Example sentences of "[adv prt] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 Cut down the grooming time but do it quickly , efficiently and calmly .
2 ‘ Somebody told me that they saw the Bad Seeds recently and the show was being recorded , and that Blixa had had his volume knob turned down the whole time !
3 Do n't sit down the whole time while you 're teaching .
4 At least I do n't mean that — not a good show for you , I know — but frankly when you 've been down a long time it is a good show to see someone from home and get all the news .
5 And that I think , I feel is one of the loopholes in the Sale of Goods Act , because it does n't lay down a definite time limit .
6 Part of the reporting and accountability process is filling in a monthly time sheet which reinforces the emphasis on tasks .
7 The CEGB would perhaps be more fully convincing in its argument on fuel diversity if it could show that it had more real commitment to the development and use over a long time scale of renewable-energy technologies .
8 He moved over a long time ago from playing an SG Standard and an ES-345 when he found his beloved fixed-bridge ‘ 64 Stratocaster , which is standard apart from an extra treble-boost toggle switch .
9 However , this does not persist over a long time scale and is often not to be observed at all .
10 Budgetary time scale to encourage planning over a multi-year time horizon .
11 In such circumstances , if the Bank wishes to sell the stock it is holding over a reasonable time period , it will often be unable to avoid reducing its price .
12 This is the average number of hours that each worker is willing to supply over a given time period .
13 The FLA should draw up a development plan with every Football League club to bring its ground up to scratch over an agreed time period .
14 Creep can be defined as a progressive increase in strain , observed over an extended time period , in a polymer subjected to a constant stress .
15 The promotion-winning team set off a short time ago from the County Ground to tour the town in an open-topped bus , before a civic reception given by Thamesdown Council .
16 Rattling in the chest ; every cold goes to the chest or nose and the catarrh hangs on a long time .
17 That will speed up the existing time , which can be anything up to two to three years .
18 She very much doubted Madeleine would be prepared to give up the good time she was having to settle down in the country on Harry 's salary .
19 ‘ I suppose all the sorting out at the flat will take up the spare time for quite a while .
20 The bad news is that your pass is for today and Friday , and Lil wo n't allow you to make up the lost time in the field .
21 At least , this human being loyally follows me around the place , keeps tabs on me and rings me up the whole time .
22 Whether it 's because they feel they 're not taking up the valuable time of a doctor , they can go at their own pace , who knows ?
23 There had been windows on the westerly side of the school , but they appeared to have been built up a long time , judging from the appearance of the workmanship on the outside .
24 Your husband probably senses that you do n't admire or respect him and he obviously does n't trust you , which is why he pulled the drawbridge up a long time ago .
25 You see , these up here 's been up a long time .
26 Do you have to reti pack it up a certain time ?
27 Many of us have a special tune or song that conjures up a particular time and place whenever we hear it , or brings back a flood of memories , but we may have no way of celebrating it .
28 The meeting broke up a short time after , a bewildered Hoskyns leaving more convinced than ever that change would have to be wholesale .
29 One becomes accustomed to constantly ringing church bells and clocks — our local church clock chimes up to six , then at 7 o'clock it begins again , requiring a mathematical feat to work out the correct time .
30 All of us were checking new bands out the whole time .
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