Example sentences of "time [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just give dem some time fe speak in time dey will explain |
| 2 | It was made easier for companies to set up their own schemes and for the first time everyone would be given the right of a personal pension of their own . |
| 3 | At the same time everyone can tuck into dried fruit and nuts , torrone [ a type of chocolate or vanilla sweet with nuts ] , panettone [ a type of cake with raisins ] , or pandoro , which is softer than panettone and does not contain raisins . |
| 4 | I remember that at primary school we had to keep a diary , and from time to time someone would be picked out to face the class and read it aloud . |
| 5 | All the time I would like to be somewhere else , someone else . |
| 6 | That was not really convenient for me as I often did not know at what time I would return from saying Mass in the outstations . |
| 7 | At any other time I would probably telephone my agent and discuss this point for twenty minutes or so , for it is the kind of marginal detail which intrigues me and has never appeared to bore him . |
| 8 | If I had time I would like to make a collection of the many stories there are about great conductors because I think there is much to be learnt from them . |
| 9 | All I was really clear about was that this time I would go on as long as my lungs and muscles would function . |
| 10 | If anything , by this time I would have welcomed the security not of a rope , but of seeing Sgurr a Mhaim about a mile closer . |
| 11 | Taking a room at the YMCA I made side-trips to Victoria , Nanaimo and Seattle , and vowed that next time I would go further south to see San Francisco , Los Angeles , Hollywood and Mexico . |
| 12 | If he had given me the £5000 , under the rules at the time I would have had to donate 15 per cent to the British Board — totally unfair in my view as I had had to find the sponsorship myself . |
| 13 | At one time I would have suggested that everyone would shed surplus fat on a ration of 1,500 calories daily . |
| 14 | After a while , though , I started receiving letters from her , and on Sunday evenings my Pop would take me to the phone booth , where at a prearranged time I would ring a phone booth in Scotland and talk to her for 3 minutes . |
| 15 | To achieve this in four years ' time I would be doing |
| 16 | In three years ' time I would be doing |
| 17 | In two years ' time I would be doing |
| 18 | In one year 's time I would be doing At each stage you move backwards through time and ask your unconscious mind to help you see a picture of yourself being highly successful on your way to completion of your objectives . |
| 19 | During this time I would stifle all feelings of guilt . |
| 20 | ‘ Next time I would keep my hands up — it was my own fault . |
| 21 | At one time I would buy a bottle of whiskey and pour it all over me before going home because I knew she would n't try to argue if she thought I was drunk . |
| 22 | Up in the Hebrides — and in time I would find myself filming mink there , too — the effect of the animals on ground-nesting birds such as common and arctic terns appears to be serious . |
| 23 | but at the same time I would want to afford er , you as heads of departments er er everybody 's heads of department a little bit of leeway what i what if , what wa wa we have to be careful about this that we set a standard but allow a little leeway because all departments are slightly different and want to approach things |
| 24 | And the human frame on to which I had grafted this delusion had definitely left Cliff Top , but despite this , from time to time I would come across what seemed like obscure messages , quirkily encoded , that threatened to upset my peace of mind . |
| 25 | They occupy a major part of my time — time I would prefer to be spending on actually trying to improve the services we offer . |
| 26 | By which time I would be off the ‘ purpose built ’ , heading for the spaces … |
| 27 | I would not calculate this time , this time I would try to select my route in a random way . |
| 28 | In the course of time I would die and then it would all be over . |
| 29 | If I noticed in time I would have to run after him and ask for it . |
| 30 | Then , obviously wanting to leave us alone , our friend said that he had to go to the village of Lalatta for a short time ; he would be back in twenty minutes , by which time I would have to start making my way back to Lagrimone . |