Example sentences of "[vb infin] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm thankful you 'll stay the extra time . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Perhaps it is time we discussed the rules that will govern the unfortunate time we spend together until I return you to Milano tomorrow . ’ |
| 3 | Let us instead sing the praises of those who get us to smile — the Hundred Funniest ( say we ) People in Britain : those indomitable men and women who help us to cackle through our tears , and who , while they do n't make the bad times any better , certainly make them hurt less . |
| 4 | B : [ pragmatically interpreted particle ] the milkman came at some time prior to the time of speaking Yet it is clear to native speakers that what would ordinarily be communicated by such an exchange involves considerably more , along the lines of the italicized material in ( 3 ) : ( 3 ) A : Do you have the ability to tell me the time of the present moment , as standardly indicated on a watch , and if so please do so tell me B : No I do n't know the exact time of the present moment , but I can provide some information from which you may be able to deduce the approximate time , namely the milkman has come ( see R. Lakoff , 1973a ; Smith & Wilson , 1979 : 172ff for a discussion of such examples ) . |
| 5 | I thought we might need the extra time to help consolidate our position . |
| 6 | We knew we would enjoy the wild times for two weeks and then regret it . |
| 7 | Answer your first-choice question and , if you finish or run out of anything else to write before the allocated time , do not give the extra time to the second question but keep it in reserve for the end of the examination . |
| 8 | Congress , President , the government have got no guts to announce publicly that their intentions to privatize the N H S on a date that will give the leading time with the razzmatazz and P R that they 've done before to sell shares , to sell shares in the British public in a public nationally held N H S , there will be no seats , there will be no Inspector Morses and others as there 've been with Telecom , gas , water and electricity . |
| 9 | But you 're not gon na do the other times . |
| 10 | Do you remember the approximate time of that . |
| 11 | Before you get too political you must remember the only time I 've been actively political was for an independent candidate . |
| 12 | Erm when we were telephoned at home and called out to report to Police Station erm I ca n't remember the exact time that we got to Police Station and it would have been er somewhere in the region of four o'clock in the morning . |
| 13 | Swindon did see the good times . |
| 14 | Try typing a two letter abbreviation in place of the word antidisestablishmentarianism and you can see the potential time saving . |
| 15 | The move to Midshire even made economic sense ; she had several modest school recitals in Birmingham and the Black Country during the next month , and it would be cheaper to move up there and find a furnished room somewhere , rather than spend the intervening time here in town . |
| 16 | Leather corals , unlike some coelenterates , do not spend the entire time fully expanded . |
| 17 | They 'd probably spend the entire time at one another 's throats ! |
| 18 | Me , too , come to that — if you do n't come , he 'll spend the whole time fretting about the book . ’ |
| 19 | Do not spend the whole time talking about yourself , your job and your life . |
| 20 | It has also been a tenet of good security that prisoners should spend the maximum time outside their cells being kept busy working . |
| 21 | We can not pinpoint the exact time that property passes without first classifying the contract . |
| 22 | They may alter the predicted times of high or low water by up to one hour , but the effects are much less easy to quantify as winds are very variable and are strongly influenced by the topography of the local area . |
| 23 | He prepares very thoroughly , polishing the presentation time and time again , ensuring that his speech will fit the allotted time ( there 's nothing worse than speakers who overrun ) . |
| 24 | Sponsorship for WISE vehicles does not permit the full time staffing of vehicles whilst they are on school visits . |
| 25 | She did n't read the English Times or the Irish Times , which were the only two papers that came into the house . |
| 26 | Mark Saunders admits that car receivers should not rely exclusively on reception of the CT ( clock ) and date information but use the RDS to set and correct the displayed time . |
| 27 | Certainly in this study it was clear that there were farmers who did not have the necessary time to do the job fully . |
| 28 | A search will therefore take the minimum time shown in Fig. 7.2 . |
| 29 | As befits an MBA graduate of Henley management school , Fothergill does not disguise the tough times ahead . |
| 30 | Although you may get ridiculously low because of pressing on too hard , when , a few minutes later , you are back in the good conditions several thousand feet up , you must forget the wasted time and concentrate on flying normally . |