Example sentences of "he [art] time " in BNC.

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1 Retirement allowed him the time to pursue his botanical interest , often in company with his children and grandchildren , between whom and Evan the devotion was mutual .
2 Southampton 2 , Manchester City 1 City ripe for Kendall salvation if Swales gives him the time .
3 Wendy Cope is about as far from the old-boy generation as David Wright feels from his first meeting with George Barker , but she knows what they 're like : Do n't ask him the time of day .
4 That gave Webb an easy catch and it gave him the time to see that Bath would have a man over if he ran the ball to the left .
5 Chris Renninson set Hibberd away down the right and his excellent control took him past two defenders and gave him the time and space to send over a pinpoint cross to O'Shea , who rose unchallenged to head home from close range .
6 I would n't give him the time of day if I could help it .
7 He never mentioned Nordhausen or the involvement of the Russians , but knew that if he could commit the British Secret Service , it would keep the CIA off his back and give him the time he needed .
8 This business gave him the time and money to pursue his hobby of microscopy to a highly professional level .
9 ‘ The wizard said that the little man had some sort of golden disc that told him the time , ’ said the Weasel .
10 We did play together , but I was n't with him the time he disappeared .
11 And even then she managed to land one blow on the side of his head , to get her teeth , albeit briefly and not very deep , into his shoulder , to kick him a time or two although her bare feet fell short , each time , of a vital spot .
12 But at the work-place the pursuit of profit allows him no time to be distracted with personal pursuits better attended to elsewhere .
13 Cora-Beth 's voice gave him no time to consider the matter further .
14 If the sender is traceable , probably the most sensible thing to do is to notify him that the goods are at his risk and to request him to fetch them ; and if ( as is likely with perishables ) the goods become a nuisance , the recipient would surely be justified in abating the nuisance by destroying them , even without notice to the sender , if the emergency were so pressing as to leave him no time to give it .
15 First he reminded us that it had taken him no time at all to find the Ardakkean thief — an off-world technician working in one of the phetam refining plants .
16 Riven tried to dredge up images of their foes from his books , but the reality of the rain , the darkness , and the approaching pack left him no time to think .
17 He gave him no time to pay and ordered he be jailed for up to the alternative of 14 days .
18 It would be foolish and unseemly as well as counter-productive for the Prime Minister to enter into an undignified slanging match with him every time he does so .
19 He must seek the advice of the wisest money-brokers and buy a pension scheme if he be self-employed ; he must see to it that he does not over-extend himself on the mortgage front ; he must run a motor car that does n't drink petrol like tapwater and wo n't break him every time it needs a service from a franchised dealer ; above all , he must abstain from vicious pleasures — or if he needs must indulge , then he must do so only in moderation .
20 Coincidentally a few days later reporters of the tabloid press began to gather outside his flat , questioning him every time he entered or left .
21 He said : ‘ Faldo has the heat on him every time he goes out there and that is the hardest part of the game .
22 Det Sgt Stimpson said : ‘ She searches him every time he comes home or goes out , and she keeps his bedroom bare of the usual toys and clutter so that she can see at a glance whether he has hidden any stolen property . ’
23 The daily combat practice sessions were starting to have an interesting effect on Alexei 's ability to control his temper , but since it was essential to beat him every time , they were also very hard work .
24 Farrell recoiled , not from the verbal tirade but from the rank stench that wafted over him every time Dashwood spoke .
25 My hon. Friend the Member for Battersea ( Mr. Bowis ) made the sort of eloquent and well-informed speech that we have come to expect from him every time .
26 I got him every time , until the end and I said I am not serving him this time !
27 I end up feeling sorry for him every time I watch it
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