Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] of [pron] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girl said she still thinks fondly of her time in England — but could not bear to stay at University College any longer . |
| 2 | The last few months of her journal witness a severe crisis in her life when , having produced a scientific paper on lichen ( nowadays considered ahead of its time ) , her researches were dismissed in a high-handed and sexist way by the Director of Kew Gardens to whom she presented her work . |
| 3 | But he would give generously of his time to such organisations as the British Council , helping to audition young people with ambitions to dance . |
| 4 | Just give both of us time to get our breath , so that we both feel it 's worth it . |
| 5 | Comparisons are sometimes made with the growing number of laity who give freely of their time and skills to the Church . |
| 6 | Like Harry the Duck he is an anachronism , born out of his time . |
| 7 | He was a gentle , courteous , convivial , slightly bemused romantic , born out of his time . |
| 8 | Another , more kindly , soul said he was born out of his time . |
| 9 | He spoke movingly of his time in the trenches in the First War and of how a whole generation , many of them his friends , had been wiped out , of the effect that the unemployment of the 1930s had on his political thinking , of how being Prime Minister was less demanding than being an ordinary Minister , of ( and this with tears in his eyes ) his devotion to his late wife , who had fallen dead of a heart attack close to where we were sitting , of his belief in God . |
| 10 | They had a key and saw in deliveries of this and that — a couple of times , large van loads of furniture — and gave willingly of their time . |
| 11 | ‘ He possessed the gift of seeing ahead of his time . |
| 12 | Above all , I have been impressed by the immense generosity of my academic and museum colleagues , who have given unstintingly of their time and expertise for this catalogue ’ . |