Example sentences of "be [verb] [pron] [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | The GP said that Peter had been to see her many times in the two years that he had been married , with small ailments that seemed to be stress-related . |
2 | I do n't know why , but David has been to see it several times he thought it was really good . |
3 | It will also help you to keep track of how they are using their free time |
4 | but , but I mean you can only make it worse by like you say , you 're wasting your own time and money |
5 | I keep saying to him , look Colin , I said , I know a couple of times a week 's enough for me , but that 's worth waiting for , but when you 're doing it three times and then get sick of it . |
6 | I bet you 're thinking what odd times ferried living through , how behaviour can be different for a while , how I 'm a little brash , and very ill-advised , but possibly forgivable . ’ |
7 | I said mine are getting it three times ! |
8 | Her partner 's passionate hobby was shooting , and she knew from their telephone calls that he had been spending his spare time at a sports club which had a range . |
9 | In many schools , teachers are spending their spare time fund-raising and making equipment to support the new Curriculum . |
10 | Hick , a member of their 1983 World Cup squad when only 17 , will be opposing them this time . |
11 | I wo n't be seeing you next time and I need it for break . |
12 | I 'll be seeing you some time , you two . ’ |
13 | When we take breaks — when I 'm at home or on vacation — my chops go down drastically because I 'm enjoying my free time and doing things I do n't usually have time to do . |
14 | We need to ask ourselves how LEA advisers should be spending their increased time in schools , bearing in mind that due to the ratio of schools to inspectors , the time spent in any one school will still not be generous . |
15 | ‘ No , I 've been all over the North , so I 'm leaving it this time . ’ |
16 | ‘ She used to burst into tears when we were having our happiest times . ’ |
17 | A retired engineer who has collected information on card indexes over 30 years as a member of the World Ship Society is devoting his full time to implementing such a database . |
18 | Similarly , our analysis of how time was used across the curriculum provoked further challenges to conventional assumptions : that the way to do a subject justice is to give it more time ; and that ‘ balance ’ is about the proportions of time given to the various subjects . |
19 | Who 's doing it this time ? |
20 | It was buying her some time and some space , nothing more . |
21 | It was n't sexual jealousy that was afflicting her this time , for it was obvious that the woman was just a good friend . |
22 | All she needed to do now was put her troubled times behind her and win the game . |
23 | The work was leaving her little time for herself and so she decided to simplify the task . |
24 | It was to take me some time longer to undergo the metamorphosis from a ‘ teacher ’ to a ‘ lecturer ’ . |