Example sentences of "time [coord] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For details of the series look in the Radio Times or get a list of the programmes , either from Radio Brighton or by writing to me , Doctor Brian Smith at the Physics Building in the university . |
| 2 | The Dockerty family have been growing hops since Tudor times and know a thing or two about them . |
| 3 | Fold one end of the strap over a couple of times and punch a hole through the three layers , then feed the other end through the hole to form a ‘ button ’ . |
| 4 | John married three times and had a total of seventeen children . |
| 5 | Maureen Walker is a ‘ design writer and stylist ’ — after ten years as Home Editor of the Sunday Times and writing a book on interiors , she has a wealth of experience to call on . |
| 6 | What you want to do is ring up the Sunday Times and get a reporter round and he 'll get a scandal story and they 'll do something |
| 7 | He was also warned three times and docked a penalty point before losing to Pakistan 's Sohail Qaiser . |
| 8 | In 1863 , the race was won by Emblem and in 1864 by Emblematic — full sisters and both ridden by George Stevens who took part in the race 15 times and won a record five times . |
| 9 | An offshoot , to enable voluntary bodies to prepare for the Earth Summit , has met three times and included a meeting with the Environment Minister . |
| 10 | Circumstances can arise which are difficult to anticipate ; for example , one site with which the author was involved was situated over a mile from the sea , but part of the site was on ground made up from Elizabethan times and included a harbour wall . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , ’ he hissed back at her , ‘ it need n't look like a hovel , if you 'd get off your big fat arse at times and do a bit of scrubbin' . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It need n't look like a hovel , ’ he had said , ‘ if you 'd get off your big fat arse at times and do a bit of scrubbin' . ’ |
| 13 | Forget the idea of spreading material over a period of time or developing a number of different characters . ’ |
| 14 | No-one wants to have a glare lamp in their face at closing time nor to have a doorman shouting ‘ Drink up ’ in the middle of an act even if it did get a laugh . |
| 15 | Maddison and Shearer arrived at the Dell from their native north-east at the same time and shared a house when they were virtual unknowns . |
| 16 | For a change I was in the right place at the right time and got a job , with housing , at the Folger Theatre in Washington DC . |
| 17 | I thought we were lovers ! she wanted to scream , but she swallowed her hurt for the thousandth time and forced a smile . |
| 18 | When the assistant is serving you , he may also be serving two or three other people at the same time and holding a conversation with yet another . |
| 19 | She still keeps in touch with friends made at that time and sends a copy of the Glenpatrick News to the retired Chief Industrial Engineer , Mr Wyffles . |
| 20 | Stand back from time to time and take a look at the big picture . |
| 21 | If you were to fly to Athens for the first time and take a taxi to an address in the city , you would be unable to assess whether the route was circuitous , or the baggage charge was normal . |
| 22 | And we only found it by chance , you know how you go off to think oh I 'll , I 'll go and find a coffee or something , and we found this restaurant at lunch time and had a coffee there and we looked at the menu and , you know , we , we could n't believe it ! |
| 23 | In future , trainers and jockeys with any suspicion that their horse has been ‘ got at ’ can withdraw from the race at any time and request a dope test . |
| 24 | ‘ The only visitor was the messenger who arrived about that time and left a message that the King would be coming to Kinghorn later that day ! ’ |
| 25 | The unmitigated gall of the man , strolling up at this time and expecting a welcome . |
| 26 | Q3 profit of $0.6 compared with a loss of $21.5m in the same period last time and produced a deficit down sharply from $$53.4m to $23.1m . |
| 27 | Leicester solved it just in time and produced a town that spilled widely across the surrounding fields and gave its working class bigger and better houses , and wider streets , than almost anywhere else in industrial England . |
| 28 | The reader is seeing a benign gardener , a cartoon Adam with his trousers tied up with string , who gets his lettuces in on time and knows a Delphinium from a Campanula . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've not played for a long time and to get a goal in the first ten minutes was incredible . |
| 30 | ‘ I was obviously low at that time and needed a pick-up . |