Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This magazine as a whole attempts to provide some of that missing sense of movement by tracking down individual people that the NI once profiled to see what time has done to them . |
| 2 | ‘ Which has given me time to realise that the way I 've outlined is the way it has to be . |
| 3 | It has given me time to sort out my priorities , ’ said Bishop Daly ( 59 ) . |
| 4 | so Timothy said oh he said well you want to know what time he 's coming tomorrow |
| 5 | All she wanted to do was shovel that crap up her nose , and if that 's how someone wants to pass their time , then there 's diddly-squat you can do to stop them . ’ |
| 6 | Sarella held the phone against her cheek with the rest of her face buried in the pillow and tried to guess what time it was . |
| 7 | But now Tewkesbury Borough Council which owns the theatre has decided its time for a change in managment … and this means Stan Stennett has to go . |
| 8 | He wears jeans , sneakers and leather bomber jackets and talks in teenage jargon , but — at the age of 65 — Fluff has decided his time as a pop picker is up . |
| 9 | He has done it time and again — |
| 10 | ‘ He has had his time , made his money and to have him come back , well , people do n't know when to quit ’ |
| 11 | ‘ They sometimes want to use their time more productively without getting a job off the farm , ’ says Sue . |
| 12 | The only other staffer at London 's Shell Centre is editorial assistant George Phillips , who has to divide his time between Shell World and other publications . |
| 13 | ‘ She no good for polo , too cheeken , but eef you want to waste your time . ’ |
| 14 | Where Hornblower 's cough is designed to give him time to avoid embarrassment or to get out of a tight corner , Septimus puts on his spectacles , which in fact he only needs for reading , when he needs time to think of a way out of a difficulty or the chance to seem more confident than he really is . |
| 15 | The Congress of People 's Deputies , the daring brainchild of Mr Gorbachev two years ago , has outlived its time . |
| 16 | The Court of Appeal is a very busy court which has to ration its time and manage its business carefully to avoid unacceptably long delays in the determination of appeals . |
| 17 | You can explain to her why I rushed off , that I want to give her time to think things over without me around to distract her . |
| 18 | She has devoted her time to the survey of the wreck of an East Indiaman lying off Weymouth ; once captained by William Wordsworth 's brother , the ship went down in 1805 . |
| 19 | Speculation that he had turned his back on the fast world of Wall Street finance was fuelled by reports that he has spent his time in prison studying the Jewish religion . |
| 20 | My conscience tells me that I owe it to God to be grateful to my father , who has spent his time unwearyingly upon my education , so that I may lighten his burden , look after myself and later on be able to support my sister … |
| 21 | He has spent his time tracing and cataloguing electrical cabling and other installations , including the University 's nineteen sub- stations . |
| 22 | Since then he has spent his time equally divided between Belfast and a home he has in the south of France . |
| 23 | Get them there , preempt it , okay , because you want to save your time . |
| 24 | You know , I mean , I might be saying Jimmy has wasted his time this year |
| 25 | My hostess , a supporter of the Smith regime , has poured her time and strength into the care of these people . |
| 26 | But as with physical wounds , it can sometimes run into complications caused by careless handling or the existence of unfavourable external or internal conditions which may delay recovery ; so the main concern of those caring for the bereaved should be to try to create the best possible conditions in which healing can take place , in which they feel loved and safe , and are permitted to take their time to absorb the fact of their loss and come to terms with it . |
| 27 | But I want to take my time over tackling up and savouring the prospect of the sport I hope to enjoy . |
| 28 | I 'm seriously interested in acting , but I want to take my time . |
| 29 | He may come in for a steak , but he wants to take his time and enjoy a leisurely meal . |
| 30 | But unless you want to spend your time and money on litigation against surveyors , building societies , estate agents and solicitors , with no guarantee of success in the end , you need to become as competent as you possibly can in carrying out your own surveys , even if it is simply to check that the ‘ expert ’ has n't missed anything . |