Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Agreeing to her suggestion of a ‘ meeting ’ would buy them time , but for what ? |
| 2 | There 's nowhere else for the adventurers to go , of course , but it could buy them time to use curative spells , potions , and suchlike . |
| 3 | They too wish to display their dancers ' bodies at their fullest extension , therefore they must give them time , rhythm and space in which to move . |
| 4 | The important point is that it should be used at a time when for some reason pressure is to be taken off members of the class — putting them in what is virtually a ‘ spectator ’ role can give them time to recover from what had perhaps been inadequate non-projected work . |
| 5 | There is no one else on the Tory Benches , so perhaps we should give them time to get someone in to act as the Minister 's runner . |
| 6 | Do n't give them time for the |
| 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 | ‘ Perhaps Michael did n't give him time , ’ Allen said . |
| 20 | He considers taking an early flight because it is the quickest , doubts whether it will give him time to prepare and settles for the quickest later flight ; he wants to be bothered with as few suitcases as possible , starts packing the biggest he has , finds the lock broken and chooses another . |
| 21 | Both jobs will give him time to ‘ catch up with this international chairmanship ’ . |
| 22 | Once you let up , you will give him time to think , and he 'll realise how much money you 've lost him . |
| 23 | She did not give him time to finish . |
| 24 | No , a speedy and preferably silent retreat would give him time to calm down from her preposterous speculation on his private life . |
| 25 | Charles was prepared to contest the definition of ‘ God-given ’ under the circumstances , but Paul did n't give him time . |
| 26 | He did n't get that straight off and I did n't give him time to think about it . |
| 27 | Where the defendant has no defence then , if he is unable to come to an arrangement with the plaintiff as to payment , the court may give him time to pay ( Ord 37 , r 4 ) . |
| 28 | This would give him time to get back to Mrs Lorimer 's , out of his jeans and grubby shirt , and into something that smelt less heavily of the smoke , sweat and beer of the Prince of Wales where he had spent most of the last few working days . |
| 29 | ‘ I should give it time , darling . |
| 30 | and if they could do it time |