Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was asked if I wished my name to be withdrawn a second time but I declined , feeling it would be wrong to have to continue to rely on the goodwill and hospitality of friends in order to continue playing . |
| 2 | In February 1989 the proposed new terms and conditions were outlined by letter to staff and , after subsequent fruitless negotiations with the unions , in April 1989 a notice was sent informing the employees that the changes would be discussed with them , that they would be given a reasonable time to consider the new contracts and that they would be dismissed if they did not accept them . |
| 3 | In all election campaigns , incumbent governments are going to be given a harder time than the Opposition . |
| 4 | Knowing that the fox might be given a bad time afterwards would n't be a lot of consolation . |
| 5 | This 24 hours is only two-thirds of the 36 hours available ; it should be considered a minimum time to allocate to private study . |
| 6 | To this must be added the extra time and space demanded in main storage for relatively complex blocking — deblocking routines . |
| 7 | Sometimes better ( > ) for passive motion ; they want to be carried the whole time but even then they may not be quietened for long and will demand to be carried by someone else . |
| 8 | If that freelance photojournalist is wounded , but soon returns to the operational area to continue covering the story , only to be wounded a second time , then we are looking at a fairly remarkable man with a tale worth telling . |
| 9 | According to this law , if a response made in the presence of a particular stimulus is followed by a reward , that same response is more likely to be made the next time the stimulus is encountered . |
| 10 | Similarly , a serious case brought before the magistrate had to be presented a second time before the justice of the peace . |
| 11 | but I shall not be drawn a second time |
| 12 | It had to be performed a second time , after the British Consul had taken the couple 's oaths on his diary instead of the Bible . |
| 13 | ‘ Bulk ’ transfer should be used the first time information of a given type is transferred , thereafter this information can be kept up to date with LIFESPAN by use of ‘ incremental ’ transfers . |
| 14 | I want music to frighten me like T Rex or Johnny Rotten : I 'll be waiting a long time for that in Dublin . ’ |
| 15 | Note that if this keyword is used without the module 's manager having set a PREFERRED version , an error message will be displayed the next time an attempt is made to read the module out of LIFESPAN . |
| 16 | My colleagues and I do not believe that the British people will be fooled a second time — one can take a horse to water but one can not make it drink . |
| 17 | Mollie says she wo n't be fooled the next time a conman comes to call |
| 18 | To be rebuffed a second time would be unthinkable , unbearable . |
| 19 | That she appeared to be having a marvellous time in Jamaica and was being hopelessly indulged by Dunbar had elicited no more than a shrug of Harry 's shoulders and a vague comment about his being delighted she was having such a good time . |
| 20 | I mean , she seemed to be having a good time . |
| 21 | We 're supposed to be having a good time today ! ’ |
| 22 | Poor thing , she must be having a rotten time just now . |
| 23 | They never seem to be having a great time . |
| 24 | He set up the TV Times coverage , and we all pretended to be having a wonderful time for the benefit of the camera . |
| 25 | The Greek revolt was seen by European liberals who in a sense might be having a hard time of it in in , in those years . |
| 26 | Mr Culley is said to be having a hard time coming to terms with what has happened . |
| 27 | was it updated a second time or did you ask for it to be updated a second time ? |
| 28 | Toby seemed to be gone a long time , but I was n't measuring time very accurately . |
| 29 | ‘ He could be gone a long time , you know . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ It seems to be taking a long time , ’ Omi observed . |