Example sentences of "time [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ THERE WILL NEVER BE a better time to buy a used car . ’ |
| 32 | It 'll give me time to buy a clean shirt here , anyway . ’ |
| 33 | It is time to buy a fresh loaf , or perhaps some rolls or croissants this time ? |
| 34 | I meet representatives from the CBI from time to time to discuss a broad range of issues . |
| 35 | Rockefeller , a member of the oil and banking family , explained his decision on the grounds that there was too little time to organise a successful campaign and to be ready to form an administration which would meet his " own high standards " . |
| 36 | He also suggests that it might be a good idea if we move one at a time to avoid a ridiculous crush in the tent ; I should get up and move out , then he will get up and start the fire , then Nathan can get up last . |
| 37 | Boro beat Third Division Peterborough with a goal ten minutes from time to win a tense Rumbelows League Cup quarter-final at Ayresome Park . |
| 38 | He states that it is not necessary to use vinegar or mild acetic acid to neutralise the reaction , as it is a waste of time to apply a mild acid on top of a stronger acid . |
| 39 | Polythene went into production just in time to play a crucial role in enabling radar equipment to be deployed effectively in the Battle of Britain . |
| 40 | Gul , a former chief of Inter-Services Intelligence ( ISI ) until 1989 , had continued since that time to play a major role in determining Pakistan 's Afghan policy . |
| 41 | She told me that he just had time to wrap a small gift of appreciation . |
| 42 | The extension provided Rabbani with more time to form a consultative assembly , the Council of Resolution and Settlement ( Hal wa Aqd Shura ) , which would elect a permanent president and prepare for a general election . |
| 43 | I was just in time to glimpse a pale shape at the far end of the house move up the steps and under the colonnade . |
| 44 | ‘ This is no time to let a foreign correspondent into here . ’ |
| 45 | The Guildsmen leapt out of his path , trying at the same time to bend a reverent knee . |
| 46 | Picking her way carefully as he 'd instructed , Robbie paused from time to time to cast a puzzled look back at Fen . |
| 47 | On our way to the single market , is it not time to give a healthy nudge to the metrication programme so as to enable our manufacturers and exporters to compete more fairly with our continental rivals ? |
| 48 | Chairman , er , can I very briefly reply to what Councillor Parker has said , and then come on to my erm , uncontroversial question about our Erm , I think now is not the time to give a detailed reply to this . |
| 49 | It takes about the same time to do a simple drawing on a 2D machine as on a drawing board . |
| 50 | In a brief interval between merging The European and the The Sunday Correspondent , addressing sessions on global media , and generally meeting the most important people , Maxwell found time to do a good deed for the poor people of Bulgaria . |
| 51 | ‘ He says he has n't the time to do a good job . |
| 52 | Before Eva had time to do a mental check list of any way that she or the students at the ICO might have offended , General Wiseman informed her that he felt she was the right person to take over leadership of the women 's social services . |
| 53 | You 've got time to do a few things first . |
| 54 | Joking apart , after nine years as a security operator I found it hard to readjust my life but , now I do not know how I found the time to do a full time job . |
| 55 | If you do n't give a man or a woman time to do a single job properly , then it 's not worth doing . |
| 56 | ‘ Have I got time to do a quick errand ? |
| 57 | To the Congress and to all Americans , I say it is time to acclaim a new consensus at home and abroad — a common vision of the peaceful world we want to see . |
| 58 | Then , recalled Afshar , " The generals and I said , " Majesty , it is time to put a strong man in charge of government . " |
| 59 | At first the Athenians and Inaros were brilliantly successful , as revolts from Persia often were , initially — before the Great King had had time to mobilize a feudal force from nothing . |
| 60 | This should give enough time to devise a workable document . |