Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | OK , so they 'll come a time when I 'm not challenging the world record . |
| 2 | Just ask dad if I can have the time off before Friday and I 'll find somewhere to go . |
| 3 | ‘ That is if I can find the time . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ If I can get the time off work , ’ she murmured , being carefully non-committal . |
| 5 | I just thought I 'd find out if I could have the time off — in case . ’ |
| 6 | The old girl should do her duty and send me a postcard if she can take the time off from her toy-boys . |
| 7 | I would love to hear from you again , if you can spare the time . |
| 8 | If you can spare the time to sprinkle out ½ ounce ( 14g ) every week , that is even more gradual . |
| 9 | Life is more interesting if you are able to guide your own destiny , and this is only possible if you can find the time to plan . |
| 10 | If you can find the time amidst the hustle and bustle of modern life to simply sit and enjoy your own company , you 'll be granted a rare insight into what 's vital for your happiness and fulfilment . |
| 11 | And obviously Janet , you 'll be giving me the other one , so if you can take the time to look at it . |
| 12 | I have enclosed a copy and would be most grateful if you could find the time to scan through it to see if I have made any errors of fact or tactics . |
| 13 | Okay I 'll put together some ideas based on the areas we 've discussed today and if we can arrange a time for me to come back I can present my recommendations to you . |
| 14 | But if we can narrow the time down — or rather , widen it out , Lewis … ’ |
| 15 | The chances are it was something like four to six weeks , if they could take the time off from household chores . |
| 16 | Alex and Fred could ( if they can spare the time ) advise the CPL staff on assessing each potential adoptee on their merit regardless of where they live . |
| 17 | Sure , there are no working clocks in the entire flat , just one lively broken green thing that ticks happily as if it could tell the time , though the second hand only pulses and stays in one place . |
| 18 | From it I learn that a seven year old has achieved a satisfactory standard if he can tell the time accurately in units of five minutes ! ) . |
| 19 | ‘ Kindly adjust the temperature , Mr Peckham , before it boils away , and then be so good as to ask Mr Pegg if he can spare the time to rejoin us . ’ |
| 20 | While he could provide no time scale for this , he did say that he expects the business to grow at 20% per annum . |
| 21 | Indeed I wonder whether they will have the time to perform all the many tasks taken on by police authority members , including lay-visiting of police cells attending national committees on a number of subjects or local consultative bodies , there 's a whole list of duties and responsibilities which members of police authorities undertake . |
| 22 | She came when it suited her , when she could spare the time from her other work , but she always popped in on Monday afternoons to make a start on the ironing . |
| 23 | He could remember that there was an age for puppets and magic , just as he could remember the time that he 'd spent trying to fan a deck of cards or sitting in front of a mirror trying to get the hard consonants down like a real ventriloquist . |