Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is one reason why TV buyers may wish to keep part of their budgets flexible beyond the time when they might usually prefer to commit themselves — they may , of course , find that they can not buy the time they want , but this is a risk they may be willing to take in order to get a better price . |
| 2 | Clara could not count the times she had heard her mother declare that when she died she would be dead , and she would n't care what happened to her body , and for all site cared they could put her out for the dustman to collect sentiments which from the first had filled Clara with a vague alarm and horror , for they were clearly reasonable enough in their own way . |
| 3 | The High Court has rules that life prisoners who are sent to mental hospitals are still serving their sentences and can count the time they serve in hospital towards their parole . |
| 4 | Let's enjoy the time we have left together . |
| 5 | first , my mother 's allergy meant she would sneeze every time she came near the owl , and , secondly , my little sister was so fascinated by Dawn that I could n't keep her away . |
| 6 | Do you know every time I put a pen anywhere in this house they just disappear ! |
| 7 | In 1703 Bishop Nicholson records a Churchwarden 's remark characteristic of the sturdy independence of Dalesmen , ‘ Except the Vicar and the Schoolmaster , we have not a Gentleman among us , nor can any remember the time we had a Beggar . ’ |
| 8 | Do you remember the time she reduced that poor student to tears in the staffroom ? ’ |
| 9 | she says Eilleen do you remember the time she said I went with Richard ? |
| 10 | ‘ Do you remember the time I was staying with you and that couple came round ? ’ |
| 11 | Do you remember the time I blacked Tom Bellinger 's eye for calling you a ‘ Four-eyed freak ’ ? |
| 12 | I was saying Danny the other day do you remember the time he came and got out his in there ? |
| 13 | It was an infuriating trait , and it made her blood boil every time he came near . |
| 14 | This program is excellent ! and we have also included on the disk a WAV file called Getout ! which you can use every time you exit windows . |
| 15 | He would remember every time he had been humiliated at school or home , exaggerating the feeling and circumstances involved . |
| 16 | You must n't think every time you 're tired or ca n't sleep that it 's this thing starting up again . |
| 17 | Clearly , before the sound begins we can not measure the time it is going to take , but after it has sounded how can we measure it , since it is then no more ? |
| 18 | For all her life , Beth would cherish the time they had had together , and she would always regret their parting , and yet , and yet , he was a scoundrel of the worst kind . |
| 19 | The treatment can decrease the time it takes the body to remove the lactic acid build-up in your muscles . |
| 20 | now this should apply every time you hit somebody with a price , every time no matter where you are |
| 21 | In good English that had only a speck of accent , just a faint edge that you would wonder every time you heard him if it really was some kind of accent . |
| 22 | ‘ Does that happen every time you are injured ? ’ |
| 23 | You hear him squeak every time he moves . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll never forget the time you … ’ can be an aggrieved refrain in real marriages as well as in music-hall jokes . |
| 25 | ( The witness did not mention every time she blinked , for example , or the fact that she was breathing . ) |
| 26 | ‘ I need some sleep , ’ he said , hoping he could get the time he wanted . |
| 27 | But I do n't put yo I do n't put every time they speak , put your names in once on each page is enough . |
| 28 | Six years ago she had been tongue-tied in his presence , and terrified by the strength of her reaction to him , her fear manifesting itself physically , stopping the breath in her throat , tensing her muscles and making her nerves leap every time he moved or spoke to anyone , and the rare occasions on which his glance had strayed idly in her direction , it had actually hurt her . |
| 29 | We will increase the time they have for each patient by reversing the financial pressures to take on too many patients . |
| 30 | And yesterday he said : ‘ I think I 'll cry every time I watch the race . ’ |