Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I might actually do it see if Ian 's not doing anything if he not come in for the full time that they 're cleaning up , but come in for those sort of things . |
| 2 | A single one-off move may be disruptive to overall business activities but at least the process is carried out over a short time . |
| 3 | This case also often occurs in practice due to the results of cases such as grouped meter readings from customers who were at home when the meter reader called , combined with customers ' own readings carried out because they were out when the meter reader called , and a number of special checks that are carried out at a different time . |
| 4 | It is essential that proper planned maintenance of equipment is carried out at the recommended time and is correctly recorded , and rectified as quickly as possible , stating the remedial action taken . |
| 5 | We were told that there would be a General 's inspection and the searchlight had to be turned on at a specified time , but when the great moment came we could not start the engine that drove the dynamo and darkness still prevailed . |
| 6 | In terms of progressing or taking part in the discussion , can I suggest that if you want to come in on a particular item , you put your name board up like that , so that we can readily observe it er and equally , our friend who is looking after the microphones can make sure that the vol the volume of your microphone is turned up at the appropriate time . |
| 7 | Their rooms at the Royal Albion Hotel were just a few doors from each other and it was Ken 's job to see that she always had her mug of cocoa before going to bed — and indeed that she was warmly tucked up at the right time for a lady of her years and responsibilities . |
| 8 | Too much packed in to a short time . |
| 9 | You might be locked up for a long time , or you might be given a fine , which is taken out of your weekly allowance . |
| 10 | One pauper was locked up for a short time and when let out he was very quiet and all of them have been so since . ’ |
| 11 | You might arrange for pay to be given out at a different time and check whether the trains are less crowded somewhat earlier in the afternoon . |
| 12 | Could not something be done to obtain some repair jobs to hold those workers so that they will not have to be laid off for a considerable time ? |
| 13 | In posing the idea of such an ‘ iron law ’ Bukharin unwittingly predicted the actual course of events in the Soviet Union that has persisted up to the present time , that is , the continual shortfall of consumer goods production as compared to the growing population and the growth in monetary incomes . |
| 14 | But there 's something else — something else they 've known about for a long time but kept to themselves . ’ |
| 15 | Was this something recent or something you have known about for a long time ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ What has made it particularly difficult , for manufacturers of all sizes , but most of all for smaller ones , is that it has gone on for a long time . |
| 17 | Both have gone on for a long time . |
| 18 | That is to say , if a stress is left on for a long time , wood will gradually run away from the load . |
| 19 | The light will be left on for the whole time . |
| 20 | The only exception is the sort of heat fault that makes a machine malfunction after it has been switched on for a given time or when the room warms up . |
| 21 | On November 28 Hatta resigned from the office of Vice-president , deploring the drift towards chaos : ‘ All our rebellions and our splits , our political anarchy and adventurism , and all the steps taken in the economic field which have created chaos , are the result of the fact that our national Revolution was not dammed up at the appropriate time . ’ |
| 22 | Any dwellings not taken up within a specified time are placed on the open market . |
| 23 | Mrs. Mott had been very put out by the long time the builders had stayed in the hall ; the chattering of the girls was the final straw . |
| 24 | If the property has been lived in for a long time with old carpets that have never been shampooed they can exude quite pungent odours . |
| 25 | Held back for a long time by wild hitting , she has accepted in the last 12 months that there are occasions when she must suppress the urge to attack everything flat out . |
| 26 | I ended up going over the falls and being held under for a long time , and thinking there was no way I was going to come up before the next wave came across . |