Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Give me a ring-if you have time . |
| 2 | A person who listens shows that he or she has time for others . |
| 3 | I could hear Nell 's voice announcing calmly that everyone had time for another drink . |
| 4 | Is n't that , meant we , we say that I know time goes on but in years they took to pay the loan . |
| 5 | I gave thanks that I had time and energy to simply enjoy and absorb . |
| 6 | I wish that I had time to go into the matter in more detail , because the proposals in the Bill are seriously flawed . |
| 7 | I wish that I had time to go more deeply into the Government 's failure to tackle the root causes of crime in our communities , but suffice it to say that neither unemployment nor lack of a decent home is an excuse for crime . |
| 8 | But it was n't till after school the following afternoon that I found time to go . |
| 9 | Now that I have time again I shall also be able to finish off the other articles that were put on one side during the museum work . |
| 10 | Those are the only examples that I have time to cite today , but I could give several more from my constituency files . |
| 11 | Also my teaching is squeezed into 4 days , which means that I have time to myself at the weekend , including Friday . |
| 12 | The sun had got his hat on , so I took time out from the deep and meaningful stuff and studied my reflection in the glass . |
| 13 | As it happened , the lecture ended earlier than I had expected , so I had time to waste . ’ |
| 14 | The rush was over by then , so I had time to listen to him telling me how bored he had been with the monotonous life in Parma . |
| 15 | I am half hidden in my bower , I am the last thing she sees , so I have time to examine her . |
| 16 | I took early retirement from the College last year , so I have time available for this . |
| 17 | One slight advantage of all this was that nobody had time to consider the fate of L Detachment . |
| 18 | Jennifer had finished her shopping and , pausing to look at her watch , realised that she had time for a coffee before her train left . |
| 19 | Sarella ran a hand over her face , toying with the phone , then moving away out of range so that she had time to think . |
| 20 | She said that she needed time to think about what I had told her . |
| 21 | He did n't realise that she needed time and space , privacy to sort out the tangle inside her head and make a considered decision about her future actions . |
| 22 | The nearest she would get was that she wanted time , time to herself to think , to read , to find out how other people lived ; how they managed to live , how they managed to face up to the tragedies ; their scraping for a living ; and how they managed to cope with love . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's inevitable that you take time to adjust , and with moving to my home county there was extra pressure to do well . |
| 24 | All I 'm asking is that you take time to weigh up the deal I 'm offering and — Do you have a licence ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Well , I suggest that you make time ! |
| 26 | ‘ It is much , much longer and it is only now that you have time to realise what it means to you . |
| 27 | Be gentle when handling children or a partner who ca n't understand that you need time to get your act together . |
| 28 | I think your doctor is right when he says that you need time to get over the loss of your dad and your friend , and it is only right and natural that you should think of them a lot , but if you try to turn your thoughts to good and happy memories of them that will be the best way of honouring them , and will help you , too . |
| 29 | Once you start looking , you will probably find more than you have time to read . |
| 30 | Because you will often have more to read than you have time for , you need to develop ways of reading more quickly and efficiently . |