Example sentences of "time [v-ing] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seems to spend his time hanging around the ‘ otel . ’ |
| 2 | Yes , we do get Rugby Special on a Sunday , at a time when most of the rugby fraternity are spending time recovering from the previous day 's actions , catching up with family life and preparing the next week 's work . |
| 3 | ‘ Thank you both , ’ Beth told them , at the same time stepping between the men and Cissie ; she did not like the way the younger man was regarding the girl . |
| 4 | My idea was to spend time fossicking in the gold-fields , before joining the eastbound service of the Indian-Pacific on its appointed day . |
| 5 | Existing or anticipated high interest rates may in fact depress share prices and hence call prices thus permitting the investor to buy the option contracts at very favourable prices while at the same time benefitting from the attractive rates on offer in the money markets . |
| 6 | I prayed to every saint I knew and , when I reached Harfleur , spent a great deal of my time resting in a seaside tavern . |
| 7 | Initial training to teach operators how to use the system takes more or less time depending on the software , but typically this ranges from two to five days . |
| 8 | If there has really been no response , wait for a time depending on the vigour and severity of the illness ( see para. 2 ) . |
| 9 | During the first few tens of Ma Jupiter would cool so quickly that it hardly matters what the initial temperatures were provided that they were at least a few times 10 000 K. After a few hundred Ma , the exact time depending on the initial temperatures but in any case a small fraction of Jupiter 's lifetime , the rate of cooling would be far less . |
| 10 | This inhibits her sexual cycles for varying periods of time depending on the species it 's about two years . |
| 11 | A key issues review should take approximately 1-3 days of a manager 's time and 1 day of a partner 's time depending on the size of the transaction . |
| 12 | Retirement is viewed in two quite distinct ways , with the ascendent viewpoint at any time depending upon the prevailing needs of the national economy . |
| 13 | It was no coincidence , perhaps , that its president was the Marquess of Salisbury , married to Mollie Salisbury who had spent so much time helping with the garden at Highgrove . |
| 14 | There was one by the newsstand sometimes , scraping at a violin , but he had a tough time competing with the unofficial buskers who had loud guitars and stronger voices . |
| 15 | A glance at the list reveals that 15 of the top 20 places on the list are occupied by golfers who spend most of their time competing on the U.S.P.G.A. Tour . |
| 16 | Punjab had been under president 's rule since May 1987 and its assembly , suspended at that time , had been dissolved in March 1988 [ see p. 36692 for constitutional amendment passed at that time allowing for the continuation of president 's rule for three years ] . |
| 17 | Later he has the android 's brain upgraded so it can cope with hunting expeditions and personal meetings , even Cabinet discussions with the Emperor present , all so that he can spend more time dallying with the princess . |
| 18 | ‘ Last time walking along the railway line because tomorrow we 'll go in the train , puff-puff , we 'll go in the train and screech-whistle-screech … ’ |
| 19 | She whiled away time walking along the Mootwalk , an ancient wooden cloister that faced the Hilder and under which was a row of shops : an optician 's , a hairdresser 's , a wine shop , a jeans and sweater boutique , a newsagent , the pet shop . |
| 20 | There is much to see and enjoy in town but you could spend all your time walking through the Tatra National Park where there are hundreds of miles of paths and breathtaking views . |
| 21 | This is one respect in which active citizenship is important because involvement in the community by voluntary work and political activity serves to foster a sense in the participating citizen of belonging to the community and of national identity , while at the same time contributing to the common welfare . |
| 22 | This is what strikes fear into the hearts of all but the most experienced , and has men playing there for the first time knocking at the knees . |
| 23 | His normal raggedness became positively disreputable and he spent much of his time sulking inside the McLaren motor-home : the joy had gone out of his life . |
| 24 | We have been told that it would be a waste of time applying for a permit for any other foreign rider . |
| 25 | However , thought she , it would be right to take the children , which I did — thus proving , not for the first the last time , I 'd be wasting my time applying for the Mensa test . |
| 26 | The usual formula is that for a period of time ending on the expiry of the initial period the parties will attempt to renegotiate the prices to apply for a further fixed period . |
| 27 | Cut out your embryo bud as before , but this time squaring off the base rather than the top of the shield . |
| 28 | Howard : Howard is a keen walker , spending much of his spare time climbing in the hills and tramping through mud and running streams . |
| 29 | He has opted for the island county this time qualifying under the residential rule which also applies to captain Mark Harris , who has switched clubs from Menai Bridge to Bangor but stays on for his fourth campaign in charge . |
| 30 | Some , like Denis O'Flaherty , who was in hospital for two years , would be a long time returning to the fight . |