Example sentences of "time [verb] [adv prt] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was utterly baffled , but I gave you the benefit of every doubt , which by this time added up to a couple of thousand . |
| 2 | The latter may be in many small chunks of time adding up to a large commitment , or it may be a single large time requirement . |
| 3 | He accepts then the necessity to permit the destruction of some forms of life , while at the same time holding on to a firm belief in the essential unity of all life and the principle of non-violence . |
| 4 | Now 43 , she is married with a two-year-old daughter and says it took a long time to settle down to a ‘ normal life ’ . |
| 5 | if it is considered that the information content is of paramount importance then it is valid to so construct a resource centre that every student may spend most of his time wired up to a dial-access system so that all he need do is dial a number , press a button and then sit passively absorbing what he sees on a screen and hears in his headphones … |
| 6 | Always a favourite in London , the Russian star who opted for the West in 1974 is now in his mid-forties — absolutely the right time to change over to a repertoire well within his present compass . |
| 7 | To the end of the straw was fastened a slow-match or fuze and this allowed the lighter enough time to make off to a safe place . |