Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , that enables that they choose how much time they need , er because it , do I need to go that time or that time ? |
| 2 | Er , I told you what backs onto it , you know the right small on , what you were going to see that time , but on the side . |
| 3 | And I thought you might want to go some time anyway er , not on a Sunday . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been thinking , ’ he said , ‘ we ought to ask Ianthe Broome 's uncle to preach some time . |
| 5 | Her sole purpose in being here was to kill some time . |
| 6 | ‘ What made you want to go this time , then ? ’ |
| 7 | But we ask you to spare some time during the holiday to think of those who are less fortunate . |
| 8 | If you are seriously contemplating taking your skills abroad , then it may be advisable to invest some time in updating yourself at home first . |
| 9 | So he decided he needed to invest some time in , in that . |
| 10 | ‘ Any woman can have a confident and attractive aura if she is prepared to invest some time , energy and a little money into evolving her own personal style ’ . |
| 11 | The two groups returned safely to Jalo , where they had to wait some time for news of Jock Lewes and Bill Fraser . |
| 12 | They might have to wait some time … . |
| 13 | ‘ It is very enjoyable but one of the disadvantages is that when you start out you can be put low on a list after others and you may have to wait some time . |
| 14 | Others who may well have had reservations about him ( though we shall probably have to wait some time before their reflections can be made available to us ) were the oil-company spokesmen to whom he advanced new facts of life during the earnestly disputed discussions between OPEC and the major companies in Tehran in December 1973 . |
| 15 | There they had to wait some time until the Constable could find the key and lock the door on them . |
| 16 | It is the first sign of incapability , while in Ballantyne you feel that the boys are really able to kill another time . |
| 17 | Later , at least for many years , she was not to see this time as part of her life , and perhaps therefore it need not now be told at length . |
| 18 | Emerson and Jackie swopped positions at Brands Hatch , with both of them missing gears at critical points and having to drive some time in oil thrown up by Ickx 's Ferrari . |
| 19 | The VUE desktop management system lost out to IXI Ltd ‘ s X.desktop manager in the failed ACE initiative and HP is said to be determined not to lose this time around . |
| 20 | The VUE desktop manager lost out to IXI Ltd 's X.desktop manager in the failed Advanced Computing Environment initiative and Hewlett is said to be determined not to lose this time around . |
| 21 | No one would say that the need only becomes immediate when rain is imminent ; the need is immediate from the start because rain is certain to fall some time . |
| 22 | You 'll have to go another time wo n't you ? |
| 23 | ‘ A worldwide permanent ban under the LDC is the best way to convince the nuclear states that they must actively and seriously seek land-based solutions , and implement them now , ’ A spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Foods said : ‘ The LDC is doing a detailed study of the dumping of radioactive waste at sea and we hope to report some time next year . |
| 24 | Thank you for all your contributions over the last year , and please accept my apologies if I have n't been able to use an article that you 've sent , hopefully the next issue will contain those for which due to lack of space I was unable to include this time . |
| 25 | Similarly , it was long obvious that time went at the same rate for every observer , but since Einstein , we have had to accept that time goes at different rates for different observers . |
| 26 | At this stage , however , we can offer many opportunities for children to arrange and re-arrange the objects in a set and see whether they need to re-count each time . |
| 27 | To pass the heaving multitudes on the track , I raced up like a fell runner , unhappily only to find each time I successfully overtook what looked like a queue for an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical that there were further extensive crocodiles of people ahead . |
| 28 | The difficulties are that one has to spend a lot of time sitting in the classroom working with the teacher , or observing the teacher , and it 's difficult to find that time when one is teaching at university . |
| 29 | Really it 's a problem of time and resources erm the difficulties are that one has to spend a lot of time sitting in the classroom working with the teacher , or observing the teacher and it 's difficult to find that time when one is teaching at university . |
| 30 | ‘ After the collisions the plates were able to adjust each time — fairly quickly it seems — and things went back to normal until something else came crashing in . ’ |