Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | For many situations which you will face as a manager it is safe to assume that your audience may only have time to grasp perhaps just three ideas . |
| 2 | You should not request time from a visitor already allocated on the Grid . |
| 3 | Once your suspicions have been confirmed you should not waste time . |
| 4 | ‘ When I 've seen you safely on the train , I should still have time enough to get to the auction . ’ |
| 5 | Ministers must always find time for an Opposition motion of censure but such a motion is inappropriate for some matters . |
| 6 | Although you should make a specific time when candidates can ask their own questions you should also allow time for questions which arise naturally at an earlier stage of the interview . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , we must n't lose time , must we ? ’ |
| 8 | Women presenters who wish to be taken seriously , and Ms. Ford deserves to be , should n't waste time whingeing on at charity lunches . |
| 9 | ‘ We should n't waste time , ’ Lucy said . |
| 10 | ‘ You know , with all these tragedies lining up in wait for us , we really should n't waste time . ’ |
| 11 | The Government must then make time for the resolution to be discussed although , as the Government has a majority and can normally force its measures through , it is unusual for such resolutions to be unsuccessful . |
| 12 | Also , you should never waste time and money searching for files or papers . |
| 13 | Gaultier has remained true to himself , and must therefore mark time until fashion comes back around to his idiosyncratic viewpoint . |
| 14 | At all events , I shall be much obliged to you if you will write to me as soon as possible — in order that , if you do not hold out any hope , he may not lose time , and if you do , that you may receive further information ; and he be put into the way of preparing himself , according to your wishes , for the situation . |
| 15 | Remember all this well , so that you do n't get it wrong on the night ; you may not have time for a second performance . |
| 16 | ‘ Savings rates always lag behind — and if the 2 per cent rise is temporary they may not have time to move at all . ’ |
| 17 | She says that they 're trying to clear up the waste created by thousands of people — it 's a long job and they may not have time to do it all . |
| 18 | Let's not waste time . |
| 19 | He did n't like the sound of that much , so he changed his mind and said he might not have time , anyway , after his other reading in a church hall . |
| 20 | As we are all busy people we might not have time to repeat the picture onto a larger surface . |
| 21 | She rang the Sunday Herald number , placating her conscience with the thought that she might not have time to ring Tracey that evening after all ; but when she got through to the news desk , she discovered that he had taken the shuttle to Glasgow the morning before . |
| 22 | That 's the main thing and then if you 've got any questions afterwards hopefully we 'll still have time to go through a few questions . |
| 23 | She marvelled even more though when Cara 's basic efficiency surfaced as she declared , ‘ By my calculations you 'll still have time to get down to Dover after you 've dropped me off at the airport . ’ |
| 24 | so he 'll probably get time to do it anyway |
| 25 | disclose : I feel : irritated/like I do n't matter/defeated. predict : if you do this , I can work more efficiently/I know you 're busy , but if you do this we 'll both save time on discussions like this/I 'd be better motivated if you did . |
| 26 | Sampling might also involve time phasing as in attempting to detect opinion trends leading up to a general election . |
| 27 | ‘ Perhaps I 'll even have time to persuade you not to run away from me after all , mus . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ We 'll never have time , ’ Gurder panted . |
| 29 | If you can keep your ‘ surplus ’ projects simple and labour-saving — grass-letting or flying flocks of grazing animals for example — you May still find time to concentrate on feeding your family as your first objective on quite a large holding . |
| 30 | Thomas Meehan , one-time caretaker of the Bartram Garden , stressed his early dedication , ‘ So earnest was John Bartram in the pursuit of learning that he could scarcely spare time to eat and might often have been seen with food in one hand and a book in the other . |