Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [verb] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked to pass the time until the tea cooled . |
| 2 | I tried to pass the time imagining the pleasant , and peaceful , countryside all around us as we drove through the mountains . |
| 3 | Here I want to vary the times so that I hear from a true cross-section of our listeners , and those who listen to the graveyard shift , for instance , probably never hear the breakfast show . |
| 4 | I see it 's late , I 'd forgotten the time . |
| 5 | The man checks my gun as if I 'd had the time and opportunity to fix the outcome , and then rather begrudgingly hands over a very full pair of red fake fur lips . |
| 6 | ‘ I came to pass the time of day , that 's all . ’ |
| 7 | Today I 've been thinking to myself , I 've only got the sleeves to put in that dress — when am I going to have the time to do it' ? |
| 8 | I do have the time . |
| 9 | Well I think changing the time might bring about . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've crossed the time lines so many times in the TARDIS that I 'm extremely sensitive to temporal disturbances . |
| 11 | But I 've seen the time it was . |
| 12 | Oh aye , I 've seen the time it was . |
| 13 | No it used to be just the sacks stop the dust and go down the back and I 've known the time what er , when they needed a regular gang of dockers , if they went to work on er , on er Monday morning with a dirty head bag on made of calico , they 'd have to buy the beer cos they had , if they ai n't got a clean head bag on or a cl clean skullcap , there used to be a little old calico skullcap they used to put on just to keep the dust out the hair and all like that . |
| 14 | Bu but half off and half in at in moment cos I 've taken the time off but there 's lots of problems , like half the team 's gone off sick with pleurisy , tonsillitis and everything |
| 15 | That I 've got the time is a bloody disaster . |
| 16 | ‘ One of these days when I 've got the time . ’ |
| 17 | when I 've got the time . |
| 18 | If you want to give the time … do n't unnecessarily expose yourself to danger |
| 19 | IF YOU want to tell the time , do n't buy a clock from Kovacs in Madison Avenue , New York . |
| 20 | IF you want to know the time , ask a policeman . |
| 21 | Erm not up to visitors , ma erm , sh she has limited the times she 's visited because she 's got the children , and he 's just really not able to stand the children |
| 22 | She 'd forgotten the time difference . |
| 23 | I do n't know how she managed to find the time , but when she got older she also played the organ for the Sunday services at the local Methodist chapel , as well as running the choir practices . |
| 24 | ‘ You 'll learn quickly when you do have the time , ’ Helen said . |
| 25 | ‘ You do have the time , ’ Jane pointed out . |
| 26 | If you do take the time to read a book on body language , be warned : a lot of it is theory , and theories are often wrong . |
| 27 | Somebody ought to do a research project into it ; the answers are all there to be unearthed , if you 've got the time and the energy . ’ |
| 28 | IF YOU 'VE GOT THE TIME AND PATIENCE , WHY NOT GO FOR A SPOT OF DIY ! |
| 29 | If you 've got the time , they 've got the money . |
| 30 | You might be able to do the odd one but I do n't think that you 've got the time , I mean bear in mind you 've gone from four to three to two there 's two of you now supervising all of us if you tell me you 've got spare time then great , and you want to do one or two equally great , however unless you tell me to the contrary |