a defence against both Napoleon and Hitler , and Calais was lost in 1557 in part because the sluices were not opened in time to flood out the besiegers . |
| 13 | And after two painfully brave campaigns for the cause , John Emburey 's decision this time to cash in the krugerrands is fairly understandable . |
| 14 | All we have is the government time from time to time tweaking up the regulations as its er as its er it it it its doing here . |
| 15 | Isabel wondered when fitzAlan had found the time to pack up the garments . |
| 16 | The Labour Party had a merry time playing up the problems and piling up the votes . |
| 17 | ‘ Do you wish to order now , or do you need some more time to add up the calories ? ’ |
| 18 | This gives your body more time to burn up the calories . |
| 19 | Then I shall examine some criticisms of the monist position from a pluralist point of view , trying at the same time to bring out the presuppositions that underly such criticisms and showing that a clarification of these presuppositions demands a critical exploration of certain new philosophical topics that have not been touched on hitherto . |
| 20 | This was not a time to cut back the resources of the department which deals with the most acute form of social need , but a time to expand , provide more personnel , more finance , and more expertise . |
| 21 | They 've uncovered the remains of a first century village and graveyard … but they only have a short time to dig up the relics , before work continues on a pipeline straight through the site . |
| 22 | They 've uncovered the remains of a first century village and graveyard … but they only have a short time to dig up the relics , before work continues on a pipeline straight through the site . |
| 23 | The advantage of such an audit lies in its ability to produce a critical assessment of the organization 's marketing strengths and weaknesses , whilst at the same time weighing up the threats and opportunities posed by the external environment . |