Example sentences of "[noun] would [verb] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | And inside , the rat finds things out — though Christ knows how , no-one in their right mind would pass the time of day with him — and reports back to The Man . ’ |
| 2 | For all her life , Beth would cherish the time they had had together , and she would always regret their parting , and yet , and yet , he was a scoundrel of the worst kind . |
| 3 | However , greater multidisciplinary use of the nursing notes would decrease the time spent on the latter , and it may be possible to further condense the planning rounds . |
| 4 | His assessment would determine the time — ‘ or indeed the date ’ — of the Queen Mother 's discharge , Mr Reid said . |
| 5 | With the best will in the world I can not imagine that a meat man would have the time , or that an un-horsy policeman would risk life and limb to scrub the mud from the hooves of every animal which roughly fits the description of a stolen one . |
| 6 | When contracts were exchanged , the conditions of sale would stipulate the time for the delivery of an abstract and thereafter the time for the raising of requisitions upon it . |
| 7 | There were occasions , also , when the assistant on duty would forget the time , and suddenly realise it was two minutes to the hour and she 'd forgotten to do the observation . |