Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had no interest in charitable works , or in clubs devoted to flower-arranging , debating futile motions or even poetry-reading , seeing such activities as being designed to fill out the time of future ladies of leisure . |
| 2 | It was the way he 'd got out the time Barry had locked him in the tractor-shed . |
| 3 | She 'd been down to Goring for Marius ' funeral , ( having found out the time by ringing Morrison at Orme Gardens ) . |
| 4 | Was it used to say keep keep saying buy up the time buy up the time ? |
| 5 | He was born independent , self-sufficient and still is , and I 'm left to wonder where the time went . |
| 6 | Cadfael had been awake and afield more than an hour by then , for want of a quiet mind , and had filled in the time by ranging along the bushy edges of his peasefields and the shore of the mill pond to gather the white blossoms of the blackthorn , just out of the bud and at their best for infusing , to make a gentle purge for the old men in the infirmary , who could no longer take the strenuous exercise that had formerly kept their bodies in good trim . |
| 7 | But it 's too late now , I 've frittered away the time , as usual . |
| 8 | The counsellor was conscious that Susie had said nothing , while Peter had taken up the time . |
| 9 | Yet I felt at last I had straightened out the time that had buckled when I lost all my writing . |
| 10 | ‘ In any case , I have looked up the time of your flight . |
| 11 | Many firms offer training two years in advance but they tend to be the larger organisations and if you wish to work for a smaller firm or , for example , a local authority , you often need to apply nearer the time . |
| 12 | Bored GIs waiting for the war with Iraq to begin whiled away the time with fellow female soldiers . |
| 13 | Bored GIs waiting for the war with Iraq to begin whiled away the time with fellow female soldiers . |