Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Good separation is only achieved if the flask is heated slowly to allow time for the equilibria to become established . |
| 2 | Madden has been used in short bursts during the Bombers ' opening games and the ruckman has complained that he has not been given enough playing time and that this is affecting his play . |
| 3 | Islamey is a dangerous work with which to start a concert , the agitato semi-quavers of the opening bars requiring considerable precision from an orchestra which has not had time to warm up . |
| 4 | However , this almost certainly indicates that each species has arisen in the relatively recent past ( usually by hybridization between existing sexual species ) , and has not had time to evolve any substantial variability . |
| 5 | Just on admission , a patient has not had time to make any necessary spatial adjustments . |
| 6 | The person brought up in the city who has a natural and instinctive knowledge of the curative properties of herbs and wild flowers ; the person who experiences déjà vu or the one who seems to recognize a ‘ stranger ’ although the two have never met before ; the person born with talents he has not had time to acquire — is it not a possible explanation of the genius of such prodigies as Mozart that he actually brought with him skills and talents he had learnt in a previous lifetime ? |
| 7 | Launching into the logical approach when someone has not had time or does not have the information to assess your credibility is unwise . |
| 8 | Mark Flannagan , formerly Director of ASH Workplace Services , has been promoted to this post and has not had time to snatch a wink of sleep since . |
| 9 | There were other stated symptoms , too , including singing or chanting odd songs — and what child has not spent time happily singing something totally incomprehensible to a parent ? |
| 10 | However , that is not an accusation that I could level at the Leader of the Opposition , as he has not found time to say anything at all about the environment — true or false . |
| 11 | THE Queen , rather pre-occupied these days , has nevertheless found time to quash attempts to strip Sir Walter Raleigh of his title for introducing the dreaded weed in to this country . |
| 12 | Since 1980 , when he founded his own label , Hannibal Records , he has been an enthusiastic supporter of music from Africa and Eastern Europe , but has still found time to produce albums by mainstream American groups such as REM and 10,000 Maniacs . |
| 13 | For the busy housewife has also found time to help with the Romanian Convoyaid , sending special parcels to thousands of orphans . |
| 14 | As the Prime Minister has now had time to appreciate the significance that Scots attach to the phrase ’ taking stock ’ , will he elaborate on what that means in the Scottish constitutional set-up ? |
| 15 | Silas , dear — I 've come here to spend time with you . ’ |
| 16 | He is very meticulous and quite demanding , and has n't got time for people who do n't know their job . ’ |
| 17 | And I think I think the reconciliation what he 's actually saying is he has n't got time to recheck those reconciliations before this weekend 's deadline that 's what it appears to be . |
| 18 | Well Harold was supposed to be , he has n't got time . |
| 19 | Clare has seen it , although she probably has n't had time to read it fully . |
| 20 | She has n't had time to have any freedom yet . ’ |
| 21 | has n't had time to shave . |
| 22 | Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman recorded for Shrapnel Records from 1981 to 1989 and has recently taken time out from working with the band to record a new solo album , ‘ Scenes ’ , for Shrapnel/Roadrunner Records . |
| 23 | The boy who began to convert souls while our future rectors and curates were deep in criticism , history and examination subjects , and who has never had time to go to school or university since , is not impeccable in taste . |
| 24 | I do n't do I 've not got time , I start reading and then it 's , it 's we 're doing something else |
| 25 | The problem which Jane and Nigel experienced over finding time to meet their tutors are fundamental to such projects . |
| 26 | He 'd obviously taken time over building up this little booklet explaining the stuff . |
| 27 | He 'd obviously spent time here , perhaps as much as he could spare before their marriage . |
| 28 | CUT DOWN MARKING TIME |
| 29 | Xanthe spread out the soft folds of her skirt and looked at them as Miranda quickly splashed water into her armpits , round her neck , on her face , muttering , ‘ I wish I 'd just had time to wash my hair . ’ |
| 30 | In the old days she 'd not had time to think about anything except how to keep out of trouble . |