Example sentences of "[adv] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given the claims that many alternative therapies make for the treatment of ‘ incurable ’ conditions , many of which are suffered mainly by older people , it is perhaps time for those responsible for the care of older people to investigate the potential of such treatments as homoeopathy , acupuncture , chiropractic , osteopathy , herbalism and many others . |
| 2 | Fraser 's party arrived back on 23 December , but there was only time for a brief celebration , as Stirling , Mayne and Lewes were off the following morning for another series of raids . |
| 3 | ‘ So you 'll see , I 'm sure you 'll see , that I ca n't listen to you , Holy Father Tom , ca n't hear you , ca n't , not for a minute , so you 'll have to do as you 're told , have to do what I want , Father Tom , because there 's no time for this , no time , no time for these words of yours , you fuck , Your fucking Holy Holiness , only time for what I want , time for words of mine , time for what I want to say , nothing else , Father Tom , you fuck , Your fucking Holiness , you see , for my words , nothing else , nothing Holy Father , nothing else , just me , just mine , only time for that . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ So you 'll see , I 'm sure you 'll see , that I ca n't listen to you , Holy Father Tom , ca n't hear you , ca n't , not for a minute , so you 'll have to do as you 're told , have to do what I want , Father Tom , because there 's no time for this , no time , no time for these words of yours , you fuck , Your fucking Holy Holiness , only time for what I want , time for words of mine , time for what I want to say , nothing else , Father Tom , you fuck , Your fucking Holiness , you see , for my words , nothing else , nothing Holy Father , nothing else , just me , just mine , only time for that . ’ |
| 5 | Twenty-five years to the day since England beat West Germany 4–2 in extra time at Wembley to win the World Cup for the first time and , so far , only time in a glorious ( etc , etc — the back pages that morning were awash , as they had been for days , with nostalgia and breast-beating and rush-of-blood reminiscence ) footballing history ; the apotheosis of the game , which , according to one writer at the time , ‘ lives like an extra pulse in the people of industrial England . ’ |
| 6 | That does not leave you much time for drinking . |
| 7 | Er I do n't suppose they had much time for , for relaxing and sitting down . |
| 8 | damp and If you get me back to mum 's for about three o'clock time at the latest to take her to Osborne House . |
| 9 | They used to come home , the sh the show used to shut on a Friday at half past five and they 'd come by train then , years ago , they used to be loaded in London , Liverpool Street or one of the stations there , come down to Soham and we used to , they used to arrive here about er twelve o'clock time in the morning . |
| 10 | Both Child and Douglas-Hamilton were worried that in rushing to beat the rains the task force was not allowing itself enough time for preparation . |
| 11 | He had not allowed himself enough time for Fairfax . |
| 12 | I think it 's very good , because we as vets probably do n't spend anywhere near enough time with problem owners , problem dogs rather , and on that basis he is able to spend an hour and a half to two hours with each owner . |
| 13 | It is important to leave yourself enough time before the wedding in order to give much consideration as to what you would like to say , to do any research necessary , as well as to write your speech and to perform any last minute pruning . |
| 14 | It was obviously time for a change . |
| 15 | It 's obviously time for all the districts to nail their cause to the mast . |
| 16 | It was finally time for me to pack up my tent and vanish into the summer afternoon . |
| 17 | It 's just time down the drain ! |
| 18 | Just time for a cup of coffee , she thinks , but she will have to make it herself as the office is short staffed , with the Corporal Clerk away representing the Corps at the celebrations to mark the tenth anniversary of the Queen Mother being appointed Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports . |
| 19 | There was just time for England and Australia to fit in the final Test before getting on with the serious business — serious to those for whom dollar signs are important — of dashing round the country playing game after game after game of the Benson and Hedges World Series Cup . |
| 20 | He shows us to our seats , and there 's just time for Denice to switch off her portable phone before the lights go down . |
| 21 | When I visited Aunt Louise there was just time for us to have a meal in one of the High Street cafés before I caught the bus home . |
| 22 | As the case was held over there was just time for Dorothy Hardisty to intervene . |
| 23 | Just time for a quick honeymoon followed by a few fond farewells , and the intrepid sailor was off again on board his old ship on 17 February , leaving his second wife to look after her newly-acquired stepchildren , Elizabeth Eliza and Robert Edward , in his absence . |
| 24 | There is then just time for a breath of fresh air in Sandringham 's grounds before everyone gathers to watch the Queen 's 3pm TV broadcast . |
| 25 | ‘ Just time for a quick one , Major . ’ |
| 26 | It would be a very good investment for you to set aside time for yourself each day , even if it 's just time for a bit of personal planning and some gentle exercise . |
| 27 | I buy a packet of Silk Cut and carefully smoke a cigarette — making sure that I 'm actually enjoying it , not just doing it out of habit — while managing to fit in a couple of large and very refreshing G&Ts before the flight 's called and there 's just time for a single knocked-back whisky to provide a bit of nominal support for the Scottish export drive . |
| 28 | Just time for a card — we leave in half an hour — had our last night on the Johnny Walker now it 's local firewater or nothing remember what I said on the phone and do n't have it cut too short . |
| 29 | Just time for another , eh ? |
| 30 | Just time for a few hours sleep before the early morning call in the biggest beds you have ever seen . |