Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [verb] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I have spent some time in the United States , ’ he explained . |
| 32 | Finally , the concern with manipulation means that postclassical criminology is correctionalist , as were its classical and positivist predecessors ; that is why I have spent some time , in Chapter 3 , countering anti-correctionalist arguments . |
| 33 | I have spent some time strolling awestruck inside Luci Arrighi 's magnificent , painstaking re-construction of the tunnel . |
| 34 | that 's why they were getting all that brochure , that 's what you want to do next time , you wan na get er , all the different Christmas brochure 's |
| 35 | An objective is a clear , precise forecast of what you want to achieve some time in the future . |
| 36 | Funny that , because you seem to spend enough time here . |
| 37 | OK , by now you 've lost valuable time and probably irritated the entire panel by dithering instead of being sure of what you 're going to say , quite apart from getting on with the actual pieces you have learned . |
| 38 | You 've overstepped this time . |
| 39 | You 've had ample time to get your feet under the table by now and one or two things have come up which I 'd like you to pursue . |
| 40 | 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 |
| 41 | And once you 've done that , you 've got spare time and spare money you can buy extra , but come , come down to it Brenda , once the Christmas Day is over |
| 42 | ‘ I tell you what , ’ he said , after thinking for a few seconds , ‘ as you 're so keen on horses why not come up to the farm when you 've got some time to spare and help my young niece in the stables ? |
| 43 | But you 've got some time to wake up have n't you ? |
| 44 | And if you 've got more time , for them to eat , do more flies get eaten ? |
| 45 | Er , now you 've chosen this time to eliminate the other boat , we know there 's another boat around about here somewhere , and we know there 's another post here , so erm but if this was shown in isolation we would n't have known that . |
| 46 | And you 've spent some time doing this , do n't you , Adam ? |
| 47 | You come to spend more time together than you are now because you go home in the evenings she goes out . |
| 48 | Is that what you have to do each time , if nobody wins ? |
| 49 | ‘ After all , ’ he went on , turning the full force of his piercing gaze on her , ‘ you have to talk some time . ’ |
| 50 | " You have to spend some time on the practice tee , and you have to take a different approach every day . |
| 51 | Yes , if you have to spend any time in hospital as the result of an accident which requires an overnight stay . |
| 52 | indeed visiting headteachers said to the young teachers from university , polytechnic and college courses in September 1989 , ‘ You tell us about it — inevitably you have had more time to learn about it than we have . ’ |
| 53 | Think through your decision carefully before going to be tested and do n't be pressurised into having a test unless you have had enough time to decide whether it is the best thing for you . |
| 54 | But no , you have spent enough time writing to a poor ignorant serving girl . |
| 55 | In the dark old days rugby tours never went further than the west country or Wales … but times are changing fast as the sport gets more professional … you have to think big time now to win matches and survive in the first division … that 's why Gloucester 's new full-time director Barrie Corless and coach Keith Richardson took the players off to Italy for a two match tour |
| 56 | You and she need to spend more time together . ’ |
| 57 | ‘ We will do all we can to help customers as much as we can , especially those on low incomes and we want to take more time during the course of the year to evaluate the charge in detail . |
| 58 | ‘ We will do all we can to help customers as much as we can , especially those on low incomes , and we want to take more time during the course of the year to evaluate the charge in detail . |
| 59 | ‘ A worldwide permanent ban under the LDC is the best way to convince the nuclear states that they must actively and seriously seek land-based solutions , and implement them now , ’ A spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Foods said : ‘ The LDC is doing a detailed study of the dumping of radioactive waste at sea and we hope to report some time next year . |
| 60 | I know we team briefed last time round but su |