Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] [adv] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could have saved ourselves so much time and grief . |
| 2 | They do this because they are not as quick as the opposition and want to give themselves as much time as possible to play the ball , no matter that they also give the other player more time . |
| 3 | To take a different example you might imagine an adviser who has left herself just enough time to get to a school for a meeting , bombing down the motorway and getting a puncture . |
| 4 | But he soon realized that he was leaving himself too little time for all the work he had to complete , and a regular routine of three days in London ( generally from Tuesday to Thursday ) and four days at Shamley Green was established instead . |
| 5 | The second Lady Deverill , having pulled her horse off Hullabaloo at the last minute , leaving herself just enough time to put him right at the ditch and hedge , did n't even bother to stop and admire her handiwork before riding on up the hill to rejoin the hunt and tell her husband that there seemed to have been a rather fearful accident . |