Example sentences of "time they [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At other times they might have drawn the evening out . |
| 2 | At other times they may exist in competition , each endeavouring to gain influence in a third area . |
| 3 | At other times they would collect along the river bank and the younger Martyn was to write many years later of Crocus vernus , ‘ I remember , when a boy , to have seen it in considerable quantity in Battersea meadow , near the mill ’ . |
| 4 | To help pull this cart at times they would enlist the help of a mule owned by old Dick Gooding at Holly Kill . |
| 5 | Take in every little movement they make , watch how they immediately gulp down some items of food , when at other times they will suck and blow it out several times before consuming it . |
| 6 | At times they will get trampled into the ground . |
| 7 | Themes are a splendid way of giving exhibitors a bias ; it challenges them to put on their thinking caps and at times they can find material with only a subtle connection . |
| 8 | His almost too handsome face , for her taste , that is , was saved by the warmth of his eyes , though at times they could become frightening . |
| 9 | WHEELCHAIR competitors in Sunday 's London Marathon have been told that instead of going for personal best times they must take at least one hour and 50 minutes to complete the course . |
| 10 | But at some future time they may decide they want to . |
| 11 | Often a group of children will work alongside their teacher and may produce similar puppets , but at another time they may use the technique more creatively . |
| 12 | No , well they all said next time they 'll check , because some of them just just take it for granted . |
| 13 | This time they 'll bring the chopper with them . |
| 14 | That 's the last time they 'll get an invite , I can tell you . ’ |
| 15 | In 40 years ' time they 'll say ‘ It was the first one out after the 400th Birthday Issue ’ . |
| 16 | Perhaps in time they 'll turn more of their songs into group showcases , as they did on Cash 's Big River , but as the Highwaymen rode into the sunset , they 'd succeeded in that most country of missions : they 'd kept their pride intact , and their boots on . |
| 17 | If practise breeds professionalism and The Wishplants are this adept now , in six months time they 'll have the gap all sewn up . |
| 18 | But they want to be sure it is empty at the time they might need to sell or redevelop . |
| 19 | The fates were obviously being kind — and not before time they might have thought — to Channel 4 , who had Dr Edward Teller scheduled for Opinions ( 7 February ) . |
| 20 | By this time they might have gained a portfolio They might well have got hooked . |
| 21 | From time to time they would engage in what read like mannered conversations on whether they were acting as Cabinet ministers or as purely departmental ministers . |
| 22 | All that mattered was the next time he would see Kate ; beyond that he looked forward with an urgency that hurt to the first time they would make love . |
| 23 | I had instantly buried the intense feelings hoping that with time they would decompose or reform and grow into normal healthy heterosexual longings . |
| 24 | But pro-devolutionists warned that in a week 's time they would return in larger numbers , each bearing a fiery cross , the Jacobite symbol of warfare between the clans . |
| 25 | They also told us that next time they would hold people in custody until the next court sitting . ’ |
| 26 | Though they had not said what time they would arrive , Vic was ready for his guests . |
| 27 | During this time they would attempt to popularize the LGS message further by organizing health education activities in schools , mosques and meetings . |
| 28 | Er but if you did your work they were very fair , probably ten minutes before time they would say er Righto , you can go now . |
| 29 | What our staffing levels do n't allow us to do is for the care assistants to have the time they would like just to spend talking to elderly people , talking them write letters , get in touch with their relatives . |
| 30 | I do n't know how much machine time they would need on a daily basis , but if it 's just for updating files , I ca n't imagine it being very extensive . |