Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I found out the times I would be working things started to look better . |
| 2 | I did n't offer an opinion on that since I did n't have any , so I took up the time admiring the surroundings . |
| 3 | No , no I do n't the time has come I think ! |
| 4 | I remembered also the time we finally accepted that British Council invitation and went to give a poetry reading in Madrid . |
| 5 | ‘ As you know , I 'm an adequate , plain cook , but I 've neither the time nor the talent to produce a coq au vin like this one : it was produced by my neighbour , Mrs Neville , who is seventy-five years old and runs a thriving emergency cooking , house-sitting and general crisis-management service for the neighbourhood . ’ |
| 6 | I have n't the time to go traipsing around art galleries . |
| 7 | ‘ I have n't the time for romance , ’ he said shortly . |
| 8 | ‘ Sorry , ’ she said , ‘ but I have n't the time . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I have n't the time . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I have neither the time nor the inclination to play stupid games , ’ he snapped . |
| 11 | More to put her at her ease again than for any other reason I picked up The Times and showed it to her . |
| 12 | All I can do is let you know nearer the time if this is the case . |
| 13 | Judy Bathurst studied art as a student at Leeds University , but it was not until ten years ago , when she went to live in Tuscany , that she found both the time and the inspiration to develop her talent . |
| 14 | She notes down the time and what she saw : |
| 15 | Berthe Weill protested that she could not leave the gallery for the moment , she had n't the time , there were all the guests to look after . |
| 16 | But as times became more difficult with the passing years I suppose she had neither the time nor the inclination to play music . |
| 17 | No doubt the wall was lower at some point — down at the edge of the parkland , perhaps — but she had neither the time nor the inclination to find out . |
| 18 | To be as fair to her as is possible , it can at least be said that the work which she had plagiarized on her behalf ( since she had neither the time nor the inclination to copy it herself ) was generally of good standard . |
| 19 | So so there I will always remind you Peter says , I will always remind you of this things that if you buy up the time |
| 20 | You have n't the time for lengthy character analysis or exquisite evocations of place . |
| 21 | He comes to the door just like that ; no servants , no security phone , and that by itself gives you the green light ; you have n't the time for any finessing so you just kick him in the balls and follow him inside as he collapses , foetal on the floor . |
| 22 | Unfortunately you have n't the time , money or resources to do all the things you want to . |
| 23 | But do n't despair if you have n't the time to volunteer because some of the most important ways to be more ‘ Green ’ are concerned with your attitude to what you buy at home , in the office , for the kids , for friends , to eat etc … |
| 24 | Do n't get so bogged down in the trivia of life you have n't the time or inclination to branch out and see what 's on offer . |
| 25 | The point that I made to the Committee is that if we wish to reduce the hours of the House or change the sitting times — that is still an open question — it is important that we consider how the time of the House is used at present and to make reductions pro rata . |
| 26 | We have n't the time to argue . ’ |
| 27 | It seemed ages before they sorted out the time . |
| 28 | They whiled away the time , Ranulf playing dice against himself , the only time he ever lost . |
| 29 | ‘ And I 've been stung by nettles , ’ he said , injured , and pretended not to hear Dorrainge who said it was a mistake to pamper nettle stings , and they had n't the time to soothe people 's silly imagined injuries . |
| 30 | These new men showed they had neither the time nor the political inclination to instigate a programme of Whig reform ; indeed , partly reacting against the Jacobite challenge of 1715 , they introduced a number of measures designed to ensure their and the new dynasty 's political security which seemed to represent an abandonment of what Whiggery had traditionally stood for . |