Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | and that it was er er obviously going to be a cost-effective exercise to do it there and then , and er you both er canvassed as many councillors as you could at the time , all the committee Chairmen were , were involved , I do n't see that you could have done any more in the circumstances . |
| 2 | And , if you 'll accept my apologies , we must for the time being put the matter of Lady Maude to one side . ’ |
| 3 | If today we can see better than we could at the time the agonized grandeur of the figure of Pope Paul , the one almost ‘ liberal ’ pope of modern times , we can also see how deeply uncertain was the Church he left behind him and — after twelve years — we begin too to be able to assess in its very different character the pontificate of John Paul II . |
| 4 | Candidates should produce as much mailable copy as they can in the time allowed and should be discouraged from sacrificing quality for quantity . |
| 5 | Candidates should produce as much mailable copy as they can in the time allowed and should be discouraged from sacrificing quality for quantity . |
| 6 | Candidates should produce as much mailable copy as they can in the time allowed and should be discouraged from sacrificing quality for quantity . |
| 7 | He thought he had got all he could for the time being . |
| 8 | It opened with a siren and a man trying to follow as much of the government 's advice as he could in the time available . |
| 9 | By the time Ellwood had done with Piper , got as much as he could in the time they dared allow , Carey had gone . |
| 10 | Getting an old cast iron downpipe off the wall is not easy and there is a fair chance that if it did n't need replacing when you started , it will by the time you 've removed it . |