Example sentences of "[verb] me time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Which has given me time to realise that the way I 've outlined is the way it has to be . |
| 2 | It has given me time to sort out my priorities , ’ said Bishop Daly ( 59 ) . |
| 3 | Ever since I was able to go into Porteneil alone and check things up in the library my father has had to be pretty straight with me , but when I was younger he used to fool me time after time , answering my honest if naive questions with utter rubbish . |
| 4 | Unused as I am to public scribbling , and tardy to boot ( I 've just read your December/January issue ) , I felt I had to thank you for saving me time and trouble ( not to mention hard-won shekels ) , in a search for something which obviously does not exist . |
| 5 | Towards the end of his life he told Osbert Sitwell ; ‘ Any talent I may have was due to a long illness as a boy , which afforded me time to think , and subsequent ill-health , because I was not allowed to play games , and so had to teach myself , for my enjoyment , to use my eyes instead of my feet . ’ |
| 6 | I done me time . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll do it myself — if you 'll give me time . ’ |
| 8 | Before leaving the village I consulted a chart outside the coastguard station , which confirmed that I had five hours before high tide ; this would give me time to get to the end of Worm 's Head and safely back onto the cliffs without danger of being stranded . |
| 9 | If he 'd give me time I might find a proper answer . |
| 10 | Items can be sent to my home address by the second week in September , this will give me time to price and size them , a major job as I discovered last time and I will send you the figure of money raised by the end of October . |
| 11 | ‘ He played tennis on a high level for two and half hours , and did n't give me time to breathe , and that caught me by surprise a little bit , ’ said Boris Becker , his prize scalp , after the German had lost . |
| 12 | That 'll give me time to fix things . ’ |
| 13 | They 'll try to incorporate her appearance into the ritual , which should give me time to slip in . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ It 'll give me time to think , ’ said Tim . |
| 15 | Besides , it 'll give me time to look round for something else . ’ |
| 16 | Maurice cried , " it 'll give me time to tell both your fortunes . |
| 17 | You did n't give me time — ’ |
| 18 | It 'll give me time to buy a clean shirt here , anyway . ’ |
| 19 | Give me time . ’ |
| 20 | If ever I meet a woman who says ‘ give me time ’ again , I shall become a Carmalite ! ’ |
| 21 | Give me time to stop aching , will you — before the next time . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Give me time to make up my mind . |
| 23 | ‘ I see , ’ Craig 's dark eyes were alight with humour , ‘ give me time , I 'll learn how things should be done . ’ |
| 24 | Flavia said , ‘ I 'm getting confused , please give me time , let me sleep over it . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Give me time , ’ and she looked away from him at the distant hills . |
| 26 | Give me time to think . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Give me time , ’ she said quietly . |
| 28 | ‘ Give me time to go to the ruins and look for a sign of Harry . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Then phone up from reception and give me time to comb my hair and hide my pyjamas . ’ |
| 30 | She has n't said anything about what she 's working on , but give me time . |