Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I bet even they were surprised at how little time it took ! ’ |
| 2 | We toasted the couple with champagne , sampled Jean-Paul 's cake ( not bad , considering how little time he had to make it ) and were allowed to throw confetti over the happy couple in their BBC function room — or was it really Grey Gables ? |
| 3 | And when you were in suitably softened mood I was going to tell you how this time I 'd found what I 'd really been looking for all my life . ’ |
| 4 | To attempt to calculate the cost for the long-stay psychogeriatric wards in the particular hospitals in the project would have involved an observational study of all the staff who had an input , for example doctors , nurses , occupational therapists , social workers , community psychiatric nurses , etc to see how much time they spent directly with the patients in the long-stay wards and how much time they spent indirectly in work connected with these patients such as in case conferences , meetings , administrative work , telephone calls and so on . |
| 5 | To attempt to calculate the cost for the long-stay psychogeriatric wards in the particular hospitals in the project would have involved an observational study of all the staff who had an input , for example doctors , nurses , occupational therapists , social workers , community psychiatric nurses , etc to see how much time they spent directly with the patients in the long-stay wards and how much time they spent indirectly in work connected with these patients such as in case conferences , meetings , administrative work , telephone calls and so on . |
| 6 | Ask the average person how much time they put into training their voice or obtaining feedback about the effect of their voice on others , and they will probably consider you to be a little mad . |
| 7 | Er , that enables that they choose how much time they need , er because it , do I need to go that time or that time ? |
| 8 | He said to the Thing : ‘ And do you know how much time we have before he starts going to Florida ? ’ |
| 9 | God knows how much time we spend in our lives scrutinizing our bodies . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't know how much time we 've got with Piper , but I would n't have thought it was much . ’ |
| 11 | This is something we said we were going to discuss at a time in the future and I thought I 'd stick it on and see how much time we 'd got left . |
| 12 | The er the er it has to be said on this side I suspect that the brevity of that speech was quite welcome , only because er I think er a number of us were n't altogether sure how how much time we would , we would get in this er debate after the front bench speaks , speeches . |
| 13 | She says it is coming on slowly — it 's a long-term job … an awful lot of work … we never envisaged how much time we 'd spend weeding the gravel and general tidying up all the time . |
| 14 | It is useful , as a guide , for the staff to decide how much time it intends overall to devote to different subject areas , and what the pattern of delivery will look like for the learner . |
| 15 | Or perceptions of how much time it takes |
| 16 | I think you 've got to be fair about how much time you give the family . |
| 17 | In essence , it tells you how much time you have left before reaching the no-decompression limit and also how to manage decompression stops if you inadvertently exceed that limit , or elect to enter decompression . |
| 18 | In order to help the patient learn to judge distances , you can practise crossing roads with him , pointing out how far away any oncoming traffic is , and telling the patient whether there is time to cross the road , and , if so , how much time you have to get across . |
| 19 | For presentations to senior management it is essential that you establish precisely how much time you are allowed , if necessary by asking the chairman . |
| 20 | You can tell the Volunteer Co-ordinator or a specific charity exactly how much time you can give them . |
| 21 | Forward planning consists simply of working out what you have to do to make a success of your course , working out how much time you require to complete the tasks and then breaking those tasks down into weekly schedules . |
| 22 | If you use a marketing department for any reason , you will need to prepare a proper brief which includes what you want , when you need it by , the reasons for the request , and how much time you may think fitting for them to spend on your request . |
| 23 | ‘ It does n't seem to make any difference how much time you spend with him , ’ she said equally bluntly . |
| 24 | When intervening in this way with a small group working on their own in the play corner you 'll need to think through how much time you can afford to give them . |
| 25 | When preparing a suggestion for costs to your opponents you should run through a checklist of the following tasks which are likely to have occupied your time during the case and assess how long you have spent on those tasks or how much time you think you should charge for having completed those tasks : Letters out , miscellaneous telephone calls . |
| 26 | It depends on how much time you want off . |
| 27 | Look how much time you actually sit in the reception for them . |
| 28 | Just so you know how much time you 've got left , Lorna , I would like you off that table please ! |
| 29 | Would give you that continuous conversation , erm where is , is life is it 's surprising how much time you do have to put into it . |
| 30 | you have this amount of trade in and this amount of prospect and your telling me if I have half trade in and half prospect , I 'd like to see the difference in how much time you spent on |