Example sentences of "the time [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Singing made-up songs all the time about living in Scotland and seeing their mother , while Carrie still felt nothing much , one way or the other . |
| 2 | You will never get the best out of it if you are worrying all the time about stalling . |
| 3 | ‘ It becomes an insult to your intelligence to read all the time about surging confidence when you know that things are getting tougher , if anything . |
| 4 | dribble urine most of the time without realising it ; |
| 5 | But that is n't to say that doing research is like breathing — or speak prose — you do it all the time without realising . |
| 6 | But that is n't to say that doing research is like breathing — you do it all the time without realising . |
| 7 | The receipt of money and the audit of accounts were routine operations which the Exchequer conducted all the time without needing any instruction or authorization for doing so . |
| 8 | I do all the time without meaning to . |
| 9 | Air France gained many improvements to their airline training programme by allowing them to : significantly reduce the duration of the training cycle , reduce the time between hiring the pilot and the point at which he is qualified for jet operations by at least one year , reduce type conversion hours by at least 10% , and make an improvement in the selection of pilots by providing a better assessment of trainee ability for heavy or medium jet aircraft . |
| 10 | The most dangerous moment of a policeman 's life is the time between getting his coat on and getting out of the station . |
| 11 | Below that your ‘ bottom time ’ — the time between leaving the surface and commencing your ascent — is so limited that it 's hardly worthwhile . ’ |
| 12 | It was known in advance that the companies sampled planned for at least three years in the future , frequently for longer , and that the time between making a strategic decision and the final outcome was long . |
| 13 | Decisions taken by management are for the future , and some have a very long ‘ planning horizon ’ — the time between making the decision and seeing the consequences of that decision can be very long . |
| 14 | And just finally this , er P C can you give us an estimate of the time between going into that flat and being called away when it was secure . |
| 15 | A mother in her early twenties in Coventry , who has been unemployed for most of the time since leaving school , said : |
| 16 | He lost his hair through chemotherapy treatment and has spent the time since recovering from the disease , which spread to his lungs . |
| 17 | A fine attacking batsman , he had been in the England team for much of the time since making his debut in 1982 , but after his four centuries in the summer of 1984 he had disappointed too often and his average scarcely reflected his ability — in 57 Tests he had made just over 3,000 runs at 34 before the tour began . |
| 18 | The street was slightly less congested , the time for unloading had passed and the lorries were gone . |
| 19 | When passing on to them family news , which they are usually anxious to hear , remember that the time for leaning on them with your more serious troubles is now past ; so unless there is some inescapable reason for giving them bad news , try to protect them from it , for they will probably be worrying about it in isolation until your next visit . |
| 20 | At the Women for Socialism conference , for which I was one of the organisers , councillor , Martha Osamor , argued very much that the time for getting into groups and discussing the whys and where fors of the theory , had passed . |
| 21 | Where a defendant or respondent under disability has no guardian ad litem acting for him under rr 5 or 8(2) , the plaintiff ( or applicant ) shall , after the time for delivering a defence ( or answer ) has expired and before taking any further steps , apply to the court without fee on not less than three days ' notice to the person on whom the summons was served under Ord 10 , r 4 for the appointment of a guardian ad litem ( Ord 10 , r 6 ) . |
| 22 | When serving out of England and Wales , the court fixes in the case of a default summons , or in a fixed date action to which Ord 17 , r11 ( automatic directions ) applies , the time for delivering an admission or defence or for paying the total claim and costs into court , and in any other case a return day ( Ord 8 , rr 2(3) , 4 and 7 ) . |
| 23 | At half past six , the time for drawing stumps , the scores were tied , but S. M. J. Woods , the Gentlemen 's ( and Somerset 's ) captain , decided to have another shot . |
| 24 | At school he had been enthusiastic but undistinguished , and after it he had found himself in a polytechnic in the Midlands , in the state of paralysis of the imagination that tends to grip adolescents when the time for choosing a career looms . |
| 25 | The requirement for abstinence after menstruation and the time for resuming relations correspond precisely to the natural tides of a woman 's sexual desire . |
| 26 | But then , with a shrug , he went back inside : this was hardly the time for sneering at pillars . |
| 27 | ‘ Hardly the time for taking on avoidable hazards . ’ |
| 28 | So as the time for hatching approaches , all the eggs may not be equally ready . |
| 29 | In those cases where no time for appealing is fixed by statute or by order of the House , the time for appealing is three months from the date the judgment of the Court of Appeal was handed down . |
| 30 | You are asked to complete and return it to the Company 's Registrars in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and , in any event , so that it is returned not later than 48 hours before the time for holding the meeting . |