Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | One month after Charles 's funeral , wasting little time , his eldest daughter Elizabeth , who had probably tended her father through his final illness and was by then the official occupier of the dwelling house next to his shop , upped and married by licence . |
| 2 | Now that the calls are almost constant , allowing little time for relaxation and getting to know other volunteers , the group is having to explore the possibilities of support groups and regular discussion weekends . |
| 3 | I have noticed before when surfing that time seems to slow up the moment I realize I 'm going to get trashed by the next wave … ! |
| 4 | It was not raining this time and the train went through to Latimer Road unhindered . |
| 5 | No cheering this time . |
| 6 | He also criticised the fact that under the present system witnesses might give evidence on issues which turned out not to be in dispute , thus wasting further time . |
| 7 | I do n't like helping this time of night , sorry , it 's half past ten |
| 8 | On the other hand , Merritt 's singing this time justified his reputation as an exponent of this bel canto Heldentenor role . |
| 9 | Never again would she be able to see a piece of Peter Sebastian 's work , or think of Venice , without reliving this time . |
| 10 | He observed that few libraries had developed a comprehensive approach to stock management , and that , on average , university libraries were acquiring eight times as many materials as they discarded . |
| 11 | Announcing half time results yesterday , the food retailer said it spent £384m in the first half of the year improving the quality and efficiency of the business . |
| 12 | From the remainder , patients representing 12 times the number of participating general practitioners in the practice were selected randomly . |
| 13 | If she thought she was going to escape the bitching this time round , on the movie , she was mistaken . |
| 14 | He was n't laughing this time , he was crying . |
| 15 | But I was n't laughing this time . |
| 16 | Brian , before you start , no laughing this time , I could n't stand it again . |
| 17 | I felt the world beginning to drift into the distance again , but I knew what was happening this time and got my head down quickly . |
| 18 | The liduid emptying half time was correspondingly shorter in the patients with idiopathic DU ( median 28 min ( range 22–38 ) ) than in the H pylori negative healthy volunteers ( 39 ( 35–66 ) ; p<0.001 ) . |
| 19 | The solid emptying half time was correspondingly shorter in the patients with idiopathic DU ( median 67 min ( range 11–221 ) ) compared with the H pylori positive patients with DU ( 180 ( 62–1500 ; p<0.01 ) and H pylori negative healthy volunteers ( 431 ( 58–838 ) ; p<0.001 ) . |
| 20 | SATURN makes a brief appearance in this arena between May 21 and June 30 , earmarking this time as less-than-easy for property matters and family life . |
| 21 | Running in a clump through a crowded station , like the Bash Street Kids , keeping perfect time with chant and clap . |
| 22 | The reason why we consider it important to have a specialist day care centre for sufferers of dementia is because of the following areas which can cause tremendous problems in a " NORMAL " situation but the specialist unit will be trained to respond in a very positive way : a Mood changes b Individual capabilities c Higher level of care required for the moderate to severely demented clients d Creates a greater depth of security through familiarity and able to get to know the client e Positive attitudes towards dementia f Clients with a severe dementia may require 2 carers g Greater stimulation in the appropriate surroundings creates greater awareness in the home environment h A place where the clients can be " NORMAL " i Helps reduce the possibility of the clients becoming apathetic Time to spend with a group and work at their own pace k Not creating a ghetto but creating a positive environment where they can get the most out of their lives — improve their quality of life I Gives them confidence m On-going deterioration can be catered for , eg feeding , toileting and many other problems The specialist day care centre is only a part of a flexible range of services available to dementia sufferers in the community . |
| 23 | The treatment involved walking three times round the shore and then departing , without looking back . |
| 24 | Determination alone does not get you through life , and these were becoming hard times for me . |
| 25 | The most common period was 30 days , occurring three times ( 33% ) . |
| 26 | Announced were : a new , and supposedly high-performant and OLTP friendly version of its database engine , SQL Server ; enhanced versions of the Open Client and Open Server offerings , plus the Embedded SQL for SQL C , Cobol and Ada precompilers ; and new and enhanced control servers , the technology Sybase argues customers need to control distributed applications , Sybase Backup Server ( with backup , loading and recovery facilities , database consistency checking three times faster than in the previous release , and bulk loading of data — now capable of loading up to 1Gb an hour , and claimed to be seven times faster . |
| 27 | Announced were a new , and supposedly high-performant and transaction processing-friendly version of its database engine , SQL Server ; enhanced versions of the Open Client and Open Server offerings , plus the Embedded SQL for SQL C , Cobol and Ada precompilers ; and new and enhanced control servers , the technology Sybase argues customers need to control distributed applications , Sybase Backup Server ( with back-up , loading and recovery facilities , database consistency checking three times faster than in the previous release , and bulk loading of data — now capable of loading up to 1Gb an hour , and claimed to be seven times faster . |
| 28 | This takes as its theme " " Goddes pryvetee " " : a phrase appearing three times in the Miller 's Prologue and Tale ( 3164 , 3454 , 3558 ) and recalled again when John tells his wife his so-called " " pryvetee " " in line 3603 . |
| 29 | Noel Rogers has been convicted of drink driving 4 times . |
| 30 | But Jade Pike has come close to dying many times in the past year . |