Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] the time [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Civil Protection Authority , together with the Italian army , navy and even Nato , needs all the time it can get . |
| 2 | He had to find all the time he could to write the play , even if it meant neglecting other matters , not least because it would be his first composition since the award of the Nobel Prize . |
| 3 | It would seem that erm i it was n't in the interests of one 's ultimate reproductive success to be too easily satisfied too much of the time because remember , it 's a question of relative reproductive success an and the individual that gets that little extra is is effectively gon na be , gon na be the one selected , so yes I would think that erm it 's probably naive to think that natural selection would , would make you feel er satisfied and content all the time it would probably induce erm a state of mild chronic discontent which is I think what most people actually experience in life |
| 4 | ‘ You 've had all the time I can give , ’ he said tightly . |
| 5 | The old man had gone to stay with relatives for a few days , and Dorothy wondered if I would water her houseplants , because he ( Leo ) wanted to spend all the time he could with her at the hospital . |
| 6 | Du n no , well you ca n't talk all the time you 'd have a sore throat would n't you ? |
| 7 | But we hoped all the time we would turn the corner . |
| 8 | ‘ Now I spend all the time I can on the water — more room . ’ |