Example sentences of "time [coord] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Warm weather , a shortage of cooking time or simply inclination sometimes rule out a hot lunch at home . |
| 2 | They 've slain some mighty teams in their time and tomorrow Hereford United are at Huish Park for a tie which should bring pleasure , but could carry pain . |
| 3 | Caccini also set the Euridice text at the same time and both works were published at once , though Caccini 's was not performed till 5 December 1602 . |
| 4 | Time and again Lear tried to tempt Gould to visit him in Rome ; always he pleaded for a letter : ‘ I am anxious to hear from you … ; |
| 5 | Time and again Lear 's long , witty , and entrancing letters were responded to , if at all , by what Lear called ‘ a nasty abortion of a note ’ . |
| 6 | Time and again women failed to find the words in which to frame their questions , knowing only that the language available to them did not fit . |
| 7 | Time and again intelligence organisations chase after these grandiose projects only to find themselves lost in the wasteland of truth created by their own stupidity . |
| 8 | Time and again Gould was lowered over the side of the ship in a little dinghy at the command of the accommodating Captain , by name , appropriately , of Mallard , where he floated happily for hours among his birds . |
| 9 | Time and again Carolyn has tried to teach the horse something which he did n't seem to get quite right but the next day one of us has asked and he 's done it . |
| 10 | Time and again Court politicians found themselves becoming tied to one party as the only way to pursue their policies effectively . |
| 11 | On the contrary , time and again Ashley had found herself thinking about Vitor 's looks , that purring accent , those first moments when they had first met . |
| 12 | We know that these ‘ go away ’ signals work because time and again predators have been observed to avoid attacking brightly coloured species . |
| 13 | But time and again Saddam Hussein flatly rejected the path of diplomacy and peace … |
| 14 | Time and again action by the Security Council was blocked by the veto power of the Soviet Union and other permanent members . |
| 15 | Louis was never free from wars and rumours of wars ; time and again Suger notes his constant activity ( anyway in the campaigning season ) in spite of his immense girth . |
| 16 | Time and again unknowns became stars . |
| 17 | Time and again Corbett saw shadows flit across their path , heard movement in the darkness which fell quiet as they approached . |
| 18 | Letters were lost , and time and again Charles would discover that his staff had failed to show him a document or letter , or turned down an invitation on his behalf without ever showing it to him . |
| 19 | Well this is something that comes up time and again Fred . |
| 20 | with all its attendant trivialities , occupied the Royal Society for some time and even King George III was drawn into the argument as is shown by the contemporary jingle : |
| 21 | This involved a 65mm camera that could do stop-motion by leaving the shutter open for an extended time and also refocus automatically while moving back and forth on a track as well as up and down , if necessary . |
| 22 | They turned south this time and soon Jenna was amused and intrigued to see huge gaggles of geese in fields , moving about almost as one and honking loud enough to be heard over the noise of the car . |
| 23 | The difficulty here is the shortage of MPs ' time and perhaps energy . |
| 24 | 121 yachts had their rigging and sails checked one last time and then crews pottered about anxiously , generating an atmosphere of nervousness so pervasive that even the spectators felt tense . |
| 25 | The organizers are often faced with the dilemma of whether they should adopt an all-out militant campaign with the risk that in the end all will be lost and nothing gained in spite of the expenditure of a great deal of energy , time and sometimes money ; or come to some agreement with the authorities whereby something can be gained , even though it falls far short of the full objectives of the group and will not significantly affect the position of , and relationships between , vested interests . |
| 26 | For many people it is rather demoralising to finish a long way behind the leaders all the time and so pursuit racing is an attempt to provide a handicapping system . |
| 27 | Kate could n't even justify it by saying it was a boy Lizzy loved , whom her daughter had been with for a long time and so sex was a natural progression . |
| 28 | This meant that school-children taking ‘ O ’ and ‘ A ’ levels were not moved during this crucial time and so disruption to schooling did not present a major problem for parents . |
| 29 | But Brewer has an uncanny knack of getting injured at the wrong time and so hooker Sean Fitzpatrick will be in charge for the first time . |
| 30 | Naturally nobody would have made this distinction at the time and certainly Julian and all her friends thought that she was at death 's door . |