Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] the time and " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , if I had the time and money I would pre-bait every morning and evening . |
| 2 | He said that if I had the time and the inclination he would be grateful if I would sort through the material , put the scores in chronological order to one side and throw out ‘ the rubbish ’ . |
| 3 | She needed the time and help to come to terms with her grief . |
| 4 | Once you have mastered touch legering you will always be grateful you took the time and trouble to learn , for you will meet situations where , because of this experience , you are the only person catching fish on certain days when the fish are not biting boldly enough to give a good visual indication . |
| 5 | She set the time and was too happy to notice that he was more like a man listening to a door close than one going towards his joy . |
| 6 | They sang songs like the birds and made shapes on the walls ; and though these could help them not at all , yet they passed the time and enabled them to tell themselves that they were splendid fellows , the very flower of Rabbitry , cleverer than magpies . |
| 7 | Between the tournaments and all that smiling at the cameras , one wondered how they found the time and the energy to do all those things that the popular press said they did . |
| 8 | It is therefore difficult to train such staff , even if they had the time and inclination to practise the skills necessary . |
| 9 | He found the time and energy , however , to write a pamphlet attacking a scheme for Church Union in South India . |