Example sentences of "[vb infin] time [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Eisenhower and Dulles continued to work on the assumption that they could buy time with diplomacy , and with this object in view — especially in face to face meetings with the British — they were reluctant to lean too heavily on their ally . |
| 2 | Similarly the seller under a contract of sale might undertake to use best endeavours to deliver the goods on time : The Sellers will use their best endeavours to secure delivery of the goods on the estimated delivery dates from time to time furnished , but they do not guarantee time of delivery . |
| 3 | Mr Bennett said the cash aid delay would give time to work-up a scheme ‘ satisfactory to all parties ’ . |
| 4 | It would also give time for Rune to inveigle her into taking up their affair where it had left off . |
| 5 | A new cooker or whatever can be a tremendous boon and investment but before you go out and spend money ask yourself questions about the way you live : is the pace hectic or leisurely ? how many and what sort of meals do you have to provide ? are you far from a good supermarket or freezer centre ? how much time do you have for shopping ? are you out at work all day ? do you grow your own vegetables ? how often do you entertain ? can you spend time on cooking and food preparation or is it always meals in a hurry ? |
| 6 | This meant the Duchess got a free air ticket to Sydney , Australia , and could spend time with Andrew while his ship was in southern waters . |
| 7 | I do not merely spend time in Manchester — where I spend more time than anywhere else outside London and my constituency , which is my home town . |
| 8 | Despite these research findings all of us do spend time in groups and a variety of processes and procedures have been developed by researchers and consultants to improve the effectiveness of decision-making in groups . |
| 9 | The fact that we must spend time in activities or surroundings which we find distasteful in support of a relationship is the cost of that relationship . |
| 10 | This has major pedagogic implications , since students can no longer hope to make sense of poems or plays just by reading them carefully , but must spend time in libraries getting up on the historical context . |
| 11 | Whether or not attitudes changed in the next ten years , by the Act 1 & 2 Victoria cap 110 of 1837 abolished arrest by ‘ mesne process ’ by which , as seen , a debtor could spend time in prison before his case had been tried in court and judgement made on it . |
| 12 | ACET volunteers work as part of a team and provide help in many different ways to ensure that people do n't spend time in hospital unnecessarily . |
| 13 | Most hobbies cost some money , some a great deal , why not occupy time with machine knitting ? |
| 14 | This does n't mean that you should take time off work ; quite the opposite , as it is preferable that you remain occupied while on the diet . |
| 15 | It will take time for changes to be made . |
| 16 | It would be wrong to ’ harmonise down ’ , bringing standards in richer countries down to those in poorer ones ; but it will take time for Greece and Portugal to ’ harmonise up ’ to the stringent rules of Denmark or West Germany . |
| 17 | It may off it may also take time for farmers to acquire the skills necessary in order to increase , or to use , to adopt this technology . |
| 18 | When you first do this it can seem quite a risk and it may take time for fluency to grow , but it is worth it ! |
| 19 | The main problem is that while the software can generate the presentaion very quickly the slides themselves do take time to image , it 's not like taking a conventional photograph . |
| 20 | However , acquiring a taste for less salt may take time in order to become used to a low-salt taste . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't have time for games , Lori . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm only spoiling you like this , ’ lied my mother , ‘ because when you 've got a home of your own you wo n't have time for breakfast in bed . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't have time for lunch , ’ said Sara . |
| 24 | Did they have time for dalliance ? |
| 25 | You need a certain kind of front to breeze in from an alternative reality in the back of a time-travelling Volvo and sit in a Presley City bar , with a two-headed nipper on your lap , complaining to a private dick from the twenty-fifth century that you do n't have time for nonsense . |
| 26 | Do you have time for coffee or something ? ’ |
| 27 | I mean did you ever have time for dances , and going to the pictures and that kind of thing , I mean you must have found some time ? |
| 28 | Defries did n't have time for talk . |
| 29 | I personally do not have time for delays in this operation , and my approach has been ratified at the highest levels . |
| 30 | And I did n't have time to pussyfoot around . |