Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adj] time [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is all very well for companies like Rentokil , or Guinness , which said it could not act this time round but was considering similar action at a later date , to compensate their shareholders . |
| 2 | We will not spend more time here on looking at the problems , but go on to look at some generalisations about suffixes and stress . |
| 3 | It is a pity that we can not spend more time just looking at some of the issues — for example , clause 28 , which is quite important — which affect adult education . |
| 4 | Officials are already concerned he does not spend enough time there to qualify for the 12 per cent tax laws . |
| 5 | However , some things simply do not work first time out . |
| 6 | He could not take more time off . |
| 7 | Yeah er you know , we had an understanding that if erm because there were times when we wanted to just have some time together , or to pray together , and erm you know people who did come in and out to the flats , we erm told them that if th we were in and we did n't answer the door , it was actually because we were either doing something that we could n't come . |
| 8 | But er er going beyond that , I think it would be wise for us to assume that we will not get paid time off for this even if we do attempt to disguise it as something else . |
| 9 | As far as farmers are concerned time was a very valuable commodity and many of them , particularly in the winter period , could not afford much time away . |
| 10 | But if it was gon na be a hung parliament you wo n't even know this time tomorrow . |
| 11 | And that 's saying to me , unless something really important comes up , do n't give this time away , because this is your safety net . |
| 12 | And it does n't work this time either . |
| 13 | When the oral antibiotic I 'd used before did n't work this time around , I insisted on seeing a specialist . |
| 14 | What they do n't spend much time on is the way in which you are supposed to approach learning the new skills . |
| 15 | But he did n't spend much time here . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You do n't spend much time here either , ’ she commented . |
| 17 | ‘ Life is n't going to be very pleasant over the next couple of days if we ca n't spend any time together without arguing . ’ |
| 18 | I 'd just been talking to the guard , twelve hour shifts , sixty hours a week and he ca n't even have any time off for tea breaks or meal breaks . |
| 19 | Well I ca n't take any time off until after the exams , once the exams are over |
| 20 | If a buyer ca n't be found for Viz , Chris hopes to employ extra staff so he can simply take more time off . |
| 21 | Well you wo n't have much time now to eat |
| 22 | You do n't have any time off |
| 23 | ‘ Daddy would have loved to have come as I said , but he just ca n't get any time off at all at the moment . |
| 24 | Ca n't get any time off , they wo n't let you take it off , two days I get . |
| 25 | Lloyd George would never have wasted time there at all , but he might have chosen the Strand Magazine had he been left waiting upon a railway platform . |
| 26 | He would never forget that time when a corporal had been machine-gunned in an ambush on a country road near Palermo . |