Example sentences of "time but [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Astor was a classic non-interventionist proprietor , rumoured to own The Times but not actually to read it . |
| 2 | the county keeper was shaken a few times but not often stirred |
| 3 | I only saw it open a few times but as far as I remember there were a couple of old ledgers and a stack of pocket files . ’ |
| 4 | This sort of material appeared less frequently in the Times but quite often in its sister paper , the Sunday Times of Zambia . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Paddy Ashdown really is convinced that he can take the Lib Dems into the big time but not just yet . |
| 7 | ‘ We are not ready for big venues like Wembley yet , maybe next time but not now . |
| 8 | I could read music at one time but not now . |
| 9 | ‘ I would n't mind going out there for two or three months at a time but not permanently . ’ |
| 10 | Mrs Thompson said : ‘ This is something I have intended to do for some time but somehow never got round to . |
| 11 | The profits have been in public relations for a long time but too often those in charge have refused to invest some measure of it in capital equipment that would improve client services and the daily life of their workers . |
| 12 | Much of the inscription has worn with time but still clearly decipherable are the words , inscribed in Latin , ‘ Here lies the son of Cunomorus ’ ; King Mark 's full name is given in ancient accounts as Marcus Cunomorous . |
| 13 | ( As long as the heaving green adumbrates the land , as long as time has refused to be some time but always now , as long as the humungus titles have zipped up from the seam between sea and sky , as long … ) |
| 14 | Kraal had long ago warned Creggan that autumn was Slorne 's worst time but so far this had not proved so . |
| 15 | Do n't touch it with a barge pole , they take too much time but very very rarely do you need to write , to draw the diagram in the short answer questions . |