Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] her time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told , I told her time ! |
| 2 | So I gave her time . |
| 3 | She had problems getting a work permit , which halved her time putting Crawford through his steps . |
| 4 | Not that she intended accepting any favours from him , but she knew he was booked in for two nights , which gave her time to return his hospitality if she could not manipulate tonight into a Dutch treat . |
| 5 | Caro turned on the hairdryer and saved her answer for a couple of minutes , which gave her time to make it tactful . |
| 6 | Although he was still charged with assault , the trial was not for two months , which gave her time to wait and discuss it with Charles once he was completely recovered . |
| 7 | Between 1882 and 1889 she divided her time between tours of the United States and appearances on various London stages . |
| 8 | Here she divided her time between private studies at the British Museum library , literary work , and lecturing on eighteenth-century literature . |
| 9 | She bided her time , patiently seated in one of the comfortable chairs , reading a magazine . |
| 10 | The original plan was that Anita would do the cooking and her husband would serve the customers , but she did not enjoy being behind the scenes and eventually taught Gordon to be a fine cook while she spent her time out front chatting up the customers . |
| 11 | She spent her time shopping , reading women 's magazines , listening to pop music and watching television . |
| 12 | ‘ It was n't easy to make a fitting with her in LA and me in Paris , ’ says the designer , though at Christmas Madonna found time to visit him in Paris , where she spent her time ‘ jogging and pumping iron ’ . |
| 13 | She spent her time building the only defences she knew . |
| 14 | Yolanda was a spotty , bespectacled girl from Barcelona who spent her time translating every word I said into Spanish for the benefit of Garcia , a missing-link anthropoid from one of your immediate neighbours . |
| 15 | She took her time , and done it real careful . |
| 16 | She took her time . |
| 17 | She took her time , undressing slowly and seductively . |
| 18 | She took her time choosing the paints , the pad , the brushes , and then returned to the house in a fever of excitement . |
| 19 | She had not intended changing for the evening , country inns being the right setting for good tweed suits ; but now she took her time about dressing , and chose a very austere frock in a dark russet-orange shade that touched off the marmalade lights in her eyes . |
| 20 | She took her time over it , waiting until she was sure no one wanted to use the bathroom , and going downstairs a couple of times for drinks and stories with Sylvia . |
| 21 | At the same event one of the MCs , a massive New York drag queen , hurled abuse at a tardy Naomi Campbell who took her time reaching the stage to collect her award for best model of the season . |
| 22 | While Gould was away in Bass 's Straits she described how she occupied her time without him , painting plants and flowers for later use in the plates , and sketching the bird specimens delivered to her table . |
| 23 | They gave her time to hide and threw dice to decide the order in which they should go after her , a five-minute interval between each departure . |
| 24 | ‘ It took her time to adjust to the light when the blindfold was removed , so she saw nothing . ’ |
| 25 | Simon was merciful , he told her himself and he gave her time . |
| 26 | Her arms ached , but it gave her time to turn over in her head the encounter which had marked the day , and decide whether she wanted to share it with Marlin or not . |
| 27 | She was thankful for that , because it gave her time to think carefully about the extraordinary situation which had so unexpectedly arisen . |