Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] the time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no question here that PW acted completely above board , but it strikes me that the time has come to consider whether the profession 's rules and regulations on reporting to external authorities are not too restrictive . |
| 2 | It was this approach that Spaniards were reminded of on 31 March 1947 , as they listened to Franco 's reedy voice on the radio , telling them that the time had come to " confront the ultimate definition of [ their ] State , inseparably linked to the statute of succession in its highest echelons " . |
| 3 | It was a verdict which had fired many a nationalistically minded but hitherto passive young Irishman to join the IRA , and it had prodded Denis into convincing himself that the time had come for him to stop wavering and take an active role in his country 's struggle . |
| 4 | He politely declined to pose for pictures with Nesta and added : ‘ I have nothing else to say today … but I will say plenty when the time comes . ’ |
| 5 | She and Uncle Matthew had agreed , in spite of her strong disapproval of Ruth 's plans for the future , that she should live with them until the time came to leave . |
| 6 | You 'll learn all I can tell you when the time comes and not a moment sooner . |
| 7 | Well I will ask you when the time comes . |
| 8 | " Never mind , Audrey and I will give you a pile of disposable nappies or something when the time comes . " |
| 9 | But if he could not persuade her when the time came to move , Jean-Paul could . |
| 10 | ‘ The senator obviously just wants us to drown his children so they ca n't embarrass him when the time comes to run for President , ’ she told me next morning . |
| 11 | It would have been much more subtle just to have allowed his wife to demonstrate it when the time came and then to turn it into a talking point . ’ |
| 12 | No custom was more deeply rooted than that of visiting the graves of the dead and arranging to be laid beside them when the time came . |
| 13 | But I was told that since I was so keen to have these things I had better think about how we would use them when the time came . |
| 14 | It 's something we must put behind us and the time to start is in winter conditions . |