Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remember that finishing off ( e.g. by adding footnotes or bibliographic references ) always takes longer than you anticipate , so allow enough time for this . |
| 2 | That is , you were half a minute short of 5 minutes on your last pattern so divide that time between your out and inbound legs . |
| 3 | The prediction was that when a subject 's attention had been focused on the acted-upon it would be easier ( and so take less time ) to produce a passive , whereas an active would be easier when the preamble concerned the actor . |
| 4 | Sometimes , mothers find it necessary to work ( mainly in service industries ) and so have little time to spend with the children . |
| 5 | She kissed him again , a harder , longer kiss this time . |
| 6 | ‘ I just want some time to myself , ’ she repeated calmly . |
| 7 | Just water this time not erm . |
| 8 | Yes just start any time |
| 9 | just think this time next week you 'll have me new car for me . |
| 10 | If she is training , they just arrange another time and she does n't think she is missing out . |
| 11 | You just take more time over it . |
| 12 | They no longer have any time for politicians who try to gloss over the harsh facts of life . |
| 13 | Entering the third year of the Intifada , it is more than ever clear that time is of the essence : how to keep it going long enough at a level which does not yield to the temptations of ruinous , reciprocal escalation , but still disturbs the outside world enough to get them to bring the Israeli extremists to heel . |
| 14 | More control this time : less fear . |
| 15 | Sometimes you hardly get any time to cross the road before the actual lights turn , and particularly the handicapped and the blind |
| 16 | Always allow enough time for explanations and for the woman to repeat what she has learnt . |
| 17 | Working people probably spend more time in the company of their workmates than with their marriage partners , and almost certainly more than with other friends and relatives . |
| 18 | The issues dividing Israel and the Arabs are complex and wil inevitably take much time and effort to resolve . |
| 19 | However , Gershuny 's ( 1983 ) work has shown that married women typically spend more time on housework than their husbands , even if they also have paid employment . |
| 20 | They are people whose lives are full of activity and demands for immediate responses ; they often have little time for reflection and study . |
| 21 | Now spend some time , if possible with a dictionary or a thesaurus , making out a chart for yourself-exploring some of the feelings you experience . |
| 22 | It is very difficult to cover all the possible eventualities in the forty-odd hours of the PPL course , but I now spend more time teaching emergencies connected with power reductions . |
| 23 | Although the peak age for caring is 45–64 , with one fifth of adults in this age group providing informal care , the 65 and over age group proportionately spend more time caring . |
| 24 | Back to the campus and a free shower in the sports annexe , then kill some time in the Union before going on to see Diane . |
| 25 | Given that it is unobtrusive though , and it is possible to obtain a very concise response to a query , rather than having to read through quite a lot of text before finding the required information , it will at the very least save some time . |
| 26 | When businesses just want to get on with doing business , ‘ to be told you can take out a summons but then must allow three to four months for the other side to put forward defences , then allow more time for adjustments of claims and defences , and then , subject to the availability of a judge , you 'll get a hearing on it in 18 months ’ time , is less than satisfactory ’ , said , senior partner with Dorman Jeffrey . |
| 27 | once the people are sufficiently used to you to converse naturally with each other in your presence ( third visit or later ) , then use some time tracking what they say , silently or quietly . |
| 28 | Wanting to keep her for himself , and not wishing to give away her identity to his colleagues , he gives her a male name : ‘ Bob ’ — to the delight of the audience , who then laugh each time he uses the name . |
| 29 | Alternatively you could read it and then spend some time thinking about it ! |
| 30 | They 've even got a telephone so you can open an account now , then phone each time you run out of anything . ’ |