Example sentences of "[adv] time [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was thirty-six years old and not yet married , mainly because his trips to Africa — where most of his work had been done — had not left him much time to find a suitable wife , though others in similar positions seemed to have achieved wives and marriages , whether suitable or not . |
| 2 | Just time to have a little chat about greyhounds with our greyhound man , Mick Weeble ; I think you gave us one winner last week did n't you Mick ? |
| 3 | On our way to the single market , is it not time to give a healthy nudge to the metrication programme so as to enable our manufacturers and exporters to compete more fairly with our continental rivals ? |
| 4 | They also agreed that there was not time to create a civil service law , but said that civil servants should be reassured that past political affiliation should not affect future job selection processes . |
| 5 | Surely it is now time to start a national debate on the long- term future of the economy . |