Example sentences of "[to-vb] it [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This County Council failed to do it from the time , time it was formed until eighty-five ; it failed even to address the problem , never mind do it , and we 've been trying to , to sort of do some catching up . |
| 2 | It is of little use to remember the answer to an examination question as you leave the room , or to say later with head in hands , " But I knew it so well " , surprised at your ability to remember it now but your inability to recall it at the time when you most needed it . |
| 3 | ‘ I myself was much too young to question it at the time , but I found out later that there was a good deal of mystery surrounding his death . ’ |
| 4 | He did not know what to do with it , Hailsham being far too busy to read it at the time . |
| 5 | Everything that happens to you has been chosen by your spirit so there must be a reason , even If you are unable to see it at the time . |
| 6 | With the political will we could begin to change it from the time of the first by-election of the present parliament . |