Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er that help is , there are fewer to draw from , i it 's also far more difficult for them to spare the time , the pressures on the academics are considerable nowadays . |
| 2 | A flame through which to drag the time ? |
| 3 | He was , it appears , neither rapacious nor peremptory , no ‘ for kicks ’ , no ‘ wham bam , thank you , mam ! ’ — he tried to make sure both of them enjoyed the time ; and he was fun . |
| 4 | The time recorded on two different watches , for example , can be perfectly associated : the time on one of them can be correctly predicted from the time on the other , but not because the time on one of them causes the time on the other ; altering the time on one of them would have absolutely no impact on the other . |
| 5 | ‘ Thank you , Charlie , ’ Hari said , ‘ there 's good of you to spare the time to come to help us out . ’ |
| 6 | Neither of us had the time . |
| 7 | Few of us have the time , training , or expertise to do this job properly , even if it were possible to do it for a population as small as 10 000 people — which it is not . |
| 8 | The PC-based answer is a CAD package , but how many of us have the time to get to grips with a full blown application like that ? |
| 9 | ‘ Not all of us have the time to watch videos of Minder every weekend , ’ she said crushingly . |
| 10 | Also if the accountant stops supplying such services to a client this does not apparently in itself fix the time of supply . |
| 11 | The Secretary of State is therefore increasing from four to eight the number of full-time inquiry reporters in the Scottish Office Unit , the setting up of which has in itself reduced the time involved in arranging inquiries and submitting reports . |
| 12 | We 're grateful for your taking the time to be with us . |
| 13 | One obvious example is the telephone number that is looked up , the directory closed , and then one is distracted for a moment by someone asking the time . |