Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed ages before they sorted out the time . |
| 2 | They whiled away the time , Ranulf playing dice against himself , the only time he ever lost . |
| 3 | ‘ And I 've been stung by nettles , ’ he said , injured , and pretended not to hear Dorrainge who said it was a mistake to pamper nettle stings , and they had n't the time to soothe people 's silly imagined injuries . |
| 4 | These new men showed they had neither the time nor the political inclination to instigate a programme of Whig reform ; indeed , partly reacting against the Jacobite challenge of 1715 , they introduced a number of measures designed to ensure their and the new dynasty 's political security which seemed to represent an abandonment of what Whiggery had traditionally stood for . |
| 5 | When learners are caught up in communication , concerned with making meaning , they have neither the time nor indeed the inclination to monitor their performance , which in consequence reveals what they have acquired without , as it were , the artificial additives of learning . |
| 6 | Although research economists usually make their programs available to others , they have neither the time nor the resources to document and support them properly . |
| 7 | The police say they have n't the time or resources to worry about hashish . |
| 8 | They have n't the time or the engergy left to provide a sporting outlet for them . |
| 9 | They have not the time for speech training , and are perhaps afraid to embarrass you , and by criticising your speech to add to your shyness in discussion . |