Example sentences of "[verb] any [noun] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The meaning of the to infinitive is thus in fact a combination of two potentials : the potential meaning of the bare infinitive , which gives the speaker the possibility of representing the realization of any action as unfolding from its beginning through to its end and any state as having a fully actualized lexical content ; and the potential significate of to , which affords the speaker the possibility of representing any movement in time from a before-position to an after-position ( corresponding here to the beginning of the infinitive event ) . |
| 2 | Does Labour pledge that , if it is elected to government , no one will wait any length of time for an operation ? |
| 3 | They will probably not have spent any amount of time with a mentally handicapped person or really know how they behave . |
| 4 | He took the notebook with him ; sometimes he would sit at a desk or table and write , losing any idea of time or place , roused later by the discovery that his leg had gone numb or he had cramp in his foot . |
| 5 | She lost any sense of time , knowing only the world of sensation and pleasure and sad longing . |
| 6 | The transition has not introduced any fluctuations in time . |
| 7 | Some standardised measure of dementia was needed , partly as a criterion of entry to the project , partly so that action and control samples could be compared to see if they were matched according to level of mental impairment , and partly to compare any changes over time . |
| 8 | He 's a good ol' boy from Alabama who is unable to go any length of time without touching a golf club . |
| 9 | In this group of 27 respondents , only two specifically noted that they were able to spend their full time on training , another two did not offer any estimate of time , and a further two indicated that their time plus their assistant 's time equalled one full-time post . |
| 10 | An ‘ activity ’ might last any length of time from one and a half hours to ( say ) a sustained activity lasting , over a period , as much as ten hours . |
| 11 | Vernon admitted that the post had its attractions : the Lord Chamberlain had the best lodgings at court , could recommend his friends for offices , and was continually in attendance on the Queen ‘ to take any advantage of time and occasion ’ for the presentation of suits . |
| 12 | Those that had any length of time in , they had a hand-out . |
| 13 | The Hopi did not seem to need any sense of time as a dimension . |
| 14 | Maintain or improve condition of muscles , bones and ligaments : Have you ever had to spend any length of time flat on your back in bed — perhaps due to illness or an accident ? |
| 15 | The contractor 's provision of float within the programme is there to cover items that are at the contractor 's own risk and in general should not be used to abate any extension of time to which the contractor may be entitled . |
| 16 | They were never entirely secure : Crowe nearly chopped DeFreitas on , and both were among the big majority of those who stayed any length of time in being beaten repeatedly just outside off stump . |
| 17 | It is extraordinarily refreshing to see Kingdon 's emphasis on the geographical processes and patterns that must underlie any transformation through time . |
| 18 | One of the few occasions big bream spend any length of time in marginal weed is the two or three weeks in spring or early summer when they spawn . |
| 19 | If you spend any amount of time using photo-retouching programs like Aldus PhotoStyler or vector graphics programs like CorelDRAW then a graphics accelerator card is an absolute must for your shopping list . |
| 20 | If the engineer agrees the claim , he or she will determine any extension of time under Clause 44 |
| 21 | In his book Time in French Life and Thought Richard Glasser has drawn attention to the fact that nowhere in the Chanson de Roland do we find any indication of time . |