Example sentences of "about the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 've got a job outside the home , it 's a good ideas to talk to your doctor and to your employer about the best time for you to stop work . |
| 2 | A decision needs to be reached about the best time in the day to hold the event . |
| 3 | Sometimes he could not sleep at night for thinking about the one time it had happened . |
| 4 | Each has its attributes but for all round performance Kodak technical Pan film 2415 is recommended , with subsequent development in Kodak HC1100 developer for about the suggested time at the manufacturer 's dilution D. |
| 5 | ‘ What 's the matter , San ? ’ the fat woman asked for about the fifth time since they had all trooped in out of the cold . |
| 6 | for about the fifth time |
| 7 | When the temperature peak was at about the normal time , the patient showed a temporary remission of symptoms ; when the temperature was timed too early she tended to feel depressed ; and when it was timed too late she tended to experience mania . |
| 8 | Here you see the Sheffield ladies , Pauline [ branch secretary ] , Diane [ sales controller ] , Joan [ service controller ] and Sue [ receptionist ] still talking about the fantastic time they had . |
| 9 | For about the seventh time Folly walked over to the vase on the mantelpiece which held the flowers he had sent her that morning . |
| 10 | Did n't Celia tell you about the awful time she had giving birth to Donna ? ’ |
| 11 | When he called Diana on the phone he often spoke in sympathetic tones about the rough time Camilla was getting because there were three or four journalists outside her home . |
| 12 | There would , therefore be this degree of uncertainty At about the actual time at which the radiation was released . |
| 13 | If one accepts the story of Molla Yegan 's bringing Molla Gurani to the Ottoman court-and there seems no reason not to-then on the basis of what appears to be the fairly firm evidence for this part of Molla Gurani 's career , Molla Yegan 's return from his journey can not be dated earlier than 845/1441–2 ; and on the reasonable assumption that the purpose of Molla Yegan 's journey was to make the pilgrimage , it seems entirely likely that it was in the year 844/1440–1 , the same year that Molla Gurani made his abortive pilgrimage , that Molla Yegan also performed the hajj and that the two met somewhere after that pilgrimage , though clear information about the actual time and place of their meeting is entirely lacking . |
| 14 | See you later on yeah , about er about the usual time |
| 15 | One — three months seems about the right time horizon for raising the majority of deposits . |
| 16 | In Spain , about the only times when things got put in this much perspective were when Nirvana were actually playing — Madrid was still below-par , frenzy-wise , but a thrilling experience purely because the audience was so enthused by it all — and when I finally interviewed Dave , Chris and Kurt . |
| 17 | I could n't spell and about the only time in your life you 're not allowed to use a dictionary is in an English ‘ O ’ level exam . ’ |
| 18 | That 's about the only time I 've liked it here . ’ |
| 19 | Moreover , evenings were about the only time parents could relax together . |
| 20 | It 's about the only time I really hate the job , you know — with accidents and so on … having to tell the relatives , and all that . ’ |
| 21 | It was about the only time Ken opened up about his feelings about living in Farley Court by himself . |
| 22 | Their first innings made only 205 , with 57 from Smith and 43 from debutante Bailey ( whose reward , after failing in the second innings , was to be dropped against Sri Lanka , one of the most astonishing pieces of selectoral crassness for years ) ; but on the second morning , in real sunshine for about the first time in the rubber , Foster bowled splendidly to decapitate the order . |
| 23 | ‘ And what about the first time ? |
| 24 | I 'd like you to tell me about the first time you were really aware of these symptoms , then the worst episode you can remember , and then the last … . |
| 25 | He was thinking — and something had happened that day to make him do so — about the first time he had seen the female golden eagle in the Zoo . |
| 26 | I 'm going to write about the first time I met G.P. |
| 27 | Right here I just wanted to tell about the first time I ever saw him . |
| 28 | your partner tells you about the good times he/she had before meeting you |
| 29 | Life is full of ups and downs , but you should enjoy it more if you are able to think about the good times and you 'll feel better able to cope when the bad times are around . |
| 30 | You have to sermonize about the good times . |