Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I played off seven at my best — politics left me little time for practice , but lack of concentration was the real problem .
2 It is therefore not unusual for junior nurses to feel that it takes them some time to " settle in " on a surgical ward .
3 It 's going to take me some time to type that list .
4 Please pray that as the need for ‘ counselling ’ is recognised ( and the need is very great ) that maybe they can give me some time from working duties to provide a ‘ service ’ in this area .
5 Right what do I some time at about eleven o'clock
6 Just give dem some time fe speak in time dey will explain
7 I had dinner with an actor the other night who managed to tell me three times throughout the meal that he was 50 .
8 But I think conductors would not be the answer because what happens when the driver is smoking as has happened to me three times in three weeks .
9 Prominent amongst these were a rapid turnover of police and strikers , leaving them little time for situational adjustment , and a corresponding lack of discipline , organisation and effective command structure on both sides .
10 Remind me to tell you some time over a beer ’ — he had lived in Shetland for five years working on the rigs .
11 Okay then we 'll see you some time over there will I ?
12 Remind me to tell you some time about my Uncle Morton 's wife and his mistress both turning up to his funeral in the self-same dress …
13 But I 'll talk to you some time about the heating because I mean the trouble is that no
14 The Council will contact you some time after this .
15 Unfortunately I am completely tied up with filming during the whole of June but I will certainly make the effort to visit you some time in July .
16 ‘ I 'll see you some time in the morning . ’
17 Yes , you 're not me , oh I hate doing things with you this time of night you 've got no concentration have you ?
18 I 'm not attaching it to you this time at all
19 ‘ It ca n't be ; I must have told you many times before this . ’
20 I told you twenty times about that !
21 Mr Fuller had been shot once in the body and she several times in the head .
22 " I have met you several times with Edward . "
23 See you next time in , I will .
24 ‘ And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me , but walk contrary unto me , ’ he read out , ‘ then will I walk contrary unto you also in fury ; and I , even I , will chastise you seven times for your sins .
25 As for the others , there 's a hard core who attend virtually all the Circle 's functions ; I 've seen them many times over the years .
26 Opposition Sajudis members objected , without effect , to the timing of the election on the grounds that it gave them inadequate time for preparation .
27 In fact , Mum had reprimanded me many times for being Sam 's lap-dog , saying that I was too much under my brother 's rotten influence .
28 Nevertheless , I had an odd feeling about this fellow and it came to me many times during my short period as an Instructor .
29 Tony let me down time after time .
30 It does n't take in the fact that you 're actually paying them double time for overtime .
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