Example sentences of "[adj] time [to-vb] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Terry was disappointed to find so many of his friends scattered and his family with so little free time to spend with him . |
| 2 | Such was Felicity 's introduction to Overclyst , and it took her some time to recover from it . |
| 3 | I think we sho we could have done with some time to look at it really . |
| 4 | I need some time to think about it , that 's all . ’ |
| 5 | Now so many knitters can use it this seems the perfect time to elaborate upon it . |
| 6 | The data analyst has to know the boundary of the data analysis exercise and how much time to devote to it . |
| 7 | That crack penetrated , but I had wasted too much time to deal with it . |
| 8 | I had so much time to look at him I can hardly believe it still , pushing the trolley , standing up in Nibs 's clothes . |
| 9 | I did n't really need too much time to think about it , I just instinctively knew . |
| 10 | all things in mind that are possible on er , on er , on er computer , and he said that he had n't much time to think about it and said well look , maybe over Easter |
| 11 | Is this a good time to invest with them ? |
| 12 | And now would be a good time to talk to him , she decided , as she pulled on her pyjamas and brushed back her hair . |
| 13 | I mean this might not be a good time to chat about it . |
| 14 | Which is a long time to go without It . |
| 15 | Although it may well be the right treatment , they take a long time to get over it . |
| 16 | It took me quite a long time to get over it . |
| 17 | If we really fell in love and then never saw one another again , it would take us a long time to get over it and forget . |
| 18 | The one member of the CPNI who was centrally involved in NICRA was Betty Sinclair ; as secretary of the Belfast trades council she had more time to devote to it than trade-union officials like Banks and Harris . |
| 19 | It is reasonable to give the appropriate Ministers at the Department of Trade and Industry a little more time to respond to it . |
| 20 | Probably this curiosity will be quite superficial , he thought to himself , as it is in me until I have more time to spend on it . |
| 21 | However , I am getting the business matters straightened out and I hope it wo n't be too long before I shall have more time to spend with you . ’ |
| 22 | I had n't much more time to think about him at that moment , because a large black car swept past the open windows with Laura at the wheel . |
| 23 | ‘ And I threw back the bedclothes before I had any more time to think about it and burst out of the bed ; threw myself into the middle of the bedroom , screaming and roaring and thrashing about . ’ |
| 24 | indeed visiting headteachers said to the young teachers from university , polytechnic and college courses in September 1989 , ‘ You tell us about it — inevitably you have had more time to learn about it than we have . ’ |
| 25 | Like you say , it takes much more time to get into it . |
| 26 | We have just arrived here with everything we have soaking wet and so we must just sit still till our clothes are dried and I take the opportunity of the idle time to write to you — |
| 27 | He was diligent in visiting the sick and distressed , supposing this to be ‘ the fittest time to discover to them those errors to which health and prosperity had blinded them ’ . |
| 28 | In September 1989 Chadli announced the postponement of local elections , originally scheduled for December , following complaints from the opposition parties that they had not had enough time to prepare for them . |
| 29 | any time to talk to her . |
| 30 | Not having any time to think about it , Dave left work and went straight to the airfield . |