Example sentences of "[verb] time for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is important to find time for relaxation and generally winding down but also it may be helpful to ‘ rebreathe ’ four or five times a day to counteract any blowing off of carbon dioxide which may have occurred . |
| 2 | He was able to find time for study and he preached regularly to the soldiers and the local people . |
| 3 | ‘ I Do n't Know How I Found Time For Work ! ’ |
| 4 | And , when some other retired persons says in my presence ‘ I do n't know how I found time for work ’ , I no longer inwardly cringe with scorn at the well worn cliche as I used to do but instead I enthusiastically and of course sagely nod my head in hearty agreement . |
| 5 | But he also allows time for reflection , which brings the book a sense of perspective that most popularisations lack . |
| 6 | Earlier this year Central and Anglia teamed up in a jointly owned group , Television Sales & Marketing Services , which has now won contracts to sell time for Border TV and the cable channel Discovery . |
| 7 | Editor , — Catherine Pope 's editorial on waiting times for outpatient appointments does not reflect the whole picture . |
| 8 | As in urology , in neurology waiting times for outpatient appointments are too long despite the unacceptably large numbers of patients seen in outpatient clinics . |
| 9 | Castlerock 's 1,500 residents , the majority of them Protestants , have never had time for sectarianism and division . |
| 10 | The proportion of those on remand , that is , being held prior to trial or sentence , was 14.5 per cent in 1979 but in 1988 had grown to 23 per cent , with the average waiting time for trial at the Crown Court also increasing . |
| 11 | The average waiting time for trial at Crown Court was 56 days in 1989 , and in that year remand prisoners made up just over one-fifth of the average prison population . |
| 12 | Curve have n't got time for apathy — there 's got to be some attitude to your music . ’ |
| 13 | Er have n't got time for tea |
| 14 | You have got time for tea |
| 15 | A typical response was , Pressure is being applied to consultants to increase their workload , be involved in management , accept financial responsibility , and give time for audit . |
| 16 | The best that could be achieved in western Europe was a dispersed defensive strategy which would bog down an offensive , in case of war , and so give time for negotiation . |
| 17 | It was time to take a few weeks off — no more — but that allowed time for reflection on the year . |
| 18 | TESTING TIME FOR LAB TECHNICIAN |
| 19 | ‘ Ways of life imply times for breakfast . ’ |
| 20 | It takes time for industry to accumulate expertise , to build teams , and to establish a strong market position . |
| 21 | The addition of the necessary chemicals can be made at the same time , and the plant requires means for adding these , mixing them with the water to give time for interaction , and removing the precipitate by sedimentation , usually by some variation of the " upward-flow " type of tank . |
| 22 | It had been meant to give time for negotiation if there were problems about their proposed campaign . |
| 23 | We will improve the quality of debates by allocating time for business more fairly , timetabling Committee sessions of bills and ending Parliaments ' late-night sittings . |
| 24 | He went to a Jesuit school , served as an altar boy ( as did his future enemies the Snowman and the Falcon , both now doing time for espionage against the United States ) , and read law at Fordham . |
| 25 | He was doing time for debt , as I recall . |
| 26 | He abused his inheritance , behaved extravagantly , and nearly got his comeuppance from the weasels — a violent proletariat who squatted in his house while he was doing time for car theft . |
| 27 | When you first do this it can seem quite a risk and it may take time for fluency to grow , but it is worth it ! |
| 28 | If the operative part could properly be controlled by the recitals , I think there would be much reason to say that the only thing contemplated by the recitals was giving time for payment , without any relinquishment , on the part of the judgment creditor , of any portion of the amount recoverable ( whether for principal or for interest ) under the judgment . |
| 29 | At the Sollum Voe anchorage this 145 tons of sea water was pumped out and the ships patched up , causing a day 's delay but also giving time for Christmas dinner and a night 's sleep with everyone fully recovered from sea sickness , a malady with no respect for rank or courage . |
| 30 | Hitherto she had been so tied up in the day-to-day mechanics of the company that she was often forced to consider time for research as a luxury . |