Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [vb past] [adj] time [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was a challenging task even for an accomplished side which had little time to acclimatise or practise . |
| 2 | The one member of the CPNI who was centrally involved in NICRA was Betty Sinclair ; as secretary of the Belfast trades council she had more time to devote to it than trade-union officials like Banks and Harris . |
| 3 | In any event he had little time to give careful immediate consideration to the letter ; he merely wrote a short reply pressing Balfour to reconsider his position . |
| 4 | In spite of the garden we took some time to get accustomed to our new way of living . |
| 5 | In fact it took some time to make effective progress , in part because of institutional changes ; Lord Portal replaced Lord Reith , and in 1943 a separate Ministry of Town and Country Planning was set up . |