Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] the time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | God give you great care if you should her spare for the time that you are with her . |
| 2 | You must think about the time that you have available to spend with an animal . |
| 3 | Born in Hamburg , he was transferred to the Manor House at Amnersfield , the son of a remote German-American mother and of a sour , withdrawn , irritable Anglo-Scottish father , who would retreat behind the Times and spend the evening in lonely state , smoking his pipe in his kilt . |
| 4 | Of course I did n't know at the time that this was to have been O's last night in The Bar ; and I knew that it was n't Boy 's first visit to The Bar , I mean he did not see O the very day he walked in , their eyes did not meet across the bar on that very first night . |
| 5 | She did n't know at the time that some day she would call herself ‘ artist ’ or ‘ writer ’ — not many teenage coloured girls from the Gorbals in Glasgow had trailblazed a path in that direction , so it was a real exploration into the unknown for her when at sixteen she set out to go to college to study fashion . |
| 6 | ( It was just as well I did n't know at the time that Jack would once have been called a psychopath , which to most people effectively means ‘ murderer ’ ) Untreatable ? |
| 7 | He , he was a real friendly guy and like I say he never said cheerio before he went , but one day he just painted his aircraft up with the D-day landing signs which we did n't know at the time and the next day he was gone of course it was very much top secret that was but the town just emptied of all Americans it was like a ghost town after them but it had been previously . |
| 8 | She told protestors that the Health Service must move with the times and it was inevitable that some hospitals would close as the nation 's health needs changed . |
| 9 | Erm I would have liked to have produced some er tables and diagrams to go with this document , but you will appreciate within the time that we had available , erm that there was insufficient time available to er to prepare that but hopefully that will give you er a basis for considering the , relative merits of the various a various erm sectors around York . |
| 10 | I did not realise at the time that this species ( or form ) is strongly dimorphic in size , with the female attaining a mere 4″ or so S.L. when fully grown . |
| 11 | Like most of my fellow white South Africans in the early days of contention , I did n't realise at the time that people like Peter Hian and Hassan Howa were looking further than we were , and seeing further ahead than our own claustrophobic horizons . |
| 12 | A program which depends on several hours of training does not allow for the time and number constraints of the classroom . |
| 13 | ‘ I — er — did n't think at the time that you 'd be that interested in — ’ |
| 14 | The analyses of both Cockburn and Dearlove imply a relationship between business and local government which did not exist at the time and could not easily be generated , whatever the ambitions of civil servants in the departments of central government , or of individual chief executives . |
| 15 | The West ‘ gave us hours to survive , then days , then weeks and now they give us seasons , but they should learn from the time that has elapsed already ’ , he said . |
| 16 | I did n't twig at the time but really she just wanted to hang out in the shop and she was coming up with any old excuse she could find to be in there . |
| 17 | I was majorly unpleased as you can imagine at the time but I think what it does show is that the Indians have got a terrific sense of humour . |
| 18 | Erm I did say at the time if the Council agreed it was we would approve the new application it would only be if the original was rescinded and I did speak to the Town Clerk so there 's no need , I 'm not making a big issue , but I think the Council should be aware and the Town Clerk I believe has notified because again this is one of those things that could happen at a later date and as we all know if we have n't made these things perfectly clear . |