Example sentences of "time it [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old stone walls closed about her , so that at times it seemed to be suffocatingly hot , and she found herself putting up a hand to her throat . |
| 2 | Well , at times it does to me too . |
| 3 | Many times it appears to be used so that other qualities of the work — the wide assortment of materials it might be constructed of , say , or the way it is attached to the wall — can take centre stage , much in the way that a black and white photograph allows you to concentrate on matters otherwise obscured or de-emphasized by colour . |
| 4 | Sometimes , for example , the id refers to a section of the mind , at other times it appears to be alluding to a whole person or agent . |
| 5 | In the past , that wholeness was to be found in the college or the institution and its organic community , but in modern times it tends to be located in the subject-department , which becomes in Burke 's phrase the ‘ little platoon ’ which provides the student with his or her identity , base and purpose ( Mansell 1976 ) . |
| 6 | ‘ The first time it came to life was New Year 's Eve , when lots of my parent 's friends came down from Stockholm . |
| 7 | ‘ I said when we arrived two weeks ago that by the time it came to this Test you would have to give us a 50–50 chance because this is a one-off game , not part of a Test series . |
| 8 | That would be bad news for Wales , although they have expected all along that wonder wing David Campese would be 100 per cent by the time it came to the crunch in Cardiff . |
| 9 | I do n't quite know what 's , what happened , because I remember very well amending these details the last time it came to policy and resources , and that was agreed , because the changes you have made use the working , wording of the Thamesdown scheme , it seems to me far better , erm , as you have moved it , because er , very many people who are elderly , who are sixty-nine years or more or less do n't need any supervision at all . |
| 10 | By the time it gets to the papers or my manager at Arsenal , it 's me lying in the gutter . ’ |
| 11 | and what they hope is that most it has sort of been has disappeared by the time it gets to us |
| 12 | But I 've only seen one or two , can we think about photocopying them if it 's that thin , because by the time it gets to me sometimes it 's not legible . |
| 13 | By the time it gets to the sea then it 's slowed down a lot , it 's usually carrying very fine silt , |
| 14 | So that you can put a brand new car on at eh , A and by the time it gets to the other end it 's literally got rust problems . |
| 15 | By the time it gets to that all that rubbish that we 're going to shift . |
| 16 | He thought the transition period had always been too long , because authority deserts a dying king , and neither China nor the Hong Kong people were going to take much notice of us by the time it got to the Nineties . |
| 17 | But then I thought this might not be understood by many people , and also , by the time it got to the Augean Bulls and the Birds of Stymphalus , it would be a little recondite for people like Terry Coleman . ’ |
| 18 | Perhaps we , I mean , then British Section said to us on this erm and I 'd s , already said I think er by the time it got to this stage of conversation that we were without a prisoner at the moment , but , but awaiting one , and he said well , that would ex , that would explain it because er , until we initiate it , British Section initiates it you wo n't get another prisoner , they 're waiting for conformation from R E S |
| 19 | well February I suppose , by the time it goes to long |
| 20 | Even at the time it seemed to me that it was pointless to be vindictive or even to allot responsibility for such happenings . |
| 21 | At the time it seemed to us that Hilda was not the happy , carefree girl her father and I wished her to be . |
| 22 | The time it takes to be served and a number of things . |
| 23 | The problem with writing large amounts of text is the time it takes to proof read the final document . |
| 24 | The time it takes to fully implement T.Q.M. and the amount of work involved may be something that most of us have yet to come to terms with . |
| 25 | Repeated use is perceived as necessary in order to survive , yet at the same time it contributes to further decline . |
| 26 | ‘ I never wanted to leave Wigan — it would have been a downward step — but at the same time it had to be right for me . |
| 27 | Er , what I would like to propose the erm a a that resolution two of course , was put down at the time it had to be put down er , and is clearly going to be affected by , that it happened at the th the financial services in March and what I have suggested is that you might prefer this be a a a second resolution it is or and turn to the to add on the end of that resolution thus urging local churches to through their consultations with district treasurers and finance committee to increase their contributions to the Ministry of Mission Fund in nineteen ninety three in such a way that provincial commi , commitment may be increased by at least five percent over the nineteen ninety two . |
| 28 | Yet another multipart game , only this time it manages to be just a little more feeble than the others . |
| 29 | Yes , by the time it comes to getting round to your complaint you 've moved on . |
| 30 | At the time it appeared to be the most plausible perhaps . |