Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Earle , as early as 1628 , likens the child to Adam before the Fall all innocence which time destroys , for experience corrupts ; yet the original nature of the child is pure . |
| 2 | When a bather wanted more hot water , he or she had to shout over the noise of filling baths and protesting bathers and the Duchesse singing , and depending on how this eccen-tric woman felt , she would either top up the water from a source outside the cubicles or tell the bather his time was up . |
| 3 | The international collapse of Socialism — a 19th century political philosophy whose time has passed — means that there is less argument today about how to run a successful country . |
| 4 | Now he finds himself in the same position as his predecessor — a relative conservative whose time is past . |
| 5 | I 'll be off like a shot the moment my time 's up . ’ |
| 6 | It was totally silent in the kitchen ; Ruth could hear the wind and slashing rain outside , and , upstairs , one of the guests moving about ; but in the room itself time seemed to have stopped . |
| 7 | To reach such a target audience we probably need , at the minimum , ( a ) about two pages of description by the authors of each unit , telling the user how to load the program , how to drive it , and its limitations both educationally and technically this information could be included on the disc or tape that loads the program ( b ) some incentive to the programmer to document the program to this level , perhaps through its resulting acceptance into a ‘ library ’ ( c ) assurance from those receiving the program that they will be prepared to deal with the problems that such draft programs impose — this implies that they must be fairly competent users of their computer system : they could not expect to get software support from the author , who is likely to be another teacher whose time is fully occupied ( d ) some financial and organizational support for the distribution of programs , even if only on a cooperative basis ( e ) that users of such programs should undertake to report to the authors ( and to the library ? ) on the usefulness of each program received , and if they wish , to make recommendations for improvement . |
| 8 | Over 30 years ago J H Sheldon , whose 'Social Medicine of Old Age' is still one of the most farsighted and compassionate reviews of the circumstances of older people , described old age as ‘ a quality of mind and body whose time or onset varies from individual to individual , rather than a mere quantity expressed by the term of duration applicable to all . ’ |
| 9 | Why spoil what time they had together by sniping ? |
| 10 | It would make little difference what time of day it was . |
| 11 | A freezer whose time has come . |
| 12 | ‘ I knew some Hindi so I asked Chris in Hindi what time it was . |
| 13 | If you are out all day what time do you get back in the evening ? |
| 14 | Midnight your time , six a.m. mine |
| 15 | Jack and I spoke every morning my time , evening his . |
| 16 | in the pool there was a win in the Welsh Championships for Karen Rake of the Maxwell Club in Aylesbury … that was the good news … the bad news her time of 34.48 was n't good enough to qualify for the European Championships |
| 17 | Supper what time ? |
| 18 | Wasting his time like my spending my time on doors ! |
| 19 | There was no use pretending it had n't happened : I had wished for a pure Pacific experience , a truly new world experience at the dawning of this day , yet it had become hopelessly muddied with a relic of the old world and the Ocean whose time , we are now supposed to believe , has passed . |
| 20 | He was not to be summoned at short notice or dropped in on , but was to be treated as one would a man whose time was as valuable as one 's own . |
| 21 | ‘ Great Missin 'em time ! ’ one of them shouted . |
| 22 | And there was a ripple of laughter that grew to a delighted roar as the words Great Missin 'em time passed from mouth to mouth . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't give a damn what time it is . |
| 24 | In the Gulf , in addition to the Kleenex , everywhere they went , no matter what time of day , they were given little cups of very strong coffee to drink . |
| 25 | The other , from Philip Pesaro , asked that no matter what time he arrived , he should ride on immediately to Sigouri . |
| 26 | She revealed : ‘ He likes me to be in , no matter what time he is home , with a nice glass of wine waiting and the fire lit . |
| 27 | It must offer 24-hour crisis assistance so that individuals are not left untreated or unsupported during an acute episode of illness , no matter what time of the day or night a crisis arises |
| 28 | No matter what time of year it is , you can freeze your socks off in winter or be boiling to death in summer , and the Ipswich to Debenham bus is always late . |
| 29 | ‘ If you need me , no matter what time of day or night , just call . ’ |
| 30 | yeah , and I would make him there and then no matter what time of night or morning it was , strip off and go in the shower and , yeah , even in his hair , that 's , that 's how bad it was , I 'd put his clothes downstairs in the washing basket not even in the bedroom one . |