Example sentences of "about the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each has its attributes but for all round performance Kodak technical Pan film 2415 is recommended , with subsequent development in Kodak HC1100 developer for about the suggested time at the manufacturer 's dilution D. |
| 2 | When the temperature peak was at about the normal time , the patient showed a temporary remission of symptoms ; when the temperature was timed too early she tended to feel depressed ; and when it was timed too late she tended to experience mania . |
| 3 | Here you see the Sheffield ladies , Pauline [ branch secretary ] , Diane [ sales controller ] , Joan [ service controller ] and Sue [ receptionist ] still talking about the fantastic time they had . |
| 4 | Did n't Celia tell you about the awful time she had giving birth to Donna ? ’ |
| 5 | When he called Diana on the phone he often spoke in sympathetic tones about the rough time Camilla was getting because there were three or four journalists outside her home . |
| 6 | There would , therefore be this degree of uncertainty At about the actual time at which the radiation was released . |
| 7 | If one accepts the story of Molla Yegan 's bringing Molla Gurani to the Ottoman court-and there seems no reason not to-then on the basis of what appears to be the fairly firm evidence for this part of Molla Gurani 's career , Molla Yegan 's return from his journey can not be dated earlier than 845/1441–2 ; and on the reasonable assumption that the purpose of Molla Yegan 's journey was to make the pilgrimage , it seems entirely likely that it was in the year 844/1440–1 , the same year that Molla Gurani made his abortive pilgrimage , that Molla Yegan also performed the hajj and that the two met somewhere after that pilgrimage , though clear information about the actual time and place of their meeting is entirely lacking . |
| 8 | See you later on yeah , about er about the usual time |
| 9 | One — three months seems about the right time horizon for raising the majority of deposits . |
| 10 | I could n't spell and about the only time in your life you 're not allowed to use a dictionary is in an English ‘ O ’ level exam . ’ |
| 11 | That 's about the only time I 've liked it here . ’ |
| 12 | Moreover , evenings were about the only time parents could relax together . |
| 13 | It 's about the only time I really hate the job , you know — with accidents and so on … having to tell the relatives , and all that . ’ |
| 14 | It was about the only time Ken opened up about his feelings about living in Farley Court by himself . |
| 15 | We 've got an arrangement with the health authority about the maximum time we will take in assessing somebody for discharge from hospital . |
| 16 | I was wondering how on earth I should endure these hunting days , especially when they all came back and crowed over me about the jolly time they 'd had , and then I thought , by jove , there 's Alexandra Abbott and she does n't hunt and she made me laugh more than anyone has for years . |
| 17 | Mr Loxton was sure that it was the actor he had witnessed near the shop at about the incriminating time . |
| 18 | The break-in happened between 6.30 and 10.30pm on Thursday night but so far no witnesses have come forward to give more information about the exact time of the raid . |
| 19 | You have over DM 50 million tied up in the project but you are very patient about the eventual time of launch . |