Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [pron] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I 'm finding homes for them this time . |
| 2 | Trade unions run extensive negotiating sessions for their full time officials and it is sensible for managers to gain a familiarity with the subject . |
| 3 | In Leicestershire , the police are spending a great deal of their valuable time assisting neighbourhood watch schemes . |
| 4 | I was giving up a great deal of my own time , I may say , just to supplement the inadequate teaching he got at Burleigh . |
| 5 | You know , there 's no point in wasting your time you know , logging everybody else , and you go to the boss , and you say , boss you know that personal management skills course that I , you said I should go on , so you proving what , you know , what a good person you are , because you 've remembered a month later what the course was called , erm , I , I was told on that course to keep an interruptions log , so you 're proving , you know , that you are a good person when you 've done this , and i see from this that a great deal of your valuable time is being eroded by my humble concerns , you know , something like that . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , there is n't space to illustrate it in this issue , but I will include a photograph of it next time . |
| 7 | It is a bitter indictment of our own time that the phrase ‘ inner city ’ should today universally conjure up images of disorder , poverty , fear , vandalism , and alienation . |
| 8 | In short , therefore , the best advice for combating jet-lag is to adopt a new routine in accord with your new time zone , to strengthen all possible time-cues , and so to reset the body clock as quickly as possible . |
| 9 | Shaun , aged 25 , an instructor at the club in his spare time , teaches children as young as six in the art of self defence . |
| 10 | For the record , we had caught five other boats , the smallest of which was 65ft long ( 20m ) , and tied underwater knots new even to gulet captains , who are notoriously hard to surprise , being Istanbul bus drivers in their spare time . |
| 11 | ‘ He plays for a mixed side in his spare time and is well up with the rules which is pretty useful because they seem to change every couple of months . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't think he will stay on in that role , ’ Mr Smith added , ‘ but we will consider the future in our own time . ’ |
| 13 | So Vaughan contented herself with training as a nurse and avidly reading food books in her spare time . |
| 14 | The thought that such armament was compulsory for anyone privileged enough to own a private car in my own time reminded me that , Napoleonic Wars apart , I was now in an age where the safety and sanctity of the individual was taken for granted . |
| 15 | Champion let Aldaniti take the last fence in his own time and then set off up the run-in which the jockey later described as ‘ the loneliest place in the world ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ I had always had private clients in my spare time and they were gathering momentum , ’ she says . |
| 17 | Nurses in training who work hard physically , study in their own time and have numerous personal commitments are under pressure . |
| 18 | The director had probably taken a room for her there tonight assuming she 'd look for something more suited to her purse in her own time . |
| 19 | As Brightman J said in United Sterling Corp Ltd v Felton and Mannion [ 1974 ] RPC 162 " This contractual obligation of fidelity … may prevent a skilled employee from giving his assistance to a competitor despite the fact that such assistance is provided by the employee in his own time and despite the fact that no information has been disclosed to the employees in confidence " . |
| 20 | Besides these teaching visits to schools , the students were encouraged to make regular visits to their teaching practice schools in their own time . |
| 21 | They still subordinate their cash earning potential to the demands on their unpaid time and energy from their role in the family . |
| 22 | There will be two sittings for tea and to avoid chaos we must ensure that everyone goes to tea at their allotted time . |
| 23 | It also made me realise that it was stupid to waste any part of what little time we all have left in silly sulks . |
| 24 | Part of his spare time was taken up with the marching band of the university , but much of it was given to boisterous evenings drinking and singing with his companion — always with a view to winning the girls ' eyes and hearts . |
| 25 | For the remainder of his free time , he had an established circle of good friends , whom he saw regularly . |
| 26 | DAVIE GIBSON ( GS Modena ) sets out in defence of his Scottish Time Trial League title in Gala CC 's Tour of the Valleys on Sunday . |
| 27 | Some of you may have heard the rumour that my husband Malcolm and I have spent the majority of our spare time these past three years beavering away in our garage . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm damned if I 'm going to spend hours of my valuable time meeting every plane that lands . |
| 29 | Many of us put hours of our spare time attending Labour Party meetings , AGMs City Party , Labour Groups and many more fringe meetings , all outside our normal days of work . |
| 30 | Together with his wife Lilian , the Group quality circle facilitator spends hours of his spare time counting cross-stitching . |