Example sentences of "time [verb] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I prayed to every saint I knew and , when I reached Harfleur , spent a great deal of my time resting in a seaside tavern . |
| 4 | Then now is the time to invest in a Triumph Stag — but keep it to yourself . |
| 5 | There 's never been a better time to invest in a new Living Flame gas fire , hearth and surround . |
| 6 | Because it 'll be time to go in a little while |
| 7 | it 'll be time to go in a minute , no I 'll do it there 's two in there |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Their job was to hold on as long as they could against impossible odds , so as to give the rest of the army time to concentrate in a hammer-blow at the enemy centre . |
| 10 | It had been a long time living in a hole in the ground , let's hope things get better . |
| 11 | They were ill-informed in the sense that the conceptual basis for understanding such meaning was not carefully theorised , as well as in the more obvious sense that the travellers often simply did not know the language and did not spend enough time living in a particular society . |
| 12 | She went upstairs and spent some time soaking in a hot bath . |
| 13 | There 's only one person at a time listening in a certain way , in a purest existential way . ’ |
| 14 | A typical instance of late medieval anxiety about time occurs in a letter of 1399 written by the wife of the ‘ Merchant of Prato ’ , Francesco di Marco Datini , to her ageing husband : ‘ In view of all you have to do , when you waste an hour , it seems to me a thousand … . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm sure they 'll find time to fit in a member of staff , especially a newcomer . |
| 16 | The friends , all from the Meadowfield and Brandon area of County Durham , had stayed overnight on their way home and had made an early start to get back in time to play in a Sunday League fixture for their local pub team . |
| 17 | This kind of generalised discussion can at the same time draw in a number of points covering health aspects , daily routine , and the emotional needs for company , and a sense of belonging which if not met can result in depression , anxiety or misery . |
| 18 | After a time teaching in a Scottish school , Fettes , the degree got him a fellowship in mathematics at his own college of Magdalene ; where he remained the rest of his long life — teaching mathematics , holding various college offices , going every week to Emmanuel Congregational chapel , and becoming after a time one of its deacons or church officers . |
| 19 | His surveys indicate that the likelihood of visiting the theatre , art galleries or museums will depend not upon subjects studied or grades of qualification achieved , but simply upon the length of time spent in a higher academic institution . |
| 20 | Dig the soil to the depth of a spade or fork , and clear out the rubbish as you go large stones , glass , china , bottle tops , sticks , wire , plastic and so on — at the same time mixing in a thin layer of rotted garden compost , especially if the soil is shallow and only a few cm ( in ) deep on top of chalk subsoil . |
| 21 | If the consultant withdraws and the residents come under the care of a general practitioner , who might from time to time call in a psychiatrist , the home is called a nursing home in the community . |
| 22 | Her mother at one time took in a lodger — and she was later to be raped by the man . |
| 23 | He chose to do nothing , and for a time remained in a distant castle as a virtual prisoner of conscience . |
| 24 | Angry at being separated from Jeanne , Modigliani spent much of his time drinking in a windowless little bar where local artists met , where he drank and ran up debts . |
| 25 | Benjamin spent most of the time sitting in a chair staring at the guttering candle flame , whilst my sleep was racked by terrible nightmares of my visit to Montfaucon . |
| 26 | But with the Gulf and other problems pressing , Mr Kaifu argued that there was no time to break in a new foreign minister . |
| 27 | At about the year 1550 the pyramidal base of the funnel suddenly narrows and from that time proceeds in a straight and narrow path to the present day . |