Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] me the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can imagine a lot of beautiful things that , among their functions , will not tell me the time . |
| 2 | People often asked me the time just to hear my voice so they could proclaim my gender to their friends . |
| 3 | If you 'd known at the beginning that I knew your parents you would n't have even given me the time of day . |
| 4 | Not long ago he was on the phone to me moaning about Paul saying , he wo n't give me the time of day . |
| 5 | If I gave an interview I was the greatest guy in the world but if I said ‘ no , I want some time to myself ’ , they would n't give me the time of day . |
| 6 | Once Clive was in the hypnotic state on this occasion , I asked him to visualize going up to someone he knew slightly , taking a few deep breaths and then asking them a simple question — ‘ Could you please tell me the time ? ’ or ‘ Do you know the way to such-and-such a street ? ’ |