Example sentences of "could [verb] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd be grateful if you could spare time for a fitting , and I did think it would be a good idea if I could hold a rehearsal of everyone concerned in my part of the show before the official one . |
| 2 | Erm I would , I think it would be very useful if you could make time in the next day or so , you do n't have to spend long on this you know , if you just spent sort of |
| 3 | Their refusal to do so had more to do with a laager mentality than with calculations that by spinning out the conflict they could buy time to mop up more territory . |
| 4 | But Eisenhower and Dulles continued to work on the assumption that they could buy time with diplomacy , and with this object in view — especially in face to face meetings with the British — they were reluctant to lean too heavily on their ally . |
| 5 | Oag , formerly marketing director with a major computer industry concern in London , had grown tired of weekend commuting from Nairn , and began to look for a local company he could invest time and money in . |
| 6 | When he and Helen could spend time alone , their passionate unconsummated loving convinced him that but for the ‘ rich simplicity of childhood ’ that characterized her , her ‘ capacity for content ’ , her ‘ virginity of sentiment and soul ’ , their love-making would be dangerous , ‘ if my nature were more masculine and daring ’ . |
| 7 | Whether or not attitudes changed in the next ten years , by the Act 1 & 2 Victoria cap 110 of 1837 abolished arrest by ‘ mesne process ’ by which , as seen , a debtor could spend time in prison before his case had been tried in court and judgement made on it . |
| 8 | This meant the Duchess got a free air ticket to Sydney , Australia , and could spend time with Andrew while his ship was in southern waters . |
| 9 | Mum had done lots of cooking beforehand so we were n't tied to the kitchen and could spend time doing other things and just sitting around chatting . |
| 10 | He gave it me to spend , presumably so he could spend time making love to you , sister , dear , ’ Dana said when Claudia asked her that question after Roman had gone to his room . |
| 11 | This meant either working out very accurate tables of the movements of the moon or devising a chronometer which could keep time for a voyage of months or years without relying on a pendulum that would be disturbed by the rolling of the ship . |
| 12 | Consequently , it was possible for them ( but not for Christians , because they rejected pantheism ) to speak of a world-soul that could measure time , and this was , in fact , the answer given by Plotinus to Aristotle 's question . |
| 13 | It needs a very large orchestra and I needed a lot of rehearsals so that I could have time to explain the piece fully to the orchestra . |
| 14 | Be warned , if you have one or two large and complex images , you could have time enough to make drink , and regret a cup of coffee before the thumbnail picture has been completed , but next time it will display with alacrity . |
| 15 | Furthermore , because projects can last for up to four months , an upturn could take time to emerge . |
| 16 | Bigger groups are likely to find economic recovery patchy and it could take time for higher earnings and dividends to feed through to investors ; while the more volatile smaller businesses , having been hit harder on the way down could spring back faster , Hardman says . |
| 17 | It would not take the Regent long to ride there , but the displaying of himself and party in the quite large township and before the castle itself could take time ; and coaxing Balliol and his people out , if successful , might take longer still . |
| 18 | No wonder he could take time off whenever he pleased . |
| 19 | He had told her he might bring Marianne over to meet her and to see the show if they could take time out from all the wedding preparations . |
| 20 | At first , economic pressures pushed clients to a grudging , reluctant use of search consultants , and a realisation that they were acceptable and tolerable on the grounds that they could save time and hassle and ultimately even money , and could carry out confidential corporate dirty work in tight spots . |
| 21 | This was how they could save time , catch up . |
| 22 | This contrasted with Britain where most of the part-time farmers were in rural employment and could obtain time away fairly easily . |
| 23 | What it boiled down to was : there was here , where he had friends and family , or there was London where he had a few friends and a lot of contacts , and it felt like things were happening , and where you could fill time with something no matter how mixed up and fraudulent you felt … or there was abroad , of course ; the rest of the world ; India ( to take the most extreme example he 'd found so far ) , where you felt like an alien , lumbering and self-conscious , materially far more rich and spiritually far more poor than the people who thronged the place , where just by that intensity of touching , that very sweating crowdedness , you felt more apart , more consigned to a different , echoing place inside yourself . |
| 24 | If you had a section with only five men , only one could get time off because two other men would have to share the beat . |
| 25 | We , on the other hand , were at that stage of life when we felt we could find time for anything that took our fancy . |
| 26 | Si pudiera volver el tiempo atrás , me preocuparia mas en eso [ UNREAL ] — ‘ If I could turn time back I 'd worry more about that ’ |
| 27 | ( ‘ as if you could kill time without injuring eternity , ’ Thoreau said . ) |