Example sentences of "[adj] time [to-vb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took us both some time to wake up to the fact that the world did n't owe us a living . ’ |
| 2 | She 's engaging brain it takes her some time to come out to the phone instruct the whole thing . |
| 3 | ‘ For instance , 7.30pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays is a good time to go out with the TV detector van because EastEnders is on . |
| 4 | But he knows that new formats take a long time to catch on with the public : ‘ We have n't got expectations of hundreds of thousands of units . |
| 5 | It took a long time to break away from the idea that children were at best potentially evil and indolent , that they were little pitchers that had to be filled with information and moral guidance before they filled themselves with wickedness , idleness , and nonsense . |
| 6 | It took a long time to get round to the subject of Silvia and Jeff . |
| 7 | Being directly overhead , the field is one of the worst positions from which to extricate yourself because you have to fly blind , away from the field , for quite a long time to get out to the side for a reasonable base leg . |
| 8 | It took the mantri a long time to work right round the bull , from shoulder to rump down one side and then from rump to shoulder back up the other . |
| 9 | But as we have seen , the law in some cases allows anyone with a genuine interest to make an application for judicial review , and it may take such persons a considerable time to find out about the decision they want to challenge . |
| 10 | Then she discarded that , too , and left Corrie 's side for the first time to join in with the other children . |
| 11 | A hastily assembled group of the famous 75s had been pushed forward on to Froideterre , and its lethal barrage had given one of the fresh divisions of XX Corps just enough time to move up through the ebbing debris of de Bonneval 's 37th African Division and establish a firm line from Bras to Haudromont . |
| 12 | Then he landed in Oxford just at the right time to go out to the factory and it was open , and you had to get your car as soon as you could and see that everything was all right . |
| 13 | It seems to be the right time to revert here to the old system . |
| 14 | Film superstar Alan Rickman took a little time to settle comfortably into the stage mantle of Shakespeare 's much-wronged prince , as if the echo of his own voice was vying with King Hamlet 's exhortations to do the deed , but this soon gives way to a gentle yet powerful Hamlet . |
| 15 | News concerning the development in style took a little time to percolate through to the country ; a sculptor carving a resurrection scene on a 1707 headstone outside the south door of Uffington church , Oxfordshire , continues to depict the gable-lidded coffin . |
| 16 | He was unable to sleep during the day , and used the dead time to keep up with the newspapers and journals in the reading-room and to swim in the club pool while it was comparatively empty . |
| 17 | It was eleven o'clock before all the family were in bed , and two o'clock next morning was the latest time to set off with the beehives . |