Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] the time [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | and you were sort of given the time and and and er er you know I 'm sure they paid for the books or whatever you needed |
2 | If it is said that it is the use to which such information may be put that can be objectionable , the libertarian might well reply that gossip is an age-old way of passing the time and one of the cements of society . |
3 | In a nearly cloudless country such as Egypt observation of the sun was a useful way of telling the time and it is therefore not surprising that the earliest known solar clock has been found there . |
4 | As Southern has remarked , this passage , only part of which I have quoted , illustrates the difficulties encountered in those days of telling the time and Walcher 's anxiety for precision in seeking to establish the exact correlation between the phases of the moon and the solar calendar . |
5 | You , you apologized for lateness the only thing I wonder on there is er you know it 's ea it 's easy enough to say that you did n't actually sort of clarify the time that you were gon na be there , you just accepted that you were late erm but I mean that 's a you know ju just a point I wonder that rather than apologizing straight of all , straight , straight away if you knew you were late then that was one thing that perhaps you could 've got that in the initial greeting . |
6 | The rewards to be had from investing the time and effort are pretty good , however . |
7 | Thank you for taking the time and come to see us . |
8 | When I ask for something it is because I think it is worth trying but in this case the very clear proviso about needing to buy was a strong psychological deterrent to investing the time and effort needed to learn yet another keyboard technique and language . |
9 | He thought that architects should design for the new life style which was to arise , and design " for service " , making economical and logical use of space and using mechanical devices in order to provide comfort and to make housework pleasant by lightening the time and effort spent doing it ( 1934 p 32 ) . |