Example sentences of "but [det] time the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to dig his heels into the bed of the trough in an attempt to slow down his headlong rush , but each time the soft bottom gave way and on he went . |
| 2 | Updates to the data are inevitable , but each time the programmer amends the data the chance of introducing unplanned consequences increases . |
| 3 | The fish have bred a few times but each time the fry have died . |
| 4 | As they watched , they saw Derek more than once attempt to continue towards the entrance , but each time the man closed up on him again . |
| 5 | There may well be a modest marble tombstone for Mr Dowd somewhere in Saratoga Springs ; but each time the television continuity announcer advertises a forthcoming programme as showing at ‘ 9 pm Eastern , 8 Central and Mountain ’ then one might say of the late Professor , si monumentum requiris , circumspice . |
| 6 | It was hard to tell what the tide was doing , for I could n't see the shore , but each time the anchor held the dinghy would be carried one way or the other to the extent of her scope . |
| 7 | Virginia had crept up to her several times trying to be friendly , but each time the house repelled her advances , do n't you dare to come near me with those nasty creepy little fingers she smiled , preventing the new young tendrils finding a hold on her walls . |
| 8 | Meyer also ran in a cross- country in Durham earlier this year but that time the ‘ chill factor ’ was too much for her , and she did not perform well . |
| 9 | But this time the rejected text survives : we have the galley proofs of ‘ At Tikhon 's ’ submitted to the magazine Russian Herald , and Dostoevsky 's alterations to those proofs , and his widow 's list of further variants . |
| 10 | But this time the executive had come up with a compromise of sterling dimness . |
| 11 | But this time the religious extremists ' anger took a more dangerous form . |
| 12 | But this time the TSEMI man kept on talking , and threw in his lot with Mr Yeltsin . |
| 13 | She continued being ‘ the worst horse in the world ’ until one year she was served by yet another stallion ; but this time the stallion worked a genetic miracle upon the foal which was quite happy to be taught anything ! |
| 14 | Long escapes are not unusual in seven hour races , but this time the field misjudged the strength of the leading four who , apart from better-known second-placed Swiss Thomas Wegmuller , have little to show for their professional careers . |
| 15 | The chosen organisation was a local authority that had participated in earlier developments , but this time the study examined the problems that had arisen in the Highways and the planning departments following the establishment of a common unit providing both with financial , administrative , personnel and computer support . |
| 16 | Helen Mirren again plays DCI Tennison , but this time the script 's by Alan Cubitt . |
| 17 | As before , the neck is oil-finished maple , but this time the fingerboard is rosewood . |
| 18 | The subject and situation are unknown , but this time the set sentence is followed by a shorter , unknown portion in which there are two clues . |
| 19 | Is similar but this time the unchanging part of the sentence is : What nationality do you think of when I say … ? |
| 20 | But this time the breakers are closer and the engines are slowing … |
| 21 | Manawatu tight-head prop Mana Otai is one of the survivors of the 1988 side , but this time the Kiwi students have drafted in several highly-rated provincial players : Auckland 's first choice scrum-half Jason Hewett , Canterbury open-side wing forward Dallas Seymour and Manawatu and New Zealand XV fly-half Loe Stensness . |
| 22 | The two ‘ Arminian ’ bishops of Chichester in the 1620s and 1630s , Richard Montague and Brian Duppa , clashed as surely with the local squires as had Bishop Curteys fifty years before , but this time the enraged Sussex gentry found no support in their appeals to the king ; not surprisingly , a substantial number of them saw Charles 's pretensions as a growing threat to their own social position and local prestige . |
| 23 | But this time the only other royal to win votes was the Queen , outside the top 10 . |
| 24 | England batted badly in both games but this time the players should be at their tour peak . |
| 25 | But this time the England striker 's shot on the turn was diverted over the bar by Eric Young 's outstretched leg . |
| 26 | On the 27th the same combination of crew and aircraft attacked the U-Boat pens at Farge , near Bremen , but this time the flak was really close , causing seven small holes , including one of the crew windows . |
| 27 | But this time the conversation was less relaxed . |
| 28 | We hope to stage another competition next year , but this time the photos will have to be taken during the year to be eligible . ’ |
| 29 | Again the action focused on a strike but this time the melodramatic story , in which all the trouble was precipitated by the boss 's nephews and a socially ambitious foreman promoted above his station , was so farcical as to almost sink the film without trace . |
| 30 | More shots , but this time the gouts of white smoke were scattered more thinly along the hedgerow . |