Example sentences of "could [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought he had got all he could for the time being . |
| 2 | It opened with a siren and a man trying to follow as much of the government 's advice as he could in the time available . |
| 3 | By the time Ellwood had done with Piper , got as much as he could in the time they dared allow , Carey had gone . |
| 4 | If today we can see better than we could at the time the agonized grandeur of the figure of Pope Paul , the one almost ‘ liberal ’ pope of modern times , we can also see how deeply uncertain was the Church he left behind him and — after twelve years — we begin too to be able to assess in its very different character the pontificate of John Paul II . |
| 5 | ( It is true that to say " women " could at the time , and even today for many people , be regarded as discourteous . ) |
| 6 | and that it was er er obviously going to be a cost-effective exercise to do it there and then , and er you both er canvassed as many councillors as you could at the time , all the committee Chairmen were , were involved , I do n't see that you could have done any more in the circumstances . |