def _receive_with_timeout(self, socket, timeout_s, use_multipart=False):
        """Check for socket activity and either return what's
        received on the socket or time out if timeout_s expires
        without anything on the socket.
        
        This is implemented in loops of self.try_length_ms milliseconds 
        to allow Ctrl-C handling to take place.
        """
        if timeout_s is config.FOREVER:
            timeout_ms = config.FOREVER
        else:
            timeout_ms = int(1000 * timeout_s)

        poller = zmq.Poller()
        poller.register(socket, zmq.POLLIN)
        ms_so_far = 0
        try:
            for interval_ms in self.intervals_ms(timeout_ms):
                sockets = dict(poller.poll(interval_ms))
                ms_so_far += interval_ms
                if socket in sockets:
                    if use_multipart:
                        return socket.recv_multipart()
                    else:
                        return socket.recv()
            else:
                raise core.SocketTimedOutError(timeout_s)
        except KeyboardInterrupt:
            raise core.SocketInterruptedError(ms_so_far / 1000.0)