Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [verb] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | All these possibilities are reduced if the program is prepared off the shop-floor by those with no direct interest in shortening or lengthening the time taken to do the job for personal reasons . |
| 2 | The advantage of the service , Mr Lickiss points out , is that the subscribers can choose when they want or have the time to study . |
| 3 | I was out walking and forgot the time . ’ |
| 4 | A few moments later he shivered again , sneezed and decided the time had come to return to his mates and forget it . |
| 5 | Which is not to say , he wrote , that the present project has any value over and above the others , mine and those of everyone else , I have been into the question of value already and will not return to it now , has any value or that its outcome has any value , I have to repeat this , simply that now , for me , today , after the things I have done and given the time left me , it is the most important thing , it is what , from the time I first picked up a pencil and made a mark on a piece of paper , everything has logically led up to . |
| 6 | The Doctor manages to steal and activate the Time Destructor , but although the Dalek invasion force is wiped out Sara ages to death before his eyes , and he is only just rescued by Steven . |
| 7 | This involves noting when the specified behaviour starts , noting again when it ends and recording the time lapse . |
| 8 | Make the test pages an accurate reflection of the sort of work that you will be sending and take the time to explain what they contain , where the files come from and always include a laser printed proof . |
| 9 | While this is a considerable improvement on the former method , it does nothing to reduce the paper-work involved or to shorten the time before a buyer is entered on the company 's register and receives his share certificate — which will take weeks and sometimes months . |
| 10 | If you have grown a beautiful rose , learnt to type or finished the Times crossword , you have succeeded in something which mattered to you . |
| 11 | They are more able to relax and enjoy the time with their baby when they have had a break from the everyday routine at home ; others find that having their own income gives them independence — and fewer money worries . |
| 12 | ‘ How ’ , the teachers asked , ‘ are we to be trained and to find the time to do the job , without any extra resources ? ’ |
| 13 | On grounds of theory alone we can not tell which effect will be the stronger , i.e. whether higher taxes on income will raise or lower the time devoted to work rather than leisure ( where , of course , the worker has some choice ) . |
| 14 | ‘ It was getting that poor man free that took the time , ’ said Rachel . |
| 15 | He smiles , waves , is clearly over-worked , over-stretched , in a hurry , but glad to stop and pass the time of day helped by our Czech phrase book and my appalling German . |
| 16 | Watches that tell the time in 18 different languages , make toast and have so many knobs and dials that the clock face is completely obscured . |
| 17 | These enable the original owner of the deposit to sell its ownership to a third party if the need arises and make the time deposit instantly realisable , albeit at a price . |