Example sentences of "we [verb] [vb pp] [art] time " in BNC.
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1 | Without a lemon to squeeze on to fried or grilled fish , no lemon juice to sharpen the flatness of the dried pulses — the red lentils , the split peas — which in those days loomed so largely in our daily diet , no lemon juice to help out the stringy ewe-mutton and the ancient boiling fowls of the time , no lemon juice for pancakes , no peel to grate into cake mixtures and puddings , we felt frustrated every time we opened a cookery book or picked up a mixing bowl . |
2 | We 've calculated the time from how deeply it had settled in the mud . |
3 | Erm we 've done the time there . |
4 | ‘ We 've got no time ter mess about , Fred , ’ she said quickly . |
5 | Once in a while , maybe on the first night of a stint somewhere , and we 've got the time , we might just do a brief check of some songs . |
6 | Some people do ring the police up and the police , if we 've got the time , we 'll come along and ask them to switch it down . |
7 | Two five five , the reason why the Executive asked for withdrawal was because it 's moving us a bit too fast along this track , and it 's moving us in a particular direction before we 've had the time to think about whether that 's the right direction to go . |
8 | Five minutes later Tony and I were trudging through deep snow , wishing we had spared the time to search out the snow shoes and wondering whether there had ever been a previous occasion in Iceland when the approach of a car had been heralded by walkers . |
9 | I am convinced that we shall have adequate time to discuss the Bill and that because we have organised the time and allocated it we shall have a higher quality of debate . |
10 | ‘ We have spent the time very quietly getting to know each other again , and in John 's case , picking up with friends and family . |
11 | How many of us have spent the time to get to know that person imprisoned in the vagrant ? |