Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] time [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE simultaneous publication by national newspapers of a common code of practice and declaration of principles was postponed last night after the chairman and editors of Express Newspapers decided that they needed more time to examine the proposals . |
| 2 | At the end of my five laps , I wheedled and wangled for another session , saying that the photographer needed more time to get his shots . |
| 3 | The government needed more time to study the proposals , Trippier insisted . |
| 4 | He thought that the Businesses needed more time to work together and get a grip of their markets . |
| 5 | There were more interruptions as he explained that Britain needed more time to ratify the treaty . |
| 6 | Lacking political support , Collor turned to the courts to question the legality of the impeachment process while claiming that he needed more time to prepare his defence against the corruption charges . |
| 7 | They needed bricks , they told him ; and some needed more time to pay . |
| 8 | It took little time to decide that her new mama was just like the doll , with her big blue eyes , and her made up face and blonde hair . |
| 9 | Goldsmith was allowed to withdraw his prosecution after a settlement with " Private Eye " , and an Old Bailey jury took little time to acquit the authors of " Johnny Go Home " after a two-week trial . |
| 10 | The one novelty was that , in addition to blaming one another , both sides chose this time to blame America too . |
| 11 | Therefore it took some time to penetrate the Boardrooms of British industry , because many of the early headhunters did not really speak the businessmen 's language . |
| 12 | The responsibility had lain so heavily that it took some time to readjust . |
| 13 | Once he had got the idea of killing her ( and at first this fantasy did not seem very different from the reveries in which he wept by her open grave , comforted by young , fashionably dressed women ) it took some time to appreciate that this scenario was of quite a different type from the others . |
| 14 | The hon. Gentleman will appreciate that it would not be the first inspector 's decision that took some time to see the light of day once it had been referred to a Department . |
| 15 | The advantage however is accidental , and brings with it difficulties of its own ; assuming that matter , unlike ch'i , is inert until moved , it took some time to arrive at the thought of inertia as either rest or uniform motion in a straight line . |
| 16 | In the early Middle Ages it often meant kaleidoscopic change on the political scene but the new pattern ( unlike a kaleidoscope 's ) took some time to form . |
| 17 | It was marvellous that it was all over , but it took some time to sink in , and in any event had no immediate effect on most of us . |
| 18 | The partnership took some time to sell . |
| 19 | It took some time to reassemble their people , so much so that presently Douglas , growing impatient , left some of his lesser commanders to round up the stragglers , attend to the wounded and collect the booty from the camp . |
| 20 | His voice quivered with emotion , he sniffed and wiped his eyes and took some time to recover . |
| 21 | In the last two chapters we took some time to reach the chosen texts . |
| 22 | This query took some time to reach Cedric . |
| 23 | They would have married sooner but had to wait for her divorce ; Pamela Chrimes told me that it took some time to obtain the evidence of adultery which was then necessary . |
| 24 | In fact it took some time to make effective progress , in part because of institutional changes ; Lord Portal replaced Lord Reith , and in 1943 a separate Ministry of Town and Country Planning was set up . |
| 25 | Relatively little could be done for the first year or two ; Pitt had a view of the war that stretched over the whole world , but it took some time to prepare the resources to give effect to this vision . |
| 26 | ‘ It took some time to bring your sister to a reasonable state of mind and to prevent her following Garry back to London . |
| 27 | Complaints from parents took some time to appear . |
| 28 | Mark Elder took some time to strike a fair balance between stage and pit and was not always as considerate as he usually is towards the singers . |
| 29 | It took some time to locate the bottle — normally as healthy as a young animal , Rory rarely had need of medication . |
| 30 | When the coach arrived it took some time to organise the teams . |