Example sentences of "it [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could be useful to remind Stuart Baxter of it some time in the future . |
| 2 | Not only did she need Vitor 's goodwill now , but she could need it some time in the future ; so turning him into an outright no-holds-barred enemy was shortsighted … and potentially dangerous . |
| 3 | See it again , right , I 'll just do it this time without talking it through , and you can just watch |
| 4 | After last year when I lost the championship by one point on the last round I never imagined I would end up winning it this time with two rounds to spare . ’ |
| 5 | I was going to , one of the , the many things that I went to away last meeting with was , was the idea of , that I 've missed it this time for Playback is a list , a listings kind of mechanism , so obviously this is the first one |
| 6 | It 's surprising what they 'll pay for it this time of year . ’ |
| 7 | I li , I li , you can only make it this time of year . |
| 8 | Can we start to look at it this time from the benefits to some people in terms of travel and a quiet environment ? ’ |
| 9 | ( It is frequently used : Chirac used it 22 times in 1987 ; it was used 43 times between 1986 and 1988 . ) |
| 10 | The new Emperor called for lights , examined the face , then thrust at it three times with a sword . |
| 11 | Then , picking up the poker from the hearth , she banged it three times against the back of the fireplace . |
| 12 | Ephron picks up Abraham 's ‘ give ’ and uses it three times in his opening offer . |
| 13 | What is equally undeniable is Die Auferstehung 's status as a masterwork ( Mozart conducted it three times in 1788 , expressing no small amount of enthusiasm ) , and this recording 's fine presentation of the piece , worthy to stand beside Hermann Max 's [ see my review of JS Bach 's Magnificat below — Ed. ] splendid Capriccio recording ( coupled with . |
| 14 | Matilda had read it many times with fascination . |
| 15 | Sleepless in Scotland she had walked it many times in her mind . |
| 16 | ‘ Opinion polls may or may not turn out to be right at a later stage ’ ; ‘ Local authorities exceeded projected expenditure by quite a margin ’ ; ‘ When this campaign started some weeks ago ’ ; ‘ I concede the point , for I have stated it many times in the past . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ But I have gone over it many times in my mind about why we lost so heavily in India and one of the main reasons for me was that we were not used to playing on turning pitches . |
| 18 | And he tells you when he wants to go , or is it regular times of the day ? . |
| 19 | During that time we won it 3 times despite being in the second division for half that time . |
| 20 | It 's almost painful to tell kids who have gone to see The Graduate eight times that once was enough for you because you 've already seen it eighty times with Charles Ray and Robert Harron and Richard Barthlemess and Richard Cromwell and Charles Farrell … |
| 21 | The meaning of ‘ volley ’ here is : when a ball comes to the player and he hits it first time at the goal before it touches the ground . |
| 22 | Pearce intelligent ball for Phillips back in it goes to Collimore and a header down drops to Crosby Thomson arrives to dispossess him and knocks it first time for Jochim . |
| 23 | Took up some good positions , had one half chance which the keeper did well to hold , and then chased after a long ball , outrun 2 defenders , hit it first time from 25 yards or so — straight into the bottom right corner , well the keeper got a slight touch which lifted it a bit higher but you get the idea . |
| 24 | He proceeded to play it five times at the next night 's party ( ‘ We thought he was just being nice but he said it was great ! ’ ) . |
| 25 | And , on average , we each do it five times in our life . |
| 26 | last time you 've done it five times in a row . |
| 27 | This is traditionally done in early spring , although you can do it any time between autumn and late spring . |
| 28 | You could n't join the library until you were seven , and before that I read my Hans Christian Anderson back to front when I 'd read it twenty times from start to finish . |
| 29 | I have taken it enough times from Steve . |
| 30 | I practised it enough times in the car coming here , ’ Whitlock replied with a grin . |