Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun] ['s] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only that , but on hatching , the young cuckoo throws out the host species ' own eggs or young so that it has no competition for the foster parents ' time and attention . |
| 2 | In the old King 's time he was in the garrison of the Tower , then he went abroad with others to fight in Outremer . ’ |
| 3 | Everything depended on the weather and if your luck was out the hired man 's time could be up and not much hay in . |
| 4 | Within these great defensive rings , particularly the outer ones , there is too Much to see in one go ; as with all cities Milan can comfortably fill almost any amount of the inquisitive visitor 's time . |
| 5 | The Indians of the Plains — Apache and Comanche — that he had known in the Sons of Geronimo had sworn that the white man 's time was nearing an end , and that the buffalo would return . |
| 6 | I 'll tell you : we 're leaving because the little cheat 's time will be up at midnight , son , that 's why . |
| 7 | It is not surprising , therefore , that much of the clinical teacher 's time is spent in teaching combinations of a variety of skills . |
| 8 | In the first Elizabeth 's time the superpowers were France and Spain ; but , while much has changed , Britain is still an island upon which no other nation has any territorial , ethnic or political claim . |
| 9 | The Prime Minister 's letter , printed in the next day 's Times had been conventionally appreciative but brief . |