Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Myerscough said : ‘ I have tried to put myself in the consultant 's shoes in this situation and I think his apparent instinct that he thought the time had come to induce labour was correct . ’ |
| 2 | Then , just over two years later , John announced at the AGM ( which we use as an opportunity to set spiritual and practical goals for the year to come ) that he felt the time had come for church number three . |
| 3 | A forty-year madness , he had called it , one which had laid waste the best years of her young life ; yet he was back in the thick of his obsession now , and so elated by his own recent progress that he lacked the time to ask about her own . |
| 4 | In his budget speech Neville Chamberlain had justified a £10 increase in the tax allowance for second and subsequent children by saying that he saw a time not too far distant ‘ when countries of the British Empire will be crying out for more citizens of the right breed , and when we in this country shall not be able to supply the demand . |
| 5 | Lozano had claimed that the motorcycle was aimed at him , and that he had no time to leap out of the way . |
| 6 | Lozano had claimed that the motorcycle was aimed at him , and that he had no time to leap out of the way . |
| 7 | Fortunately for Napoleon III , Alexander II was so involved for the next six years with the internal reconstruction of his Empire , which the Crimean War had shown to be lamentably weak , that he had no time for a ‘ forward ’ policy in Europe which might thwart French designs . |
| 8 | It struck Nutty that he had no time to take cars for joy-rides any longer , content to flake out in the thick straw in a corner of Firelight 's box after evenings of running and riding and swimming . |
| 9 | The day after that , a man came in and very loudly said that he had no time for God , but he wanted a colouring book for the children of his Greek neighbours , to show his acceptance of them . |
| 10 | Wolfgang replied indignantly that he had no time to write because he was so busy : he got up at six , had his hair dressed , and then composed until nine , after which he gave lessons until lunchtime . |
| 11 | After a spring and summer during which he was so busy with his ordinary duties that he had no time to himself at all — not even his evenings — he returned again to America in the late autumn of 1950 . |
| 12 | Recognizing that he had no time to position his own gun , Howard ducked down , the enemy gun already beginning to flare at one end . |
| 13 | Then he pulled her to him , and kissed her and this time stayed kissing her , and when she did not struggle , he pressed on , and went down to the ground with her and months of longing for her flooded him almost instantly , so that he had no time to swing with her long , cool firmness as he had dreamed of so often , but the instant release in contact with her swept away all his turbulence . |
| 14 | Had n't he admitted it — that he had no time for love ? |
| 15 | He knows that tomorrow he has to tell Potter that he needs the time off again . |
| 16 | To Charles he was an indispensable source of wisdom and experience and he relished the time spent in his company . |
| 17 | I had been invited there by George Every , and he chose a time when Eliot would be coming up too . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't want to leave Ana , ’ she confessed quietly and he had no time to do anything other than look at her intently because Ana walked in at that moment , looking bright and determined . |
| 19 | When I went to that rodeo with Jerry and I was n't home until after midnight , Harry did n't even ask me why I was so late — and he knew the time because he 'd been down to see if Islay 's foal was better . |
| 20 | If Jewish control could not be challenged constitutionally it would have to be done by acts of Steel ; and he saw the time approaching when , like the mayor of Bethlehem , he would have to arm his son against the Jews . |
| 21 | His thoughts often centred on the foot of the horse , and he wasted no time in his introductory lecture before remarking on the correlation of structure and function that was exhibited by the frog of the foot . |
| 22 | Then brother Jack strolled in and he wasted no time in chatting them up . |
| 23 | He returned to England in mid-September but then , to add to his physical woes , he suffered an attack of arthritis : it required massage and he resented the time he had to spend travelling to and from the masseur . |
| 24 | Not sure , I must ask her where he does he goes to a Marks where they always have every possible man 's suit that Marks make and and he takes the time to buy two or even three because he does n't get that much time for shopping . |
| 25 | His wrists are in a cocked position and he has no time to release the clubhead with any force . |
| 26 | The general opinion seems to be that since the bastard 's decided to stop shooting people , he can remain anonymous , stay at large , enjoy life and freedom , and laugh up his sleeve at an incompetent police force until he decides the time has come for a little more high-velocity fun . ’ |
| 27 | At least he would have hot water that night when he returned home — if he had the time to return home . |
| 28 | There is no reason why a professor of history , say , should not also manage a family business if he has the time and energy . |
| 29 | And Mary , he says cos he says every time I come in here |
| 30 | But he had no time to dwell on these particular miseries , for an immense storm broke and his own ship , the Trinidad , and the Victoria alongside , were themselves imperilled . |