Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [to-vb] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colombian and other diplomats at the Organisation of American States were furious at the legalistic wranglings the US delegation has been using to buy time at the OAS meetings in Washington . |
| 2 | I promise him that I am endeavouring to find time for a debate . |
| 3 | He could not imagine finding tranquillity of soul in old age ; if he could only be allowed to mark time for a while all might yet be well , one might suddenly achieve equilibrium , certainty , serenity . |
| 4 | It had been meant to give time for negotiation if there were problems about their proposed campaign . |
| 5 | It 's going to take time for you to get back to full strength and you 've no-one to blame but yourself . |
| 6 | FURIOUS Murrayfield Racers boss Robert Adams is set to call time on top referee George Nicolson , whose handling of Sunday 's game with arch rivals Fife Flyers incensed him . |
| 7 | He 's choosing to spend time with me , she thought happily . |
| 8 | She 's been their senior presenter for ten years now , handling everything from live interviews to those awful moments when a filmed report is suddenly dropped and she is left to fill time with cheerily improvised observations — ‘ that 's when I really earn my money . ’ |
| 9 | First , the nominee must advise the court if a creditors ' meeting should be summoned ; if so , then the period of the interim order is extended to give time for the meeting to take place . |
| 10 | Ordinary life was halted to allow time for realization of the sorrow to penetrate the layers of defence that we all set up to blunt the terrible pain of loss . |
| 11 | Provoked by abrupt intimacy with a complete stranger who then turned out to be someone she was forced to spend time with , forced to establish a formal business relationship with … ? |
| 12 | ‘ I was determined to have time with Maisie . ’ |