Example sentences of "time [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | His successor was Sir Clive Wigram , who in June 1931 attended another dinner , this time given by a South African millionaire , Sir Abe Bailey , to promote the National Government conception . |
| 2 | Clause 8.1.1 is so worded to circumvent the problem by which any time given by a creditor to a debtor could have the effect of releasing the guarantor from its obligations . |
| 3 | The drama course for professional performers which does not at the present time qualify for a mandatory award , is fully accredited by the National Council of Drama Training as is the Acting Option of the Graduate Diploma course . |
| 4 | Simple reaction time refers to a response , such as a key press , indicating merely that the stimulus has been detected , whereas discriminative reaction time refers to a response where some kind of discrimination is called for between two stimuli presented either simultaneously or successively . |
| 5 | Simple reaction time refers to a response , such as a key press , indicating merely that the stimulus has been detected , whereas discriminative reaction time refers to a response where some kind of discrimination is called for between two stimuli presented either simultaneously or successively . |
| 6 | The sergeant 's parting shot was , ‘ I suppose you 'll be in the desert in a few weeks ’ time disguised as a Bedouin . ’ |
| 7 | Christmas is a time to indulge in a chocolate feast and Thorntons has a wide range of gifts to suit everyone 's taste and pocket . |
| 8 | Forty years may be a long time to wait for a 19p basic rate of tax . |
| 9 | Seven days — a week — is a long time to wait for a telephone service nowadays . |
| 10 | Mrs Freda Bastianelli , the mother of four-month-old twin boys , who has a house on the shoreline , complained that another year was a long time to wait for a possible cure . |
| 11 | As time ran out , Martin Cool right on the stroke of full time got in a great volley , it was well held by Ken Vasey . |
| 12 | The discriminatory policies of Poland , which had been prompted by Germany 's boycott of Polish coal in 1925 , had by this time developed into a fully-fledged trade war , and this , combined with the effects of the new port at Gdynia , the increasing Jewish population , the irritating presence of Danzig Poles and the continual clucking of the League of Nations , all helped to shift the political perceptions of the local population towards simplistic , populist , nationalist and ultimately racist solutions — namely those offered by the Nazi Party . |
| 13 | I prayed to every saint I knew and , when I reached Harfleur , spent a great deal of my time resting in a seaside tavern . |
| 14 | If that 's the case , then we could argue , an and will do , that now is a good time to borrow on a fixed term basis over a long period . |
| 15 | Then now is the time to invest in a Triumph Stag — but keep it to yourself . |
| 16 | There 's never been a better time to invest in a new Living Flame gas fire , hearth and surround . |
| 17 | The proclamation came amid a renewal of disturbances akin to those which had surrounded the holding of the referendum , this time provoked by a Croatian government order to disarm reserve police officers in Serb-populated municipalities . |
| 18 | NOW 'S the time to go on a seed hunting expedition in your garden . |
| 19 | Well , festive period well and truly over now ; time to go on a diet , or do a bit more exercise . |
| 20 | Divine reduction of wavepackets would be an overkill , since it would operate everywhere and always , forcing the electron each time to go through a definite slit . |
| 21 | That 's the main thing and then if you 've got any questions afterwards hopefully we 'll still have time to go through a few questions . |
| 22 | The man did n't have a long time to go through a process , he did n't have a long time to find where he was on on the scale , a and er , you know , from one stage to the next stage , to the next stage , to got through a pre-evangelism and then another stage , and another stage , the man did n't have time he was dying ! |
| 23 | Use the extra time to go for a walk around the block , or even just round the building . |
| 24 | That gave her time to go for a quick wash . |
| 25 | Because it 'll be time to go in a little while |
| 26 | it 'll be time to go in a minute , no I 'll do it there 's two in there |
| 27 | We recommend that most desktop PCs should in time connect to a single Ethernet network , with appropriate security for sensitive data , such as Personnel records . |
| 28 | Once more the Cult of Luxury began to spread , this time cloaked in a secrecy that made it even more attractive to jaded Elf aristocrats . |
| 29 | Almost a third of a mile of ‘ 00 ’ gauge track — equivalent to 25 miles — plus a stunning ‘ N ’ gauge model of a Bavarian town where time flies with a dramatic change of lighting from day to night every 3 minutes . |
| 30 | It added : ‘ This explosion deepens the cracks in a monarchy which a number of Britons have for some time regarded with a mixture of indifference and contempt . ’ |