Example sentences of "[to-vb] their [noun pl] [prep] time " in BNC.

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1 The definition we shall adopt here , in the tradition of Hume and many others , is one that takes causal circumstances and hence causes to precede their effects in time .
2 Information is correct at the time of going to press , but museums may have to vary their hours from time to time and it is worth checking before a special visit is made , especially around Christmas , Easter and Bank Holidays .
3 It enlisted the help of the Town Crier to encourage parishioners to empty their larders in time for Lent .
4 I am more concerned about employers who employ only a few people and whose main criterion is the flexibility of being able to take on staff , to change their hours from time to time and , on occasions , to get them to work 60 or 70 hours a week when they are busy .
5 Apart from San Marino 's two professionals , almost all the players , ranging from a nurse to a shop assistant , have had to beg their employers for time off work to travel to England .
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