Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adv] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think you 'd better find rather more time that that , ’ he returned coolly . |
| 2 | Though EIGHT may read well , he may not spend as much time at reading by himself as he did at seven and he again likes very much to be read to . |
| 3 | You have to plan each meal to make sure both that the patient has a well balanced diet , and that you do not spend too much time and energy on journeys to and from the kitchen . |
| 4 | Opposition Members desperately hope that he will not run away this time . |
| 5 | It was becoming the rule not the exception that launches did not go right first time , but BBC2 settled down quite quickly as a recognized minority channel . |
| 6 | At first I could not devote so much time to the orchestra but by the early 1960s I was coming to a position where I was able to be with the orchestra a very great deal , working for eight or ten days at a time on concerts , records , and films . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's the kind of thing that a busy expanding company like Rothmans ca n't always give as much time to as it would like . |
| 8 | ( b ) The presumption rebutted ( i ) By express words The parties may always provide expressly that time limits are to be of the essence . |
| 9 | I did n't really need too much time to think about it , I just instinctively knew . |
| 10 | The Wisharts , who lived in North London , were not looking forward to the long train journey one little bit ; being just after the war , the trains were run down , lacked essential maintenance and did n't keep very good time , so the Wisharts regarded the prospects of the journey with considerable misgivings . |
| 11 | The strangest point came from Steve the sculptor : ‘ At least you do n't spend as much time rushing to the loo as when you drink lemonade , and you burp less . ’ |
| 12 | Do n't spend too much time on what is n't . |
| 13 | 2 Do n't spend too much time correcting one individual or just saying " NO " . |
| 14 | They actually do n't spend too much time looking at the screen , they 're actually using dumb terminals to enter data very quickly . |
| 15 | The first thing and these are statistical problems that we wo n't spend too much time on them but just make sure they are our error term in this equation , right , is no longer a random error term it 's dependent on it 's value in the previous period right , cos B T actually represents U T minus sumfunction of E T minus one right . |
| 16 | and then gradually try and re do n't , do n't spend too much time trying to reconstruct the past because that , you know , you just get further and further behind with the present stuff so you know kind of try and at least make sure that , you know , maybe if you get a job you wo n't be able to go to all the classes but at least make sure you , you are in contact with somebody who has that you can get notes off every time , you know , that erm oh hello |
| 17 | You should n't spend so much time with her you know . |
| 18 | Do n't run away this time . |
| 19 | What 's good about this is that it does n't take too much time . |
| 20 | We want to help , as long as it does n't take too much time or effort , or make us too obsessive and puritanical . |
| 21 | Let me put it this way , I 'm doing the one job in the world which I really want to do , which I love — and work to me is pleasure , so I do n't have very much time and even the things I do in a way are relaxation . |
| 22 | he does n't have very much time . |
| 23 | He wo n't have so much time for the horses , so I 'm going to be useful at least . " |
| 24 | I just do n't have that much time . ’ |
| 25 | We do n't have that much time . ’ |
| 26 | I do n't have that much time to get my milk . |
| 27 | That way Miss Danziger wo n't have too much time to consider the implications . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I gather you did n't have too much time , sir , for the selection and careful matching up of clothes . |
| 29 | I ca n't write much this time because I 'm so near to coming home that my hand shakes every time I pick up a pen . |
| 30 | They wo n't get away this time . ’ |