Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [prep] time [conj] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now what they , what they were supposed to do erm I never did know but there were quite a number of these er men who lived in this train and they had a lieutenant who 's quite a handsome chap by all accounts , he used to come into the office a chap named lieutenant and erm erm this was one of the things that landed on Joyce 's plant er plate and er she used to meet these Education Officers and arrange for courses and in the er in Lieutenant 's case of course there was er , instruction in English which erm erm Stanley who was a Headmaster of er Area School he undertook classes for these Polish chaps but er so often of course these erm , these units were only in the area for a limited space of time so you could n't arrange anything very , very comprehensive |
| 2 | Borrowing lecture notes is often a complete waste of time because you 've missed the impact . |
| 3 | I mean to have to work out from first principles erm four plus three is seven every time , you may be able to do that with great understanding , but there 's an awful waste of time if you 've got to understand it each time . |
| 4 | As its name implies , this is based on your average earnings over the total period of time that you are participating in the scheme . |
| 5 | I 'm not sure , has produced all homework , all homework on time if you think yes I have , sign it , if you think no I have n't , there 's a bit sitting at home and I 'm gon na give it in tomorrow , no you have n't have you ? |
| 6 | like if you ever work in a children 's ward you can always tell the children that 've been hospitalised for a great length of time cos you can do anything with them |
| 7 | Travel back into those mists of time and you will meet many who have gone before and who also may have experienced these sudden sea frets , for that is what these mists are . |
| 8 | You can borrow small sums for a short period of time or you can borrow large amounts for many years , such as a mortgage . |
| 9 | The fact is , it 's condensed into a very short space of time so you have n't got much chance to think . |