Example sentences of "[prep] time [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was especially heinous , as items charged for were often put back into stock to be ‘ sold ’ time after time until they wore out . |
| 2 | At present there are people who choose to display a green learner plate for a period of time after they have passed their test , but this is only optional and may lead to other coloured learner plates being sold which then may not be taken seriously . |
| 3 | Second , under the proposals , established partners who anticipate retiring after the five-year transitional relief has expired will pay tax in respect of a greater period of time than they have actually been a partner . |
| 4 | This process whereby financial intermediaries lend for longer periods of time than they borrow is known as maturity transformation . |
| 5 | He greeted her pleasantly , seemingly unaware of the length of time since they had last met , and her pride made her take her cue from him . |
| 6 | Underpowered , overweight and outdated , the once 200 strong fleet , affectionately known as ‘ Whistlers ’ was in decline from the mid-1970s , and when major overhauls ceased at BREL Crewe in 1981 it was only a question of time before they disappeared first from top link Eastern Region duties , and finally in 1985 freight workings originating from the North West . |
| 7 | ‘ It got to the point where they were jumping on the bonnet and it would have been a matter of time before they ran over my roof . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The goals I scored for Charlton and Wednesday were basically created by other players but I think it 's just a matter of time before they start going in again and it should help my game when Geoff Thomas is fit , ’ he added . |
| 9 | They set you up , they say you 're hot , and it 's only a matter of time before they 're saying you 're cold . ’ |
| 10 | It should only be a matter of time before they return to common sense and reason . |
| 11 | She and Ella had plenty of time before they needed to set off for school . |
| 12 | He saw that the humans were numerous and becoming more so , and that it was only a matter of time before they would eclipse the elder races . |
| 13 | Most electricity men were convinced that , just as in lighting they had outmatched gas completely , it was only a matter of time before they did the same in other uses . |
| 14 | ‘ Nothing yet , but I 've got a team working around the clock so it should only be a matter of time before they come up with the answers . ’ |
| 15 | And it would only be a matter of time before they came to investigate . |
| 16 | If we do not use these medications properly then it can only be a matter of time before they are withdrawn from availability and we lose a precious treatment for our fish . |
| 17 | Plenty of time before they 'd be missed . |
| 18 | But these are cropping up everywhere , and it can only be a matter of time before they become as common as the cold . |
| 19 | The other factor against a return was that I reckoned it only a matter of time before they stopped being DINKS ( double income , no kids ) and became WHANnies ( ‘ We have a Nanny ’ ) . |
| 20 | It 's only a matter of time before they charge him . ’ |
| 21 | It was an object lesson in finishing that would have preyed on the minds of the Belgian team at half time as they reflected on an opening 45 minutes during which it seemed only a matter of time before they took the lead . |
| 22 | And then they had to be a for a certain length of time before they would be a master joiner . |
| 23 | Such was the improvement in turbo cars in such a short space of time that they were soon capable of producing anything up to 1300 b.h.p . |
| 24 | The greater the length of time that they have had to consider the full implications of what was proposed at Maastricht , the stronger have been their reservations . |
| 25 | the amount of time that they 're the stove . |
| 26 | There are relevant stair er Chairman which you can look out of place at the present moment of time but they will need to be addressed at some point in time in the future and therefore one could be forgiven for wanting to prioritise various but in general terms , the strategy that has been er looked at is the progress of St Albans in general , there may be small elements of it and some of these have already touched upon but in general that is no sound strategy er which over a period of time and in the process of that it will be essential to monitor erm the effect of some of the changes as you go forward to see in fact whether the other elements of strategy that were erm put in to that er work were in fact still necessary and whether they should be have some . |
| 27 | So we are talking in general terms about being willing to share our time , energy , space and care , particularly with people who have been recently bereaved through some major form of loss , maybe for a shod period of time while they readjust , maybe for a long time as the person or people involved learn to face life 's vicissitudes alone . |
| 28 | It might be for a certain amount of time while they do so and so and then , what can he do ? |
| 29 | They were an obvious foursome from the beginning , and it was just a matter of time until they paired off . |
| 30 | They can be encouraged to sit for gradually longer and longer periods of time until they can finish their meal in one sitting . |