Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gachot then spun after running over some debris from the Patrese/Moreno incident and the subsequent tyre stop cost him time . |
| 2 | Then she fell back on the turf and stared at the sky until she deemed it time to go home . |
| 3 | He did not discuss his ordeal with Ranulf or the Prior , although he told them time and again that all was well and let them order his life , content to drift , think and reflect . |
| 4 | He told them time was running out , but it is clear Milosevic , boosted by his recent election victory , is determined to spread the war and his power . |
| 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 | At last I judged it time to get off and start walking . |
| 7 | An ample private income allowed him time to indulge his tastes for writing , politics , and rowing . |
| 8 | David Straney increased Glenavon 's lead when the Larne defence allowed him time and space to score . |
| 9 | Brinson could cope with the work only because he was at the Foundation , where people could see him , which had concerns close to those of the CNAA , and which allowed him time to take part . |
| 10 | That tyre trouble lost me time . |
| 11 | ‘ I warned him time and again — he got sometimes so drunk they had tae carry him inside the cage — but what kin ye dae wie a man that wo n't listen ? ’ |
| 12 | We wrote it down and repeated it time and time again to Sergeant Moustaine , until he was satisfied that even the most stupid of us had understood it . |
| 13 | My presence , which Helmut claimed only when business lent him time , Jean-Claude demanded constantly . |
| 14 | It took me time to find out what was wrong but eventually I sorted it out . |
| 15 | ‘ I see , ’ said Oliver , who did not , but thought it time he said something . |
| 16 | They thought it time to take action on their own account . |
| 17 | The US State Department thought it time to look closely into the causes and extent of British criticism . |
| 18 | Jimmy , a world of conjecture in his face , opened his mouth , and Leith thought it time to put a stop to his speculations before he went any further . |
| 19 | My own ‘ anthropological history ’ in this liminoid phase became extended over eight years , until 1974 , and not only gave me time to reflect on many of the controls we were required to impose , but also to consider the nature of the social harm these unworldly folk devils and ‘ drug fiends ’ were actually causing ; for established society has never really known how to handle the unworldly easily . |
| 20 | The long weekend also gave me time to myself to rest and ponder on all that had gone and was to come . |
| 21 | After playing this there was what amounted to a short interval , which gave me time to talk to one or two people . |
| 22 | That gave me time . |
| 23 | We left for Salonika on 17 July , arrived next morning , and stayed two days , which gave me time to explore the older part of the town . |
| 24 | No satisfactory answer to this problem was forthcoming meantime , but at least the situation gave them time for the main Scots foot army to come up . |
| 25 | This gave warning to the outside interests and to members and gave them time to gather their thoughts and explain their views before the first reading , which was purely formal but provided for the printing of the bill . |
| 26 | I was so relieved that I even gave them time to finish their ice creams . |
| 27 | ‘ No , I stayed hidden and gave them time to get away . |
| 28 | Re-stowing the rest of the sails gave him time to get the details straight in his head . |
| 29 | It was almost an hour 's drive , which gave him time to elaborate his philosophy . |
| 30 | It gave him time to think . |