Example sentences of "tell [art] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | If you 'd like your kids to learn how to tell the time , treat the younger members of the family to their own watch from the ‘ Flik Flak Teaching ’ range . |
| 32 | To explain a watch we need to realize both how its springs and wheels ( or , nowadays , microchips ) work and that its purpose is to tell the time . |
| 33 | He judged five minutes was long enough for that , a lifetime when you are five , and since he had just learned how to tell the time he watched the clock over her shoulder . |
| 34 | Be able to tell the time and understand times expressed in terms of 12- and 24-hour clocks . |
| 35 | Or the little portable sundials which shepherds used to carry up into the mountains to tell the time by ; or , a last reassuringly bucolic reminder that Bayonne 's fighting days are over , an English bayonet from the Napoleonic wars converted for stripping corn-cobs . |
| 36 | Instead of following the movements of heavenly bodies , we rely on mechanical or electronic clocks to tell the time . |
| 37 | Do n't know very difficult to tell the time now how er , how long these things were |
| 38 | Getting her a book that shows you how to tell the time . |
| 39 | Remember how to tell the time . |