Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , Goram , Huistra and Steven at least have been given a chance of recovering in time . |
| 2 | An American president can decide to focus on domestic policy only up to a point ; events in the wider world , leaders of other countries , have a habit of eating into time that the president thought he would spend on other things . |
| 3 | also newcastle fans have two HUGE flags which they transport around the ground , everyone lifting the flag around — i think it 's the only english club iv'e seen doing that — you see this kind of flagging from time to time around europe ( even up here in Trondheim ) |
| 4 | Second , there was considerable background noise imposed by the tinfoil : in practice , by the way it was held in place , and its habit of crinkling from time to time . |
| 5 | He played tennis and golf and sometimes went swimming , determined to give no appearance of succumbing to time , to age . |
| 6 | How he had passed his medical tests was a mystery to everybody ; he was completely incapable of marching in time and swung his arms like a chimpanzee , unsynchronised and out of time . |
| 7 | To the teacher with a deep knowledge of how children at a particular age and stage develop , the first recipe for success is to vary their style of teaching from time to time , both to suit the circumstances , but also to vary the tempo and engage the child 's interest . |
| 8 | ‘ I have n't met many humans who have understood the complexities of travelling in time as well as space . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Our driver did n't stand a chance of stopping in time , ’ said a BR spokesman . |
| 10 | One of its most powerful adversaries is Fredric Jameson who suggests postmodernism is ‘ an alarming and pathological symptom of a society that has become incapable of dealing with time and history ’ ( in Foster 1983 : 117 ) . |
| 11 | Writing offered us another way of dealing with time , anxiety and frustration . |
| 12 | Kathleen knew it was only a case of stalling for time , but every day that passed brought new understanding of this enigmatic man who had captured her heart . |
| 13 | But hysteric she was , subject to the fatal political weakness of collapsing in time of trouble . |