Example sentences of "[verb] to [noun] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Infodata Systems Inc has reported fourth quarter net losses of $741,000 up from losses of $192,000 last time , after $41,000 tax charges last time , on turnover down 23.1% at $2.1m ; net losses for the year to December 31 stood at $2.8m against profits of $38,000 last time , after $1.2m charges related to write-offs this time and $9,000 tax credits last time , on turnover that fell by 24.4% to $9m . |
| 2 | Mr Drury said he had written to parents several times to be more considerate and not park directly outside the school . |
| 3 | The hospital was worried ; they had written to Mary several times asking her to come to the hospital for the results of her tests . |
| 4 | Obviously , given the nature of addiction and the despair that it can produce , especially after several ‘ bites at the cherry ’ , interviewees ‘ needed ’ to believe that it was ‘ going to work this time ’ . |
| 5 | By all the rules of the market , Hewlett-Packard Co 's HP 3000 business computer family should be going the way of the Wang Laboratories Inc VS and the Nixdorf Computer AG 8870 , but in defiance of crude market logic , the machine is going from strength to strength , bolstered by the company 's relaxed approach to migration to Unix : because HP 3000 users know they can relatively painlessly convert to Unix any time they choose , the majority are happy to stay right where they are , and the company claims that its high-end HP 3000 system business actually grew more than 50% last year , and the much-derided Posix interface is actually enabling it to pick up applications from Unix . |
| 6 | Nora had smiled at and nodded to Wolff several times but the affair was almost over before they found occasion to be casually alone together . |
| 7 | confess to God those times when you sinned and ask for the gift of an ever-deepening sorrow for not co-operating with him . |
| 8 | For various reasons , therefore , he moved to Jamaica and , although he returned to Barbados many times , it was never with any great enthusiasm for the place . |
| 9 | One of these possibilities made itself known to J. some time that spring . |
| 10 | so why come when we went to town that time you could hardly hit the board |
| 11 | She must have gone to bed some time ago , else Jessie would n't have been able to sneak out . |
| 12 | Exports increased to 69% this time from 64% of total sales last , but Curtis said that it did n't benefit much from the movements in exchange rates . |
| 13 | Sales here were £95.8m compared with £55.9m in 1992 , while operating profit grew to £9m this time from £5m last . |
| 14 | Sales at data communications equipment manufacturer Datacom grew to £2.9m this time from £2.7m last , and it has finally returned to profit after a troubled 1990 and 1991 . |
| 15 | We wo n't go to Greece this time … ‘ |
| 16 | I might go to Shepperton some time |
| 17 | A piece of bread flake on a muddy bottom may need a foot or more , and the indication allowed to yo-yo several times before we can be anywhere near sure of hitting them . |
| 18 | It was getting towards ten o'clock , and they had switched to beer some time ago , to keep their brains clear . |
| 19 | I spoke to Michael some time ago , he 's getting better , and I look forward to him resuming his duties . |
| 20 | Brokers Peter Joseph of Smith New Court and Paul Heath of UBS Phillips & Drew both expect profits to rise to £125m this time . |
| 21 | No , I mean we have to tops this time of year , we ai n't got any in this year . |