Example sentences of "[verb] the time [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he met anyone he could say , with perfect truthfulness , that he had been absorbed in correcting students ' essays and had not realised the time until it was after five o'clock ? |
| 2 | Neil , bring cup of tea in here and we 'll talk about it and I did n't really want to spare the time because you could imagine that I wanted to get ready to come away but I I made myself sit and really give him time |
| 3 | So with his son 's reputation now unequivocally established Leopold may have regarded the time as propitious to secure a position for Mozart at the Viennese court . |
| 4 | I 'm sure you have had the time , what you do n't do is make the time because |
| 5 | David looked rather odd as she said that , but he left so quickly that she could not ask him anything about it and picked up her book to absorb the time until Annunziata brought in her supper . |
| 6 | Towards the end of field-work a constable newly transferred to the Neighbourhood Unit from one of the sections expressed his difficulties in adjusting to the new round of duties , stating that it was more difficult to pass the time because nothing seemed to happen ( FN 17/12/87 , p. 16 ) : establishing informal contact with the public was not yet itself seen as doing police work and boredom was unappealing . |
| 7 | She knew that Maggie was being polite , trawling for subjects to pass the time till she could safely move away . |
| 8 | I asked to pass the time until the tea cooled . |
| 9 | The clock in the hotel foyer showed the time as nine-fifteen as she pushed through the doors and walked through the patio . |
| 10 | We was just passin' the time till the relief came . ’ |
| 11 | A grid of reference wires in front of the rotating map presented the hours , and as the solar image passed each wire it indicated the time as well as any sundial could . |
| 12 | She found it impossible to settle after his visit , and spent the time until she went to bed silently reviling him . |
| 13 | This paragraph speaks of the ‘ many distinctive gifts and talents that women offer to the Church ; ’ in it the bishops state : ‘ We believe the time if overdue for more positive attitudes about your participation in the life of the Church and we recognise with regret that you have often been permitted to play mainly a limited and often inferior part in the Church . |
| 14 | Well Laura and Gemma wanted to make these pasties and she 'd asked me at the weekend and I did n't have the time because I think Irene came down cos I asked Irene whether she 'd looked after , you know I 'm at college until three , and she said yeah I 'll pick them up and er I could n't get her out at then so I promised she could make them so , I said alright you and Gemma make them , anyway they did very well they made them in about fifteen minutes because we had to go and get Emily at four from school , I said hurry up , hurry up put the water in Emily quick stick them together shove them now and put them in the oven |
| 15 | She had spent the time since her arrival making calm arrangements for the transfer of her father 's body to their Buckinghamshire home after the inquest tomorrow , and was now apparently set on clearing up this murder before she left . |
| 16 | The alternative , spending the time until her trial in gaol , made her feel queasy just thinking about it . |
| 17 | Ah , well what value is it , a watch tells the time whether it 's three hundred pounds or three , three pounds |
| 18 | After the long drive a good soak was just what she needed , and it would help pass the time till Kelly arrived . |
| 19 | When I went to that rodeo with Jerry and I was n't home until after midnight , Harry did n't even ask me why I was so late — and he knew the time because he 'd been down to see if Islay 's foal was better . |
| 20 | He knew the time because they had arranged to meet on the hour but he was a few minutes late and she was waiting . |
| 21 | This ensured there was time to make to love to her , an activity that would frequently fill the time as he moved from one lady 's home to another 's . |
| 22 | He remembered the time because it was the last fare he carried before taking a tea-break . |
| 23 | What might have they have had to measure the time as it passed ? |