Example sentences of "it [verb] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It passed the time , ’ Nicholas said . |
| 2 | It passed the time . |
| 3 | It was time for a film , a film I had watched before , however I did not mind as it passed the time . |
| 4 | It passed the time . |
| 5 | And er until it became the time when the thing got smaller and smaller and we finally had to do away with that place . |
| 6 | You can learn to use a sign without its having to tell you what it signifies every time you use it . |
| 7 | Opera is too clumsy for ideology — it has no time for its sub-clauses and selective hatreds . |
| 8 | Firstly , it causes the time period between the date of the accident and the appearance of the report in public to be extended , usually by at least six months . |
| 9 | But what we do , because we are the people we are , , and er , it happens every time , we 've got salesmen , and I 'm talking about salesmen , who will get over to see somebody and get something signed up , they called you or whatever it was , |
| 10 | ‘ It happens every time , ’ Jim grinned . |
| 11 | It passes the time . |
| 12 | ‘ It passes the time . ’ |
| 13 | it kills the time |
| 14 | It seemed no time at all until the last model , wearing a mauve duchesse evening dress called ‘ Tour d'Eiffel ’ , had swished back through the gold curtain and Paul de Levantiére was standing to acknowledge the enthusiastic applause . |
| 15 | The hours flew by and it seemed no time at all until she was back on the train , reliving every moment as she travelled home . |
| 16 | It seemed no time at all before the meeting was over . |
| 17 | The hour winged past and it seemed no time at all before I was back on the top road waiting in the gathering darkness for the Scarborough bus . |
| 18 | It happened every time . |
| 19 | I 've not had one tool that 's done what I tell it to do every time . |
| 20 | Getting a start on the hole through the wall is always the most difficult bit , but once started , it takes no time really . |
| 21 | On the other hand it takes no time at all to load a dishwasher . |
| 22 | I help her to do this , and it takes no time at all . |
| 23 | A grid of reference wires in front of the rotating map presented the hours , and as the solar image passed each wire it indicated the time as well as any sundial could . |
| 24 | For example , when Rome 's first sundial was brought to the city from Sicily in 263 BC , during the first Punic war , and was erected in the Forum it was inaccurate because it indicated the time appropriate to the place whence it came which was more than four degrees to the south . |
| 25 | By ensuring that only the most promising designs are subjected to the rigour of costly physical tests , it reduces the time and cost penalties of employing test facilities such as wind tunnels . |
| 26 | I hope too that you find it helpful to caretaking staff in that it reduces the time that they safeguard the front entrance by 15 minutes in the morning and 15 minutes at the end of the day . |
| 27 | Not least , it reduces the time in which the specification can be changed . |
| 28 | Not least , it reduces the time in which the specification can be changed . |
| 29 | When the Belgian nuclear industry decided to allow reporters into its new reactors at Doel near Antwerp , it followed the time honoured tradition of entertaining the thirsty hacks on a boat trip up the river Schelde . |
| 30 | Does it have a time limit on it ? |