Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The retailer needs to know the best time to advertise … goods . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Added to that , there was something about the Wartberg works that I found soothing the first time I went there for the interview . |
| 5 | Your reasons for this colossal exploitation of what is to you hi-tech may be quite divorced from ours ( we want to look for black holes , whereas you want to ascertain the precise time you should sacrifice a virgin in order to propitiate the gods ) , but the principle is much the same . |
| 6 | For most point to point is a good day out … an afternoon of country sport … the competition is keen … the racing hard and winning isn ’ t the be all and end all … for some horses and riders though this game is the first hurdle … a fence they have to jump to make the big time |
| 7 | to wonder whether I 'd got the right time . |
| 8 | In fact , rather better than he 'd seemed the last time I 'd seen him . |
| 9 | He 'd gone the last time , he reminded her , because of Lowell 's hands — well , partly . |
| 10 | She did n't appear to mind the first time . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Not all of us like using woodworking machines , and do not mind spending the extra time achieving results which may be less perfect and mechanical-looking . |
| 13 | But he would have preferred to spend the extra time in bed none the less . |
| 14 | His reward for helping to fix the broken-down Time Machine is to travel to a time of his choice . |
| 15 | Sponsors and guests were invited to estimate the exact time of the flight of the Haggis from the Sandford Hotel , Fife to The Savoy . |
| 16 | Throughout the Sixties various means were employed to give the cast time off , though not normally for longer than one week at a time . |
| 17 | so that I could actually enjoy it more this time because it 's in , so much of a blur when you get married the first time that you 're caught up with it and you do n't really see what happens , I would like to get married all over again . |
| 18 | Thus even here we may want to reduce the total time required to record the spectrum . |
| 19 | ‘ I think a real friend is someone you do n't have to see the whole time . |
| 20 | Yes , there 's definitely there some proving , mind you , you 'll have to pick the right time of day , do you know what I mean ? |
| 21 | However this difference might not have reflected the additional time taken to draw an inference in the indirect antecedent condition , but rather that there was repetition of a noun in the direct antecedent condition but not in the indirect antecedent condition . |
| 22 | Her coach , Ian Threadgill , said : ‘ We 've got to be delighted with that without the wind she would easily have got the qualifying time . ’ |
| 23 | While some infants may go uncomplaining through the night without feeding by the age of two months they will not have spent the whole time asleep . |
| 24 | Bingley 's Richard Nerurkar , who finished second , should join him in the team , having achieved the qualifying time in the World Championships last year , but third-placed Paul Evans must decide whether to chase it in Europe before the team is finalised on June 28 . |
| 25 | Summer in the country , was the toast echoing in Diane 's ears as she went back inside ; and she shuddered , and wondered if she could think up something really cutting to say the first time one of them tried to treat her like a servant . |
| 26 | You have to keep smiling the whole time . ’ |
| 27 | Oh you just keep moving the whole time . |
| 28 | Yet he had remained alert the whole time , his senses tuned , even in their intimacy ; he had been able to bring his mind to other things . |
| 29 | This was clearly identified in the consensus statement from the King 's Fund : ‘ Until teaching is recognised to be an important professional activity ( comparable in status to clinical service , research and management ) it is unrealistic to expect those involved to devote the necessary time and effort to planning and implementing any new curriculum . ’ |
| 30 | Try designating the same time every week — like Friday or Sunday evening . |