Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [to-vb] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The truth was that Mauve only wanted to spend time on a large painting of sailing barges which he was getting ready for an exhibition . |
| 2 | Families which function well together need to take time with each other . |
| 3 | Also the Opposition did not want to waste time on such minutiae , preferring to tackle the government on wider issues arising from the conduct of foreign or domestic policy . |
| 4 | When a film has only three minutes to sell itself , at least you can be sure it 's not going to waste time trying to sell you anything else . |
| 5 | ‘ We are not going to waste time any longer in futile negotiations , ’ Izetbegovic said in a radio address . |
| 6 | Yeah but obviously I 'm not going to waste time putting tights on . |
| 7 | In an interview you are not going to have time to correct them if they are wrong . |
| 8 | I 'm not going to have time to get two I 'll have a look through this before Erm you 've got the Lett 's it 's a good one this . |
| 9 | This is ridiculous I 'm not going to have time for lunch if I do n't go now … |
| 10 | Well get down and get your jarmies on and then you can get back up there otherwise , if we do n't get them on , and when daddy 's ready to go you 're not going to have time to go and see your other nanny |
| 11 | Those responsible for initial teacher training can not hope to find time or personnel for the additional input which would be required . |
| 12 | Since the start of the month , the ACT Financial Systems Ltd arm of ACT Group Plc , and IPC Information Systems Ltd , both London-based , have been working together to improve communications in the dealing room : first fruit of this non-exclusive agreement is a link between ACT 's Citydesk database and IPC 's Tradenet MX digital dealerboard ; when a dealer dials a direct line telephone number using his Tradenet dealerboard , the RS 232 output port on the board simultaneously sends a signal to the Citydesk database ; a special program searches the database for information on the client being contacted , and immediately posts it up on the Citydesk screen ; so , the dealer does not have to waste time doing a manual search ; this service is available now , but will be sold mainly as an added extra to existing customers , or via the direct sales teams of both parties ; pricing depends on the size of installation , and the complexity of database search levels required ; future developments include bi-directional communications — the Citymax database could send a message to a dealer if something significant happened on the market . |
| 13 | Perhaps the most controversial question concerning English intonation is what its function is ; pedagogically speaking , this is a very important question , since one would not wish to devote time to teaching something without knowing what its value was likely to be . |
| 14 | Since breeding success declines through the season , females simply can not afford to waste time checking to see whether a particular male is paired or not . |
| 15 | But it works , and it will be a shame if Martin does not continue to find time for pictures like this . |
| 16 | Perhaps it was fortunate that at that time he discovered girls , and a year later met the Dawsons , who always seemed to have time to stop and gossip with him . |
| 17 | Have you ever had to take time off for health reasons ? |
| 18 | He still seems to have time for — fun . |
| 19 | But he still managed to find time to compose , and in February 1784 he began to keep a catalogue of his music , in which each piece is entered by date . |
| 20 | However , they also want to spend time with their children . |
| 21 | And she also hopes to spend time with Chester Zoo 's own black rhino baby Emma , mucking out and washing her to raise money . |
| 22 | They 'll trip themselves up trying to keep time to that , wo n't they ? ’ |
| 23 | I also plan to schedule time for a retreat , both to take stock and be more objective/clear about the task and for personal development . |
| 24 | you know they will have to do that sort of thing as part of a a job and they do n't really want to spend time doing it . |
| 25 | She had quite expected him to stop the car on the way home and make a grab at her and she was all prepared to cope with it , had her little speech ready about what a wonderful evening she 'd had but at the moment she was concentrating on her career and did n't really want to waste time on that kind of thing . |
| 26 | To say I did n't have time would not be true , but that I did n't really want to make time . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The entire courtship was only 12 weeks long so Jim is now hoping to find time to get to know Sara better . |
| 29 | One of my best-known remarks was when I was Chancellor and Geoffrey Howe was my opponent , and he made a rather damaging criticism of what I was doing and I did n't want to spend time on that . |
| 30 | With the right kind of visual material you could do what we might call " skim viewing " of the bits you do n't want to spend time on . |