Example sentences of "time [pron] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I I often , well , usually , if I 'm in the country at the time I bet on the National just for a , for a to sort of waste some money . |
| 2 | Like Claudia , I have an interest in the NEC show , and it 's time I checked on the progress of my entries . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I remember the hangover I had the last time I went on the tiles with you , and tomorrow I have to ply squash at nine . |
| 4 | At that time I lived on the flat and rather featureless coast of East Anglia , and spent most of my spare time sailing its lonely creeks and estuaries . |
| 5 | So rather than cause er an incident there and then , I informed my partner to follow them back to wherever they went , which time I got on the radio back to control , that we required the police and the fire brigade . |
| 6 | It seems that every other person I meet , every paper I pick up , every time I turn on the television I am exhorted to ‘ go green ’ ! |
| 7 | I , I think I ca I , once upon a time I did on the fixed seating for , for I think you could get about a hundred and twenty round |
| 8 | The last time I preached on the New Age before writing this chapter , I asked for a show of hands from those who had heard of it . |
| 9 | Before , she had always jumped up excitedly , but this time she stayed on the settee . |
| 10 | About time you got on the |
| 11 | It very rarely happens that you take several fish in one period and then nothing for the remainder of the time you spend on the water . |
| 12 | All sorts of influences are brought to bear upon us every time we turn on the radio or open a newspaper . |
| 13 | ‘ The last time they met on the face of this earth . ’ |
| 14 | Many women found it difficult to put an exact figure on the amount of time they spent on the various areas of farm work . |
| 15 | It was almost dark by the time they got on the motorway . |
| 16 | At Sussex we actually make a third of the time they spend on the university component of their courses compulsory work in science — that is to say every student does it — so we can actually do something about it practically by looking at our processes of initial training and coming to realise what an important section of the world this is and training teachers accordingly , and not to leave it at that but to continue with erm progressive and planned in-service training of teachers . |
| 17 | At Sussex we actually make a third of the time they spend on the university component of their courses compulsory work in science — that is to say every student does it — so we can actually do something about it practically by looking at our processes of initial training and coming to realise what an important section of the world this is and training teachers accordingly , and not to leave it at that but to continue with erm progressive and planned in-service training of teachers . |
| 18 | Every time it goes on the blink I wonder who 'll win . |
| 19 | Most of the time it falls on the troops from the sky , while they try to sleep in some half-filled trench . |
| 20 | George had been tried out in a variety of parts , but each time he stepped on the stage he would stand with his legs and arms splayed out and drone monotonously . |
| 21 | He originally planned to earn enough cash selling computers to pay for the time he spent on the race track . |
| 22 | The memories were vague and dream-like , not associated with the world in which he now lived , but he was well aware that the relatively brief time he spent on the island had changed his life irreversibly . |
| 23 | On August 14 , John Allison , considering the short hangar time he had on the aircraft , flew the Corsair in a beautiful aerobatic routine , and the following day he flew across to Coventry Airshow , Warks , to display the aircraft at the RAFA Airshow there . |
| 24 | Precisely when and in what circumstances Molla Fenari returned to the Ottoman lands is not entirely clear , though both Ibn Hajar and Taskopruzade assert that he had returned by the time he went on the pilgrimage in 822/1419 . |
| 25 | Not for the first time he reflected on the power of grief . |
| 26 | Each time he drew on the mouthpiece , setting in motion the gentle protracted gurgle , he stared into space , completely absorbed . |
| 27 | Eb could not scream for help , because his jaws were gagged with a handful of dirty cotton-waste , and every time he slipped on the wet paving-stones , they hauled him back to his feet with a blow and a curse , dragging him with them . |
| 28 | Larry covers ‘ working-class sport for the working classes ’ , one of his classics being the time he reported on the local-government elections in Westminster . |
| 29 | He felt that every time he spoke on the subject or appeared on television , some young person might stop smoking or might be persuaded not to even start . |