Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | We judge ourselves by the time from call-out to getting the problem fixed which is an average of 63 minutes , ’ he said . |
| 2 | — as she might have said herself at the time ) . |
| 3 | Expressing yourself at the time of negative feelings means you will be less apt to hurt someone . |
| 4 | Set realistic goals Make sure you can achieve what you set yourself in the time |
| 5 | Her reaction to that had been swift but , so he persuaded himself at the time , perhaps rational . |
| 6 | The 1917 announcement was wrung out of a reluctant and distracted Cabinet by Edwin Montagu , who saw himself at the time as the architect of a new India — an India of ‘ great self-governing Dominions and Provinces … organised and coordinated with the great Principalities … , federated by one central Government ’ . |
| 7 | On a commercial note , it may well be that the insertion of a landlord 's break will reduce the market rent obtainable for the property , a fact which will doubtless manifest itself at the time of the first rent review after the landlord 's power to break has become exercisable . |
| 8 | I construe this agreement as a promise by the husband to pay his wife 30s. a week in consideration of her promise to maintain herself during the time she is living separate from him , whether due to her own fault or not . |
| 9 | ‘ Your'e better hurting yourself at the time , because you 're going to feel awful when you see the paper and it 's not right , ’ he rationalizes . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've always wanted to meet you to say something … just to say I 'm sorry , but … but I could n't help meself at the time . |
| 11 | ( c ) the willingness of the offeror to commit itself to the time and expense involved in a contested bid ; |