Example sentences of "a time [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.

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1 If we do n't go one at a time nobody 'll be heard .
2 We 're advancing all the time and I think there may came a time we wo n't use animals at all for medical research , but at , up till now we needed to use animals for medical research .
3 For a time we could see nothing but high endless desert .
4 In a 3000m race at Stellenbosch in February , the new-look Zola , now markedly more adult in build than in her ill-fated days as a British international , won with a world-class 8:42.26 — a time which would have ranked her third in the the world in 1990 .
5 He had the Jaguar prize firmly in his sights when opting for a steady clear round in Tuesday night 's Rover Classic , instead of attempting a time which might have made it more difficult for Nick Skelton to win on Burmah Serenade .
6 The childhood objects were not only lovely in themselves , they were a link with some past and pleasantly remembered time , a time not violently shrugged off and rejected , but a time to be lived with , in happy recollection , a time which could well bear remembering .
7 Even so , giving bright light at a time which should not affect the body clock or even adjust it in the wrong direction could be tested — as has already been described .
8 Once upon a time it would have been unthinkable for a band , especially one with such a reputation as Happy Mondays ’ , to apologise for their remarks without some sort of legal action being taken against them .
9 Faulty plugs on electrical appliances can be killers — yet most manufacturers , it seems , would rather put their customers at risk from electrocution and fire hazards than pay out less than the pound a time it would cost to supply all their electrical goods with ready-fitted plugs .
10 Once upon a time it could take several hours to install a network interface card .
11 For a time it will be as though the locusts had invaded parts of the heart of the garden of England .
12 He will not feel able to leave , and so for a time he will strive to manage alone .
13 S. H. The kids — many a time you would go about with a dozen bloody sweets in your pocket .
14 A blight on your past , a time you would rather not remember … ’
15 That 's because while some of the shares can be sold for nearly £4 a time you 'll only get a MAXIMUM of £1.70 per share back if you miss the deadline .
16 Once upon a time you used to have a five year planning period , and that has now disappeared , so we live hand to mouth , and the Finance Officer manages marvellously in juggling things round , but one can no longer plan as one used to , and therefore it 's rather sad really , because people no longer have the chance to develop things as they would wish to .
17 Yeah , yeah I wished we did like them cos many a time you can make a meal
18 On the first occasion something will go well , but maybe after a time you will see that it was not right .
19 Once upon a time you could get your pilot 's licence in him for £20 .
20 They think I 'm a dead duck but it 's not been a time you could write off .
21 There was a time I might have tried , back eight years or so , but there was never any chemistry .
22 So much so that for weeks at a time I could live without eidetiking at all .
23 For a time I could communicate only by raising my eyebrows when someone pointed to letters on a card .
24 After a time I could hear distant shouts .
25 But for a time I could not do that to Georg .
26 ‘ Once upon a time I 'd 've made you turn religious , ’ said Constance , and suddenly it occurred to Scarlet that really she was already religious , as anyone who had borne a child must surely be : not in the conventional sense but rather as a passenger on a train would expect someone to be at the controls .
27 ‘ If I sold them one or two at a time I 'd be here for twenty years . ’
28 So , in the meantime , I 'll just see how dreadful a time I can have , so that everyone feels sorry for me and I can avoid taking responsibility for my life ! ’
29 I actually feel , there was a time I used to think it would n't happen to me because if I was in that situation I would do this , I would do the next thing and when it did actually happen to me it took me ages to get over
30 No , I fucking once upon a time I used to be able to do it .
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