Example sentences of "time out [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he 's been largely absent from the small screen for the last two years ( the South Bank Show spoof , Norbert Smith , was a revamp of an old idea ) , that 's because he 's unplugged the phone , taken time out with his two old drinking pals and got down to the serious business of mucking about . |
| 2 | For Alton , Mike Lake found some improved form after a long time out with injury , to come 899th in 50 mins , 05 secs . |
| 3 | I know he 's had a long time out with injury but he must be all right now or he would n't be playing . ’ |
| 4 | In 1978 , Elliott approached Branson with a view to tying up a New York version of Time Out with Virgin 's American office . |
| 5 | The next time out with me he broke down and cried for Constance . |
| 6 | Direct perception involves travel and time out of the office . |
| 7 | ‘ He has been told that if there is another occasion he will attract an indefinite period of time out of the game . |
| 8 | Now that I had left the college dormitory I used to look fearfully from rime to time out of my window , expecting to see that gang of fascist students coming to beat me up . |
| 9 | The costs of children may be divided into direct costs — the outlay on the baby and mother around the time of birth , and indirect costs — the amounts foregone by mothers who take time out of paid employment , and who may return to work part-time and at lower rates of pay . |
| 10 | In February '91 Tony started an essay on Arafat , ‘ I hooked up with him on two different occasions , over the course of a couple months , trying to do a photo-essay on him ; which was probably the most ridiculous thing to do the first time out of the box for a while — talk about a third-rate Keystone kops movie , with me as the star ! ’ |
| 11 | Heatherglen Faber , again imported from Australia and , again , sired by Adoram Matheson , this time out of Heatherglen Adda . |
| 12 | In 1252 the ‘ jurats ’ of Romney Marsh are recorded as having had the power to repair the sea-wall and to control the ditches ‘ from time out of mind ’ . |
| 13 | off Tottenham Court Road , west London , one of ‘ the numerous streets which have been devoted time out of mind to professional people , dispensaries and boarding-houses ’ . |
| 14 | Older people spend less time out of the house , on the street where the bulk of criminal activity occurs . |
| 15 | He took time out of a busy schedule to come up to the zoo and meet the rather less glamorous , but real , White 's Tree Frog . |
| 16 | I did , and this time out of forty applicants I was successful . |
| 17 | Wherever you take them , though , try , if it is possible and the weather is good , to arrange for them to spend some of the time out of doors — for the housebound elderly are often short of vitamin D , which most of us get from natural sunlight ( as well as certain foods ) and this deficiency can lead to the painful condition of osteomalacia , in which there is rarefaction of the bones . |
| 18 | For both these men it had been their first time out of the house for three weeks . |
| 19 | For firm A a going concern qualification would correctly predict failure nine times out of 10 ( taking zero net worth as a proxy for failure ) , but would be spectacularly erroneous one time out of 10 . |
| 20 | Auditors and consultants who spend more than 50% of their time out of the LA and Chicago offices will no longer have their own desk space . |
| 21 | Using the time after one has gone to bed can avoid interruptions ; 10–15 minutes per child is only a small time out of the whole day and it needs to be given high priority . |
| 22 | ‘ THANK you for taking time out of your busy schedule to see me . |
| 23 | He glanced from time to time out of the window , as if to see what was happening down at the jetty . |
| 24 | At present the Tate is only able to show about 1,000 works at any one time out of its 5,105 paintings and sculptures ( plus 30,000 works on paper ) . |
| 25 | Mr Aznar has been trying to exploit their success by taking time out of his campaign to visit Jacques Chirac ( and , for some reason , John Major ) . |
| 26 | The lesson to be learned is that taking time out of a fixed routine to stand back , and reassess the situation , is time well spent , and can create greater efficiency and productivity . |
| 27 | Unlike the Jakob cats , Griselda spent a good deal of time out of doors . |
| 28 | A system of giving staff time out of their normal managerial duties , operated , for example , on a rotation basis within a given specialty area would enhance nurses ' appreciation of their colleagues ' clinical fields , and encourage improved communications and understanding . |
| 29 | He spends as much time out of the house as possible , and what they do is too subtle for him to notice . |
| 30 | In that way , you can take time out of timetable for that unexpected event — the party invitation or concert or visiting speaker — without disturbing your study for survival and success . |