Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [art] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's certainly made me laugh a few times ! |
| 2 | mimics them and that , oh I hate that , I hate that as I say a few times I thought to myself I do not like |
| 3 | I galloped a few times round the yard after him , then had another go . |
| 4 | I spent a little time ‘ fishing ’ these to the back and either tying off , or sewing in . |
| 5 | I swore a few times . |
| 6 | ‘ Can I have a little time to think it over ? ’ |
| 7 | I very nearly took you then and there , standing up , in a cold dark cave … after that I needed a little time to sort through my feelings , sabiha tieghi … ’ |
| 8 | I repeated a few times , and it worked a treat — on a window as well . |
| 9 | I took a little time off in Rome to do some shopping . |
| 10 | It was fortunate that I had a little time to accustom myself to being in such a place and to the thought of seeing my father . |
| 11 | He got out of the car and went up and down on his haunches a few times to ease some of the stiffness from his legs , then started to walk the mile or so back to the hotel gates . |
| 12 | I suggested a little time ago that the surface indications offered both by Joyce 's life and by his writing up to including The Portrait — he does leave Ireland to live with his Nora in Triest , in Switzerland , in France , in Switzerland again , until his death in nineteen forty one , visiting Dublin for the last time in nineteen hundred and twelve — he does give us in Dubliners and The Portrait a sharp sense of the traps he feels he must escape from , the church tentacular , pervasive , the seedy provincialism , the narrowness , the philistine complacency . |
| 13 | But before I talk in more detail about how we hope to raise this money let me spend a little time explaining why I feel that this appeal is so vital to children everywhere . |
| 14 | May I please ask you to give a little time to thinking how best you personally can assist the Society to raise enough funds before the end of this year to complete our Development Plan for 1988 ? |
| 15 | When she first joined the company , packing vitamins and herbal medicines three years ago , she took a little time to get used to the work . |
| 16 | Well I must n't keep you talking because the more I , the more I keep you talking the less time you have to do it . |
| 17 | If you take a little time to pack , your luggage should arrive in one piece with crumple-free contents . |
| 18 | I am only suggesting that you take a little time off , shall we say , until you are quite well again ? " |
| 19 | When William had gone , she thought of all the things she had planned to do as soon as she had a little time to herself . |
| 20 | But she had no more time for abstract thoughts . |
| 21 | Alternatively , if you require a little time , a booking can be held on ‘ Option ’ for 24 hours during which time you must make the booking ‘ firm ’ otherwise the booking will automatically be released . |
| 22 | We met a few times . |
| 23 | Yeah , we stopped a few times you know in the |
| 24 | But we have a little time left . |
| 25 | ‘ We have a little time before my concert . |
| 26 | I 've seen him play over the years er Mick , you know he 's er typical of player , we 've had him watched a few times this year , er scouts him er at Aston Villa , said he had a magnificent game . |
| 27 | There was a long pause , the kind of pause that winners always display as they create a little time to savour their victory . |
| 28 | They circled a few times on the parquet floor in the hall . |
| 29 | I saw him play a few times last year when they were still in the premier div. and was fairly impressed however I have n't seen his form this season and I 'm sure a year in Div.1 wo n't have improved him . |
| 30 | With Serafin back in Oxford and Mrs Padmore hard at work on the tapes he has a little time on his hands . |