Example sentences of "[verb] the time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We felt it was important that smokers limited the time they spend away from their desks . |
| 2 | I decided that the best thing to do was to leave the porch just in case anyone came along , and to kill the time I needed to kill somewhere else . |
| 3 | For these considerable services he received nothing , his enemies using the time he was away to poison Francesco I Sforza against him , not least because they were jealous of the work on the chapel . |
| 4 | Given the time it takes for non-experts to put up a house , the interest charges on your loan may eat considerably into the discount you capture by using your own labour , says Tuffin . |
| 5 | Given the time it takes to write and then publish a book , our apparently insatiable appetite for the stuff causes real problems : the satirical observation conceived now is likely to look at best , a little tired , and , at worst , incomprehensible , in twelve to eighteen months ' time . |
| 6 | Heading for our connection , a brief glimpse of the sleek city more than justified the time we intend to spend there next week . |
| 7 | With the noise of the water splashing round her head and drumming into the bath , Melissa found herself reliving the time she had spent with Fernand in that dark , echoing cavern . |
| 8 | That is , that it is a considerable asset to have all the aspects of your novel reflecting the time you have chosen to set it in . |
| 9 | This is one reason why TV buyers may wish to keep part of their budgets flexible beyond the time when they might usually prefer to commit themselves — they may , of course , find that they can not buy the time they want , but this is a risk they may be willing to take in order to get a better price . |
| 10 | The High Court has rules that life prisoners who are sent to mental hospitals are still serving their sentences and can count the time they serve in hospital towards their parole . |
| 11 | Betty Anderson , has never forgotten the time she spent at Westonbirt . |
| 12 | Let's enjoy the time we have left together . |
| 13 | When she has the time she loves to spend hours in her kitchen , although quick cooking is the norm . |
| 14 | The garden was and still is his paradise and his pride and joy , and whenever Charles has the time he will put on a pair of old trousers , find a spade and get down to some real manual labour . |
| 15 | However , their " day " lengthened to nearly 26 hours , so that when they resurfaced , they underestimated the time they had spent below ground . |
| 16 | Her Honour Judge Marian Norrie-Walker , formerly Marian Jackson , who graduated with an LLB in 1961 , talked recently to MOYRA SUTCLIFFE about her unusual career path and how much she had enjoyed the time she spent at Nottingham . |
| 17 | They appreciate the humour and find the lesson units neatly fit the time we have to spend with them in class . |
| 18 | To pass the time I had access to the hospital library on VDU , together with TV and video . |
| 19 | Allow a maximum of 30 minutes per question ( if it is a 6-in-3-hours paper ) , using your stop watch so that you do not need to remember the time you started . |
| 20 | Gaily looked back over his shoulder at the rosy-bricked manor house , for he was too near to remembering the time he had wished his mother dead . |
| 21 | ‘ Sounds like the Cornishman coming , ’ he thought dreamily to himself , remembering the time he had watched the express thunder through Berkeley Road station . |
| 22 | I noted the time they woke up every day , the places they fed , the food they ate , the time of year they made their nests , and so on . |
| 23 | During the course of a week , his nursery teacher gave him a simple task once a day and noted the time he spent on this task . |
| 24 | Edwin always noted the time he began and finished an analysis and the procedure he adopted . |
| 25 | Over a period of two weeks they noted the time she went to bed each night and calculated an average ‘ time late ’ . |
| 26 | Even though my bike and rucksack were miles away on the platform of Fort William station , I can not remember being so profoundly moved on public transport , unless you count the time I thought I saw Sean Connery on the Piccadilly Line . |
| 27 | As the argument goes on , Roger Sanderson says the time he spends cleaning up instead of working in his factory is money down the drain . |
| 28 | But I 've seen the time it was . |
| 29 | Oh aye , I 've seen the time it was . |
| 30 | In 1703 Bishop Nicholson records a Churchwarden 's remark characteristic of the sturdy independence of Dalesmen , ‘ Except the Vicar and the Schoolmaster , we have not a Gentleman among us , nor can any remember the time we had a Beggar . ’ |