Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [art] [det] time " in BNC.

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1 But we also remember how that was n't sustained , and the cynical political fix of the Tories a few months later , that for the moment has coped with the government 's political crisis , and temporarily has bought a little time for a few pits .
2 Export in particular has had a good year and during 1991 we are forecast to deliver an all time record tonnage of malt to 40 customers in 33 countries .
3 Before focusing on the way in which educational accountability has manifested itself in evaluation procedures we want to spend a little time exploring this more general picture .
4 I hope that the hon. Gentleman and I manage to spend a little time in Lancashire together , and that he will come to Bath .
5 ‘ It 's just going to take a little time to put into operation .
6 So he decided to waste no more time , and thrust the trapdoor up and back with his shoulders .
7 Try designating the same time every week — like Friday or Sunday evening .
8 However , convincing myself the pebbles I was climbing on would n't pull out did take a little time .
9 The basic shape is very easy to make , but if you do have a little time you might want to give the dragon more elaborate scales .
10 And having arrived in Zurich , or having returned there at the end of a tour round north Switzerland , visitors will probably want to spend a little time in a city about which they have heard so much .
11 EOG changes themselves are to the same order as EEG changes — up to 150 microvolts , and they are typically recorded using the same time constants and level of amplification as the EEG channel .
12 So I 've got a little time to speak ?
13 So we 've got a little time left .
14 Mary had spent a little time in close conversation with him and even stroked his cheek at one stage .
15 It does take a little time to right a market that has got so badly out of step . ’
16 His re-creation — like the creating of Adam on the first day — had taken a little time .
17 But arrivals follow departures and the new appears very promising — even if you have to wait a little time for it .
18 I have taken a little time to sketch the history of paragraph 16.5 of Code C in order to show that it is not directly linked to the ancient and deep-rooted privilege against self-incrimination .
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