Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | You only have to read what women in emerging feminist groups and movements are writing , to see that these patterns repeat themselves time and again . |
| 2 | But as her frail body began rejecting its new organs , Kelly realised her time was near . |
| 3 | The treatment itself was distressing and made him feel very ill , but the care and kindness of the medical staff and of the radiologists made his time bearable for both of us . |
| 4 | Added manager Ian Branfoot : ‘ David was annoyed because it was one of our own fans wasting our time . |
| 5 | Paisley used his time to hammer home the religious significance of the battle with O'Neill by writing a commentary on Paul 's Letter to the Romans , the book which Paul had written while awaiting trial in prison . |
| 6 | Sylvie bided her time . |
| 7 | Mr Edgar spent his time in the library , and did not ask about his wife . |
| 8 | At the outset , it was decided to use direct observation of how clients spent their time as the principal measure of effectiveness . |
| 9 | In the years following his proof of the existence of other galaxies , Hubble spent his time cataloging their distances and observing their spectra . |
| 10 | In the summer of 1914 Braque was once more at Sorgues , while Picasso spent his time between Sorgues and Avignon , where he worked in the company of André Derain . |
| 11 | The other girls in the compartment spent their time comparing their passport photographs , and commenting upon the rowdiness of some boys in the corridor , who seemed , to their disbelieving , priggish admiring indignation , to be drinking beer out of cans , but Clara , though she saw , was too rapt to speak . |
| 12 | The US State Department thought it time to look closely into the causes and extent of British criticism . |
| 13 | In practice , an employer will not always rely on the implied duty of fidelity : there will often be an express clause in the employment contract which directs the employee to devote his time exclusively to the promotion of the employer 's business . |
| 14 | However , there is no doubt that many express terms which bind the employee to devote his time to his employment and to devote his energies to furthering his employer 's business contemplate control over his skill and knowledge . |
| 15 | He should have a say in how the guest speakers use their time at the event : should they meet the press or the mayor , where can they go for a bit of peace and quiet , even reassurance , and so on . |
| 16 | Dana took her time in following her sister , and Claudia imagined she would take full advantage of her sister 's absence . |
| 17 | The goods-train took its time . |
| 18 | Angie took her time fetching cups and saucers . |
| 19 | Maxham took his time getting up . |
| 20 | Three months gave her time to give notice on her present job , and , with luck , have funds released from her grandfather 's estate , the mortgage secured , and , hopefully , the sale of the flat completed . |
| 21 | It was my intention to spend my time there simply painting the landscape and I wanted to work with strong colour on a large scale . |
| 22 | What we have done to ourselves is to destroy the adventure of life by rooting ourselves to one spot in the physical sense , and demoralising ourselves by forcing the mind to spend its time on nuts and bolts and the rest of our shoddy interests , when it is thirsting for the trackless regions of the nomads . |
| 23 | Young , wealthy , good-looking , gay , and turned on by crime , Nathan and Richard spend their time partying with friends , having sex , reminiscing about arson . |
| 24 | So without their parents lot of kids spend their time watching the telly do n't they ? |
| 25 | Anne was approaching her thirteenth birthday and King Edward considered it time that she and his son Prince Richard , then ten years of age , became better acquainted . |
| 26 | At the Edinburgh summit the richest , most powerful European nations waste their time desperately seeking for a clever-dick way to con Danish voters in a second referendum . |
| 27 | While the do-goody liberals and the big stick brigade waste their time accusing one another of misunderstanding the criminal mind and argue over the chicken and egg issue of crime and social conditions , the prisons are packed with people who are certainly being punished , but nothing much beyond that . |
| 28 | Ottaviani overran his time , but at first refused to be stopped . |
| 29 | Mr Cawley says his time in jail was sheer hell . |
| 30 | It was the tradition in the family for sons to serve their time at sea , and then to command the company 's ships . |