Example sentences of "and [verb] the [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Another member , Bernard Edwards , entered for the second time with his partner Steve Kenning and achieved the excellent time of 2 hours 34 minutes and a few seconds , knocking more than a quarter of an hour off their time last year . |
2 | He opened his own salon in 1923 and hit the big time in 1935 , when he designed the wedding dress for the Duchess of Gloucester . |
3 | She decided that she would make a phone call just to check that Jenny had left home and knew the right time of her arrival . |
4 | To avoid northerly and southerly turning errors use the stop-watch and turn the required time at rate 1 . |
5 | He simply announced that although Edward V had been recognized as the rightful heir , this was only because men were ‘ then ignorant of the very sure and true title which our sovereign lord that now is , king Richard III , hath and had the same time to the crown of England ’ . |
6 | He simply announced that although Edward V had been recognized as the rightful heir , this was only because men were ‘ then ignorant of the very sure and true title which our sovereign lord that now is , king Richard III , hath and had the same time to the crown of England ’ . |
7 | If infrastructure is considered , there is firstly a need to improve the at-grade carriageway crossing , by providing more closely-spaced , controlled facilities and reducing the waiting time for a ‘ green signal as Figure 8.1 showed . |
8 | Gastro-enterologist consultant Dr John Collins said : ‘ GPs can now send patients with ulcers and indigestion problems up to us directly , bypassing out-patient clinics and reducing the waiting time by several months . ’ |
9 | Elf astrologers and geomancers studied the portents to divine the best time for the new king to begin his reign , and calculated the best time for him to pass through the flame . |