Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 That should take him a long time to .
2 Like many European economies , Austria faces a difficult year ; its close links with the ailing German economy may give it a worse time than most .
3 It 's a heartening thought : he might give us a hard time but , at root , Bob is on our side …
4 I 'll give you a little time for that one .
5 I 'll give you a good time . ’
6 You 'll be more than welcome — ugly and depressing though it is — we 'll show you a good time — we mean that , Hans — we really do . ’
7 That 'll be one read , but we 'd have to read it to you and it 'll take us a long time !
8 are you saying , er , I 'll put it a third time , are you saying or not that you do not know whether the figures that you published are accurate until twenty one months later ? , is that what you 're saying ?
9 ‘ I did n't think you could get it a second time .
10 If you want to stay with STG , I 'll be happy to arrange to have your work handled by one of the other partners although it may take him a little time to be able to handle your affairs completely on his own without asking you a lot of questions . ’
11 They are scarcely free to shop around for the officer who would give them the easiest time .
12 My contract said very clearly that I had to have complete control of the making of the film , so I asked Darryl Zanuck if he would please replace me and I would give him the necessary time to find someone else .
13 No Ann would have him the whole time .
14 ‘ I shall call you the next time we are free , and we will do the rest , Yes ? ’
15 It would take him a long time then would n't it ?
16 If we really fell in love and then never saw one another again , it would take us a long time to get over it and forget .
17 I suspect that that was the last time that he will make a speech as Minister for the Arts , and I do not think that the House would begrudge him a longer time to say his farewells .
18 You see the i it was er we used to make curtains then for Littlewoods , Littlewoods as it is now , they 're still , you know , the they were about the forerunners of the er tt this er catalogue business , and if they gave us an order that would last us a long time , and that usually the eight points , which was meant to say there were eight threads to an inch .
19 Thames Valley police are hoping their action will make it an unhappy time for thieves .
20 ‘ At prop , if you do not show aggression and attack your opposite number , whilst contributing to making sure that your own ball is protected , you can be certain that your opponents will give you a hard time .
21 In return for a £250 donation to the Appeal Fund we will give you an engraved Time Capsule measuring 75mm dia. × 230mm long ( 3″ × 9″ ) .
22 A structure as I 've said previously will give us the vital time and for the detailed discussions and consultations we need if we are to build the trust for the merger we all wish to see .
23 It will take me a long time to correct & copy , though : when I have done so , of course you shall have it .
24 ‘ It will take me a long time to define what I mean .
25 Erm that 's the plan of course it it will take us a long time to find something suitable .
26 do you reckon at the end of this year will offer you a full time job ?
27 I can give you a good time . ’
28 No mechanical indicator can tell you the right time to strike , at least in this situation , but your sense of touch can , once you have enough experience to know what you are feeling for .
29 A good deal of the time he or she can get it the first time .
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