Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] time [conj] [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may modify my behaviour to conform to the expectations of the group , and I will do so in a much shorter time than I would in a one-to-one relationship . |
| 2 | It 's a bunch that rides steadily , guided by experienced domestiques who know how to keep going and not lose so much time that they will be eliminated from the Tour as a whole . |
| 3 | Lilly Foley wondered would he fall in love easily , or did the rugby take so much time that he would just be satisfied with the distant adulation of the girls who watched and cheered the games . |
| 4 | The annual camp for secondary schools Cadet Corps gave me my first holiday away from home , but I was so homesick that a fortnight seemed an impossibly long time before I could get back to my parents and family . |
| 5 | to yourself I 'll do better next time and I 'll do better next time and it 's , it 's all the time I must try harder next time ! |
| 6 | As it is , Back Benchers have precious little time and it should not be reduced further . |
| 7 | ‘ Crossley , you fuck up this time and I 'll kill you , too . ’ |
| 8 | He carried on presenting dancers in an amateur capacity , but it was an activity that was taking up more time than he could afford . |
| 9 | ‘ The recovery is taking a little more time than I 'd hope for but I 'm rather impatient . |
| 10 | ‘ Now I 'm almost there , a little more time and I 'll prove my innocence . ’ |
| 11 | Robert Hooke urges in his Micrographia that ‘ the science of nature has already too long been made only a work of the brain and fancy : It is now high time that it should return to the plainness and soundness of observations on material and obvious things . ’ |
| 12 | If training officers themselves are not common , staff who can devote as much time as they would like , to training , ( whatever their title ) appear to be very rare indeed . |
| 13 | Charles became as adept at changing nappies and bathing William as Diana , and , even when he was small , both spent as much time as they could with him . |
| 14 | Both she and Dr Leitch spent as much time as they could spare talking to the young parents who would come to collect these patients on discharge . |
| 15 | There are two girl keepers who spend as much time as they can with him and are giving him so many titbits that he 's getting thoroughly spoiled . |
| 16 | They say they will spend as much time as they can together in the interests of their children . |
| 17 | In the lakes so , they 're gon na spend as much time as they can round the |
| 18 | For the next 2½ years we spent as much time as we could at the melin . |
| 19 | Because of his working hours he is not giving as much time as he ought perhaps to his family , although he 's always tried to ensure that weekends are devoted to his children . |
| 20 | For a week after his punishment Endill spent as much time as he could lying down . |
| 21 | He would spend as much time as he could at Hillmarden , but the strain was beginning to tell and , guiltily , he came to look on the nights when he was able to stay at the London flat as a blessed escape . |
| 22 | Spending as much time as he could with Midge , Patrick found her extraordinarily rational . |
| 23 | I took my parents when I , my son was two and a half , and I can honestly say that my son , I was n't able to devote as much time as I would have wanted to give . |
| 24 | I shall be writing the notes on my experiments , of course , and I intend to spend as much time as I can refuting Carslake 's idiotic principle . |
| 25 | If I 've got a lot to do I ca n't actually take as much time as I 'd like over it . |
| 26 | Do let's chat again some time and you can tell me all the gossip about Buck 's new tenants . ’ |
| 27 | Well , ter cut a long story short 'e ends up tellin' me that the last bloke was put off fer losin' too much time an' I might be a bad time-keeper as well , what wiv me injuries . |
| 28 | ‘ It will take a very long time before we can fully cooperate ’ , said Czech-born Thomas Messer . |
| 29 | Those actively interested in diamonds will have to wait a very long time before they will be able to put their hands on these cosmic ornaments . |
| 30 | I suppose we we would run the Independent as a professional publication , but it would be run at a loss for a very long time before you could turn it around . |