Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb past] [pron] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | An ample private income allowed him time to indulge his tastes for writing , politics , and rowing . |
| 2 | In 1830 Artis returned to Castor and for the next few years divided his time between his business interests in Doncaster and small-scale excavations at Castor . |
| 3 | So what happened is that the literate women arranged their time so that every day they now have an hour set by to sit down with one of the illiterates and that 's how the literacy campaign is operating at the moment . |
| 4 | Luckily , the social-climbing medico found space in his guidebook to record in some detail how the top people of that early Victorian era spent their time when not imbibing the chalybeate or soaking in the sulphur . |
| 5 | Three months gave her time to give notice on her present job , and , with luck , have funds released from her grandfather 's estate , the mortgage secured , and , hopefully , the sale of the flat completed . |
| 6 | All these workers gave their time and labour freely , their efforts being supported by other citizens who hauled stone and earth at every available opportunity . |
| 7 | There was high unemployment , poor housing , a combination of ethnic groups and often poor relations with the police as groups of young black youths spent their time on the streets where they were subject to frequent questioning and harassment by the police . |
| 8 | ‘ You telling me that all those scientists spent their time in America and could n't wait to get home ? ’ |
| 9 | The fat man took his time . |
| 10 | During World War I Alice divided her time between entertaining in her home in Grosvenor Street and helping her friend , Lady Sarah Wilson , run a hospital for wounded soldiers in Boulogne . |
| 11 | And this was how the red people passed their time and amused themselves when they thought nobody was watching . |
| 12 | In the aftermath the Border needed time to breathe and recuperate , and while religious civil war threatened Scotland as a whole , the far from religious reivers bided their time . |
| 13 | Thankfully the arrival of the waiter with their main course gave her time to treat his unwarranted reaction with the disdain it deserved . |