Example sentences of "you [vb mod] [vb infin] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may forget about this entirely , or you may spend some time exploring possibilities in a rather inconsequential way . |
| 2 | It is an old piece of advice that if you want to work in an area ( insurance , real estate or food ) you should spend some time working in that area . |
| 3 | ‘ You should spend less time contemplating your navel and more time studying human nature , sonny . |
| 4 | I warned you I was n't going to be able to consider you and any doubts , hesitations or scruples you might have this time around , and I should have remembered that . |
| 5 | So , a P E P is erm er introduced by er Mr Lawson , who you might remember some time ago had er a job as the Chancellor and is now working part-time in the City . |
| 6 | I think you might win this time . |
| 7 | ‘ Or you 'll find this time that you will be court-martialled and end up in the gaol you were originally intended for . ’ |
| 8 | Well you 'll know next time . |
| 9 | A microwave oven could be a lifesaver this Christmas and it means you 'll spend less time slaving over a hot stove . |
| 10 | But I do n't think you 'll get much time . |
| 11 | I ordinarily rise by six ; I will allow you to lie half an hour after me then you 'll have some time you may call your own . |
| 12 | ‘ You 'd like some time on your own with Laura , would n't you ? ’ |
| 13 | You 'd expect the productivity to fall would n't you , if you were actually operating a fax service because you 'd save , you 'd take more time to monitor it |
| 14 | ‘ When you worked with Directors like Christopher Barry or Douglas Camfield , initially you 'd spend endless time in discussions , working out the best way to shoot a script . |
| 15 | Well that one was the most restrictive because that you had to go , you could go any time between was it eight and eleven in the morning , but you could only come back either something like quarter to five , quarter to , no quarter to six was it ? |
| 16 | How the Other Half Lives A divorced woman rings her ex-spouse : Perhaps you could spare some time to see the children on Saturday … |
| 17 | He needs a holiday — you both do — and I saw this as a way to ensure that you could get regular time off in the future . ’ |
| 18 | If you know that you have a busy weekend ahead and will be out all day for two days at the end of next week , you could use this time to knit a jumper . |
| 19 | It could be that your husband has announced his intention to spend his retirement playing golf or on some other activity which , for one reason or another , excludes you , and you would welcome more time spent together . |
| 20 | ‘ Not immediately , perhaps , but you would have some time . ’ |
| 21 | In this way you will spend more time on the important part , i.e. finding the lift and getting centred quickly . |
| 22 | If you do your own surveying and/or conveyancing you will spend some time at the Council offices checking with the building and planning officials . |
| 23 | If you simply switch from writing about an investigation over which you have enlisted your reader 's sympathy to scenes of home life or love life that have no connection with the main story , you will lose each time a little of your hold on the reader . |
| 24 | You will have ample time for questions when I have completed the reading of this statement . ’ |
| 25 | You will have more time , be able to go further and see more . |
| 26 | That does n't necessarily mean you will take more time to get around the golf course . |
| 27 | You can extend this time if necessary to have it happen at a suitably dramatic moment ; the staging of the event is more important than the exact time . |
| 28 | If you if you nip down there you can go any day Monday to Friday , you can go any time between nine and four thirty , you 've just got to remember to take your lunch . |
| 29 | Whereas the Dover to Calais you can go any time between this time and that time and come back any time between this time and that time . |
| 30 | She said to Edward , ‘ You can go this time . ’ |