Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] time [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The telephone never stops and I can hardly spare the time even to make myself a cup of tea . |
| 2 | If we get a move on , we 'll make the time up . |
| 3 | That 's why I do n't need the time off . ’ |
| 4 | He later explained his reasons in English Farming , and Why I Turned It Up ( 1894 ) in the preface to which he wrote : ‘ I can remember the time when people used to talk to me about farming and explain how I ought to go about it . |
| 5 | It is true that William Cobbett , born in 1766 , was to write , " I do not remember the time when I did not earn my living " , but he was the son of a moderately successful small farmer in a district where hop growing enabled a decent living from small acreages for a family with three sons to help work it . |
| 6 | Although , erm you know , I I can remember the time when I have not been a , quite enjoyed having bread and butter and chips . |
| 7 | do you remember the time though as being , you , you certainly imply that it was a , a time when there was a quite a bit of unrest perhaps at the complexity of the scheme , as much as anything else . |
| 8 | Yeah that 's right no reflection on you it 's just that I 'm thinking oh I ca I just ca n't see the time when I would ever drive through a gap like that that confidently that 's all . |
| 9 | Most secondary schools have now reached double figures in their stocks of micros — but only a few years ago the authors of a book ( Howe and Ross , 1981 ) could gently suggest that ‘ we can readily envisage the time when every educational institution in the country will have access to at least one microcomputer ’ . |
| 10 | But if we can narrow the time down — or rather , widen it out , Lewis … ’ |
| 11 | She could n't actually now pinpoint the time when she began to dislike the room , the furniture , the colour of the carpet , the curtains … the ever-changing curtains . |
| 12 | I 'm not gon na spend a I mean there 's a good couple of hours talking here and w I 'm gon na use the time more productively I think talking about other aspects of the course . |
| 13 | Can Her Majesty 's Ministers use the time before there is any question of political talks resuming to take the initiative in the security situation in Belfast and elsewhere in the Province ? |
| 14 | British pubs and restaurants should follow it without hesitation and who knows , we might all see a time when smoking is considered a bad habit of the past . |
| 15 | Just as Maggie could not remember a time before there was Fenna , and a time before there was the big house and the three women living in it , so she could not remember a time when there was not the constant tug of tension between her grandmother and her mother . |
| 16 | He can never remember a time when he did n't have a detective to guard him , or private cars , planes or trains to transport him . |
| 17 | Gedge can not remember a time when he did not want to be in a pop group . |
| 18 | And I ca n't remember a time when he said , ‘ Do n't play that ; play this . ’ |
| 19 | Dinah Asshe could not remember a time when she had not enjoyed dressing up . |
| 20 | On the other hand , he could not remember a time when it had not been taken for granted the Hall would one day be his own . |
| 21 | Looking back , I ca n't remember a time when I did n't love you . |
| 22 | He could not remember a time when he had not known . |
| 23 | He could remember a time when he had fallen asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow , and when he had always had a healthy appetite . |
| 24 | They could n't remember a time when they had been without it . |
| 25 | He could n't remember a time when going to bed with a woman had n't dulled his interest , acting almost inevitably as a cure for his fascination . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's what I 've wanted to do for a long time , so long that I ca n't remember a time when the name Tony Radcliffe did n't send me into a violent rage ! ’ |
| 27 | The amount that we do overseas fluctuates but I can not remember a time when we have not had an overseas project going on . |
| 28 | Cos I 'm a bit like John , like happy , you know I 'll laugh every time like and he 'll have a joke and that and erm John 's happy , and he 'll laugh . |
| 29 | to get together and communicate that because it 's set down as target you 've got to do it so you will , you will set the time aside where it 's easy enough |
| 30 | But I really do n't have the time right now . |