Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb base] [verb] [pron] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The choice is yours when you select a multi centre holiday — how long , where you want to spend your time and at which hotel . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's not that I mind wasting my time , it 's just that I like to know that I 'm wasting my time . ’ |
| 3 | You can explain to her why I rushed off , that I want to give her time to think things over without me around to distract her . |
| 4 | Old people are no fools , and can easily be hurt ; so however many things you have on your mind to be done when you get home , never leave them feeling that you have given them time that you have grudgingly spared . |
| 5 | use voluntary work to ‘ shape ’ your day , keep skills sharp and demonstrate to the interviewer that you have used your time constructively |
| 6 | No , I think the thing is , is once you , this is gon na sound awful , but once you 've done your time and you know as much or more , then you 're E O then you 're gon na be left alone to get on with your job . |
| 7 | The point is that the inference which you give to it is that they 're not quite fit to be Governors , by comparison with others , and I 'd like to defend that because I can assure you that I have never ever nominated a Governor for a school who I have not thought would be advantageous to that Board of Governors to have as a member and that he will be he or she will be a contributor to that particular school , and I 've done it time and time and time again and indeed on occasions have had headmasters coming to me and thanking me for the particular person that I put in . |
| 8 | ‘ It looks as if I 've wasted your time . ’ |
| 9 | A programme does not have to be conventionally ‘ nine to five , structured but participants are more likely to accommodate themselves to unusual arrangements if you 've given them time for themselves . |
| 10 | ‘ We need two points and if we refuse to give them time on the ball then I do n't see why not . |
| 11 | Maybe the sentence was a bit short but I 've served my time on remand , I 've been in prison six times and have served about thirteen weeks altogether , but I do think they made a mistake I do n't know why . |
| 12 | Maybe the sentence was a bit short but I 've served my time on remand , I 've been in prison six times and have served about thirteen weeks altogether , but I do think they made a mistake I do n't know why . |
| 13 | But I want to take my time over tackling up and savouring the prospect of the sport I hope to enjoy . |
| 14 | I 'm seriously interested in acting , but I want to take my time . |
| 15 | You do n't yet give us money , although I hope may , one day you will be persuaded to do so , but you have given us time , and particularly in the person of your colleague Sandra who is here , and her time to us has been enormously valuable and I want to thank you for that . |
| 16 | But unless you want to spend your time and money on litigation against surveyors , building societies , estate agents and solicitors , with no guarantee of success in the end , you need to become as competent as you possibly can in carrying out your own surveys , even if it is simply to check that the ‘ expert ’ has n't missed anything . |
| 17 | But they do want their time off : even though 58% of accountants are entitled to over 25 days ' holiday , the majority still felt they deserved more . |
| 18 | Because I have wasted my time with something like that ? |
| 19 | Get them there , preempt it , okay , because you want to save your time . |