Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] them time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd given them time to look for someone to replace me permanently . |
| 2 | This is done to allow them time to come back gradually to a state of full alertness without any sense of shock — but it would be just as effective if I were to snap my fingers or even simply to tell them to ‘ wake up ’ . |
| 3 | Allowing giving them time , I mean maybe this is what we should be , you know , hopefully we 'd be doing this anyway , but just using what we use in our family anyway to talk to , you know , as them questions . |
| 4 | A little foresight might have shown them that spending less on early hospitality and a bit more on the venue would have saved them time , money and trouble overall . |
| 5 | Again the Mirror could have offered each of them a solution that would have saved them time and money . |
| 6 | A programme does not have to be conventionally ‘ nine to five , structured but participants are more likely to accommodate themselves to unusual arrangements if you 've given them time for themselves . |
| 7 | Old people are no fools , and can easily be hurt ; so however many things you have on your mind to be done when you get home , never leave them feeling that you have given them time that you have grudgingly spared . |
| 8 | I have told them time and time again and the people have endorsed them and endorsed in voting pattern by giving me eighty nine percent of the vote . |
| 9 | ‘ We need two points and if we refuse to give them time on the ball then I do n't see why not . |