Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | JUSTIN FARTHING wasted no time picking up the winning thread following his disappointment at Aintree with the Martell Fox Hunters ' favourite , Rushing Wild . |
| 2 | Almost an hour passed with my heart thumping every time the door of number four opened . |
| 3 | Her shift passed rapidly , and , though her heart fluttered every time someone walked in the door of the lounge , it was never a wet , muddy , and very angry Matthew Blake . |
| 4 | These were perceived as tools of management , [ who ] were only interested in productivity and in milking as much as possible out of their work force and were thus responded to by a work force who were determined to ensure that their rewards were as high as possible , and thus there was a perceived necessity to fool the time and motion man . |
| 5 | When the chart specifies a time outbound such as the 3 minutes on the adjoining pattern , such time is meaningless unless allied with a specific speed to produce a specific distance . |
| 6 | But dance has long been a popular option at Haughton where teacher Jenny Ruston says its hard to find the time to meet all the demand from boys and girls . |
| 7 | You must have LIFESPAN Manager privilege to adjust the time to shut down . |
| 8 | To give a full description of even a simple evening out at the theatre could cover numerous pages , and it is unlikely that the writer has the time or wish to do this . |
| 9 | A predator dashing in for the kill has no time to assess the minute details of the eyes to detect whether they are real or false . |
| 10 | It recognises that money has a time value by discounting future cash flows at an appropriate discount rate . |
| 11 | In the end , over 600 people were able to take part in the inquiry , a remarkably high figure given the time required to prepare and attend and the intimidating feel of the proceedings . |
| 12 | Graham reluctantly pushed one of the cassettes into the system , waved the cigarette smoke irritably from his face , then turned his attention to the New York skyline and started to name the numerous skyscrapers to himself in an attempt to pass the time . |
| 13 | Social care in a group care setting covers the time spent talking with and listening to people , hearing their stories , nurturing and encouraging them in the effort to make sense of the later stages of life . |
| 14 | It is a problem which has occupied the minds of those whom Canon Roger Lloyd has dubbed ‘ station saunterers ’ ( ‘ the railway lover counts no time wasted which he spends sauntering on a good station ’ ) . |
| 15 | In the short run , however , will the Secretary of State tell the House whether it is his intention to set a time limit beyond which talks will not be pursued by Her Majesty 's Government until after the next general election ? |
| 16 | He spent an uncomfortable day surrounded by burly miners threatening to smash his Dansette with baseball bats every time he put on another part from the ‘ Ring Cycle ’ . |
| 17 | The car faded every time I lifted my foot . |
| 18 | The Figure shows the time courses of syn-PLA2 , cat-PLA2 , and pan-PLA2 in serum samples from patients with oedematous or necrotising episodes of acute pancreatitis . |
| 19 | It was an infuriating trait , and it made her blood boil every time he came near . |
| 20 | His overcrowded programme allowed no time for more than the barest formalities between himself and Merrill , and his manner was coolly polite — a situation for which , she told herself , she was profoundly grateful . |
| 21 | Additionally , less electricity is used and the chef wastes no time waiting for the correct temperature to be reached . |
| 22 | The administration lost no time in trying to regain the initiative for the United States . |
| 23 | This partly explains why the review took the time it did , since the computer can spend nearly four days running a full set of figures . |
| 24 | I had it in my mind to seek a time and place where I should meet with a man called mad by his fellows , for if such a man spoke strange things of me , none would heed him . |
| 25 | The ratcheted , rotating bezel sets the time limits for underwater and other action sports . |
| 26 | The speed and urgency of cartoon action leave no time for reflection . |
| 27 | Everything was apparently under control until the last few seconds of flight and he was so busy trying to sort it out that fear had no time to grow . |
| 28 | As we have seen , the Marxist perspective on stratification and inequality envisages a time when class inequality can and will eventually disappear , after the destruction of capitalism and its replacement by a new socioeconomic order . |
| 29 | It is always hoped that the point-to-pointers of today will become the National Hunt stars of tomorrow , but young horses will learn nothing if they are subjected to a bumping match every time they run . |
| 30 | But I think we must be given freedom to choose the time and not commit ourselves to any timetable . |