Example sentences of "[verb] the time in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many would love to know , for instance , whether there any clocks in the White House which show the time in Moscow , or Warsaw , or Budapest , because people wonder why Mr Bush and Company appear to be falling so far behind in their reaction to the pace of life in those cities . |
| 2 | Pouring out of thanks for the young Timothy who spent the time in prayer if you wish to say a short simple prayer of thanks do so end it thank you God and we 'll all join in thank you God . |
| 3 | The existing age of transfer was to be kept at eleven to keep the time in grammar school to at least four years , since the ‘ new ’ school leaving age was to be fifteen . |
| 4 | Well , I mean , it 's a sticky wicket for them anyway politically and I suspect as with a lot of legislation quite recently they simply have n't spent the time in committee and in consultation to iron out the details and they 've come unstuck when it 's come into the public domain and it 's been easy for people to throw up the paradoxes that are coming up from the legislation , the moral paradoxes . |
| 5 | ‘ You thought I meant we should pass the time in bed , did n't you ? |
| 6 | There was a clock on the tower of the Governor 's Palace which overlooked the square ( and a sundial which gave the time in Agra , Tobolsk , Isfahan and Moscow in the mornings and in Lima , Buenos Aires , Pico di Teneriffe , Lisbon , Paris and Rio in the afternoons ) . |
| 7 | There is pressure to minimise the time in hospital . |