Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] [verb] time " in BNC.

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1 Is n't that , meant we , we say that I know time goes on but in years they took to pay the loan .
2 I gave thanks that I had time and energy to simply enjoy and absorb .
3 I wish that I had time to go into the matter in more detail , because the proposals in the Bill are seriously flawed .
4 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 .
5 But it was n't till after school the following afternoon that I found time to go .
6 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 .
7 Those are the only examples that I have time to cite today , but I could give several more from my constituency files .
8 Also my teaching is squeezed into 4 days , which means that I have time to myself at the weekend , including Friday .
9 Jennifer had finished her shopping and , pausing to look at her watch , realised that she had time for a coffee before her train left .
10 Sarella ran a hand over her face , toying with the phone , then moving away out of range so that she had time to think .
11 She said that she needed time to think about what I had told her .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 ‘ It 's inevitable that you take time to adjust , and with moving to my home county there was extra pressure to do well .
15 All I 'm asking is that you take time to weigh up the deal I 'm offering and — Do you have a licence ? ’
16 ‘ Well , I suggest that you make time !
17 ‘ It is much , much longer and it is only now that you have time to realise what it means to you .
18 Be gentle when handling children or a partner who ca n't understand that you need time to get your act together .
19 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 .
20 At a later stage dates were introduced , leading on to consideration of centuries and the reference points that we measure time from , BC , AD , and so on .
21 However in doing so , it is important that we take time , because time allows people to come together in a sensible way , not to be forced together .
22 It was important , too , that we took time to understand the existing strengths of the Festival , while examining how we should be trying to position it in the future to maximise audiences . ’
23 To approach it informally , suppose that we spend time and arrive at a thorough understanding of the ordinary operation of this Citroen 's windscreen wipers .
24 Worse , we give no signals to ourselves that we need time to grieve .
25 Thank you very much , Jo , Peter and Dick , and that 's all that we have time for today .
26 That 's all that we have time for today .
27 That 's all that we have time for today .
28 That 's all that we have time for today .
29 That 's all that we have time for today .
30 That 's all that we have time for today .
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