Example sentences of "[pers pn] [art] time [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Could you tell me the times of the buses to Ibiza Town , please ? ’ |
2 | Not long ago he was on the phone to me moaning about Paul saying , he wo n't give me the time of day . |
3 | If I gave an interview I was the greatest guy in the world but if I said ‘ no , I want some time to myself ’ , they would n't give me the time of day . |
4 | If you 'd known at the beginning that I knew your parents you would n't have even given me the time of day . |
5 | Give me the time of your flight and I will arrange everything else . ’ |
6 | B : [ pragmatically interpreted particle ] the milkman came at some time prior to the time of speaking Yet it is clear to native speakers that what would ordinarily be communicated by such an exchange involves considerably more , along the lines of the italicized material in ( 3 ) : ( 3 ) A : Do you have the ability to tell me the time of the present moment , as standardly indicated on a watch , and if so please do so tell me B : No I do n't know the exact time of the present moment , but I can provide some information from which you may be able to deduce the approximate time , namely the milkman has come ( see R. Lakoff , 1973a ; Smith & Wilson , 1979 : 172ff for a discussion of such examples ) . |
7 | Ward stirred and asked me the time in a voice heavy with sleep . |
8 | You give them the time of day . |
9 | I would n't give them the time of day . ’ |
10 | I the time on the , think what they 're saying was trying to act . |
11 | Feed 'er up , get a gold lamé turban and you could be back in the ring with 'er no time at all . ’ |
12 | For your £6 subscription per annum , you get a free bus timetable giving you the times of at least three buses that visit no less than eight M/SV clubs . |
13 | The children are a pain , frankly , and Tim has sinus and wo n't give you the time of day . |
14 | He 'll tell you the time of day I first entered the building . ’ |
15 | thirty two 's the distance divided by the speed which is eight , thirty two divided by eight is four this is the rule for working out a journey time distance in miles divided by speed in miles per hour gives you the time in hours . |
16 | By the way the lot of seemed to be played in Hertfordshire these days , and one of the great days is at Harpenden and that 's on September the first on Sunday , when they have their annual single-wicket competition , and that 's a great local event and it 's bound to encourage all the young cricketers in the neighbourhood , they 're trying to make up for the lack of cricket in schools , so well done Harpenden and that is on Sunday next , er , er , first of September and I 'll give you the time in a minute if I can find it , when it is , it does n't say , but it 's probably all day at the Harpenden club , well done Harpenden encouraging young people to play cricket , Sunday first September . |
17 | Maybe when they come to perform to each other that is for them a time for evaluation and assessment , and I consciously make it one , because it 's important when they produce , when they perform their music they really bare their souls . |
18 | Wendy Cope is about as far from the old-boy generation as David Wright feels from his first meeting with George Barker , but she knows what they 're like : Do n't ask him the time of day . |
19 | I would n't give him the time of day if I could help it . |
20 | It was gratifying to have people shake her hand who once would n't have given her the time of day , and when she walked through the dreary rooms where evidence of the late Adelaide Morey still abounded she had trouble convincing herself that she was now the mistress here . |
21 | He fairly hauled her along the street afterwards , giving her no time for nerves as they reached a white-painted door with a large brass dragon for a knocker . |
22 | It took her no time at all to turn over the bed along by the rickety fence . |
23 | First he reminded us that it had taken him no time at all to find the Ardakkean thief — an off-world technician working in one of the phetam refining plants . |
24 | But at the work-place the pursuit of profit allows him no time to be distracted with personal pursuits better attended to elsewhere . |
25 | ‘ I do n't care how good the idea is , I do n't like you and wo n't give it the time of day . ’ |
26 | Should it be primarily about celebration of success and ways of ensuring further successes or is it a time for grizzling at parents ? |
27 | Was it a time for tears or a time for laughter , a time for war or a time for peace ? |
28 | Look at him — throwin' his eye up your skirt — and it no time at all since he gave up wettin' the bed ! ’ |
29 | I says how come you deputation , you gave us a time of which to be here , now we said , we turned up a quarter hour beforehand and I says we get a phone call er a an intermission from Councillor that you could n't make it because that your car broke down . |