Example sentences of "[verb] the [adj -est] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | To-night he must make the shortest time of it he could to Strata Marcella , reassure himself that his father 's grave had not been desecrated , and warn the prior of Isambard 's malignant interest in it . |
| 2 | The 55 week interval represents the longest time that any patient remained in the trial . |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher of Germany will start on the front row with his Benetton-Ford Schumacher after producing the second-best time of the qualifications , 1:21 . |
| 4 | For England I suggest the best time is between late September and the end of November , avoiding Remembrance Sunday . |
| 5 | cos if you , they say the best time to buy a pair of shoes is at night when your sh when your feet are really swollen . |
| 6 | The lullabies and other songs are continued to soothe children , especially when they are in a bad mood ; but this age is considered the best time to teach the children how to use their hands in various spheres of tribal activities . |
| 7 | The retailer needs to know the best time to advertise seasonal goods — eg camping equipment will be promoted in the spring , ready for the summer . |
| 8 | The retailer needs to know the best time to advertise … goods . |
| 9 | The Chairman must also be able to relieve tension between members and sense the best time to bring the debate to a close . |
| 10 | In the early studies we chose to look at them twenty-four hours after training on the grounds that any structural change would take time to build up , ; more recently he has pushed the earliest time at which changes can be found back to as little as an hour after the bird pecks the bead . |
| 11 | DAMON HILL beat off a string of top Formula One drivers , including new Williams-Renault team-mate Alain Prost , to record the fastest time in testing at France 's Signes circuit . |
| 12 | This selects the case which takes the shortest time to generate the income needed to pay back the total investment in the project . |
| 13 | This selects the case which takes the shortest time to generate the income needed to pay back the total investment in the project . |
| 14 | Cuskin took over in third place , with a deficit of 1 min 21 secs for the final 3 miles 80 yards circuit and he hit the front with a mile remaining , recording the fastest time of the afternoon to win by 23 secs . |
| 15 | START number 13 proved unlucky for American skier A J Kitt , with the season 's first World Cup downhill at Val d'Isere abandoned due to bad weather after he had set the best time . |
| 16 | It is a matter of experience to judge the best time to remove a peel , but flicking the edge upwards immediately releases the peel slightly when ready , producing a diagnostic ‘ dry ’ sound . |
| 17 | Choosing the best time to buy is not always possible , and sometimes the inconvenience of waiting for the right moment can cause more trouble than any financial saving may by worth . |
| 18 | ‘ They chose the busiest time of the year when the Christmas rush is on and that makes it even more appalling . |
| 19 | Grand Prix , where you race all the other karts to the death choosing from a wealth of different tracks ; Time Trial , where you are on your own trying to beat the fastest time ; and Battle Mode , where you have to burst three balloons attached to your opponent 's kart before he bursts yours . |
| 20 | The Parachute Regiment seemed to have the best time , for it was based in Europe yet each-company spent four months of each year abroad on training attachments . |
| 21 | Boys from unskilled , working-class homes tend to have the hardest time ; at 11 years , 36 per cent were beaten with an implement by the father , the mother or both . |
| 22 | First , choose the best time . |
| 23 | ‘ But do you know , I think the happiest time I ever had was in the army ; though there were some funny times , real bad times . |
| 24 | It is a simple matter of first locating them , recognising the best time to do the job and then dealing with them by night netting , snaring , and so on . |
| 25 | ‘ But I was thinking the best time to escape is when all the teachers are n't around to stop you . ’ |
| 26 | Avoid the hottest time of the day , when the sun 's rays are directly overhead and at their most powerful and harmful . |
| 27 | Thomas Jensen , from Denmark , had the fastest time and Dutchman Robert Binnenweg was best in the air but it was Hutchison 's overall control on the steep 250m course that won the day . |
| 28 | I had the best time ever . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You do n't look like you had the best time ever ! ’ |
| 30 | had the best time of three hours four minutes . |