Example sentences of "[verb] their [noun] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he had found out that Mike lived in a flat he 'd invited him to come and enjoy their garden any time , but without really expecting to see him . |
| 2 | Lieutenant Ramos gave them some warning as the helicopter approached their destination some time later . |
| 3 | She concentrated on the interior doorhandles of the cab and changed their design several times , just for practice , then smoothed them out entirely . |
| 4 | Now we all know because we 're print buyers to a larger or greater degree but they 're clients they over-estimate they add about twenty five per cent more on than they need and you have to send them back to sharpen their pencils several times before you 've seen the estimate , they of course know that all print buyers are idiots who keep forgetting all the important things and do n't give them half the information they need like the weight of paper or the fact that there 's to be a pocket at the back so , I think if we got the man I think if we maybe started off with H M S O the print buyer which is more akin to what we are and say well you know these are the problems I 've got I 'm sitting with a six million pound budget buying for the whole of the government of Scotland and I have problems and these are the problems that I have , then we get to the wee man from who says now wait a minute boys I get the rubbish that you send out , that was the message and let's make it funny but slightly aggressive let's highlight the real problems because that 's what it 's about , we 're not here for a nice night we 're here to learn |
| 5 | Lineker spared their blushes this time , but not even the striker acclaimed by Francis as Europe 's best ( Gullit may sue ) can oblige every week if the requirement is two goals for a draw , three for a win . |
| 6 | Their penchant for turning defence into attack is well-known but Antrim could have their measure this time round although that might be considered too good to be true in some quarters . |
| 7 | But it would also help secondary teachers to space out chemistry 's sequential steps , giving their pupils more time to absorb principles before they build on them . |
| 8 | and maybe next year people will take their holidays another time |
| 9 | They eat almost continuously for a month , pausing only to shed their skins several times to accommodate their ever-increasing bodies . |
| 10 | The character recogniser is the only module that actually suggests possible interpretations of the input — the other modules merely work on these suggestions , eliminating various possibilities or modifying their plausibility each time . |
| 11 | The larvae feed and grow , shedding their skins several times . |
| 12 | He argued it through : many developing countries have repaid their debts several times over in interest , but still the burden gets heavier . |
| 13 | ‘ We hope the leadership will have learnt their lesson this time . |