Example sentences of "be [verb] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | If too many are undertaken the average time to completion will be unacceptably long . |
| 2 | The more people there are helping the less time it takes . |
| 3 | The cottage , he told Marshall , had been built the same time as the farm . |
| 4 | He had been defeated the first time , but that foray into the arena had taught him a lot . |
| 5 | It had been worn the last time the Mendozas beat the O'Briens in the Open and on every occasion they had met since . |
| 6 | To this must be added the extra time and space demanded in main storage for relatively complex blocking — deblocking routines . |
| 7 | Sometimes better ( > ) for passive motion ; they want to be carried the whole time but even then they may not be quietened for long and will demand to be carried by someone else . |
| 8 | According to this law , if a response made in the presence of a particular stimulus is followed by a reward , that same response is more likely to be made the next time the stimulus is encountered . |
| 9 | ‘ Bulk ’ transfer should be used the first time information of a given type is transferred , thereafter this information can be kept up to date with LIFESPAN by use of ‘ incremental ’ transfers . |
| 10 | Note that if this keyword is used without the module 's manager having set a PREFERRED version , an error message will be displayed the next time an attempt is made to read the module out of LIFESPAN . |
| 11 | Mollie says she wo n't be fooled the next time a conman comes to call |
| 12 | Abbreviations , symbols , units and greek letters should be identified the first time they are used . |
| 13 | There was one who was sitting beside Gustav Eismark , many years ago , just when he was about to be married the second time . |
| 14 | They were saying the last time I heard them saying anything he was sort of going |
| 15 | On being asked the second time by the farmer how the machine worked , the old worker said : ‘ It be whoolly fine now , maaster . |
| 16 | ‘ But we were drunk the whole time on the aphrodisiac of youth . ’ |
| 17 | Anyway , my worst fears about Barny were confirmed the first time I tried to put a leash on him . |
| 18 | Did you break in here , too , or has the back door been unlocked the whole time ? ’ |
| 19 | The lullabies and other songs are continued to soothe children , especially when they are in a bad mood ; but this age is considered the best time to teach the children how to use their hands in various spheres of tribal activities . |
| 20 | Oh , but that but he is acting the whole time , that 's not him being him . |
| 21 | I really do n't I think he 's acting the whole time , I do n't think he knows he 's doing it . |
| 22 | No he 's , he 's , he 's just out to impress people , I mean he looks around to see if you 're watching him and he 'll erm no , yeah he 's acting the whole time , I do n't really , I do n't know if he knows who he is you know ? |
| 23 | However , the usual arrangement is to combine the three time constants in a single network and the alternative types are shown in Fig 3 , two of which are suitable for a passive circuit whilst the others can be used in a feedback circuit because their impedance overall varies in accordance with the R.I.A.A. requirements . |
| 24 | If a clock travels from P 1 to P 2 then the time interval it measures between these events is called the proper time Δτ , with . |
| 25 | Milk , after the baby is born the first time the baby actually has to digest its own food it has to process the food that it takes in , what 's in milk ? |
| 26 | Well I think so , I think erm as long as they can go and work with children and then they 've got the time when they can leave off and come , but it 's having the whole time , well then they 've children all their life have n't they ? |
| 27 | The England manager is a slave to slip catching practice , difficult though it is to recall the last time one of his bowlers located an outside edge . |
| 28 | Unless a company is progressing the whole time , it is , in fact , moving backwards . |
| 29 | This leaven was added the next time baking bread was done . |
| 30 | I I found it when I was driving the last time . |