Example sentences of "can [verb] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would love to hear from you again , if you can spare the time . |
| 2 | Perhaps we 'll have some tennis , if old Rodge here can spare the time from his blessed cows . ’ |
| 3 | If you can spare the time to sprinkle out ½ ounce ( 14g ) every week , that is even more gradual . |
| 4 | ‘ Kindly adjust the temperature , Mr Peckham , before it boils away , and then be so good as to ask Mr Pegg if he can spare the time to rejoin us . ’ |
| 5 | Alex and Fred could ( if they can spare the time ) advise the CPL staff on assessing each potential adoptee on their merit regardless of where they live . |
| 6 | The High Court has rules that life prisoners who are sent to mental hospitals are still serving their sentences and can count the time they serve in hospital towards their parole . |
| 7 | He later explained his reasons in English Farming , and Why I Turned It Up ( 1894 ) in the preface to which he wrote : ‘ I can remember the time when people used to talk to me about farming and explain how I ought to go about it . |
| 8 | Well every , you know erm I can remember the time er when I first went and they used to have silver er plated of course , silver plated water jugs on the counter and silver plated sugar bowls with tongs and loaf sugar for people to use and of course well and when you see the war came along , you see , they were all taken away because , you see , we had troop trains we were up day and night so the troops with tea . |
| 9 | Although , erm you know , I I can remember the time when I have not been a , quite enjoyed having bread and butter and chips . |
| 10 | So we , I can use the time table she |
| 11 | I can see the time coming when no one will be allowed to haunt a house without an MBA . ’ |
| 12 | But if we can narrow the time down — or rather , widen it out , Lewis … ’ |
| 13 | The old girl should do her duty and send me a postcard if she can take the time off from her toy-boys . |
| 14 | And obviously Janet , you 'll be giving me the other one , so if you can take the time to look at it . |
| 15 | The treatment can decrease the time it takes the body to remove the lactic acid build-up in your muscles . |
| 16 | Presumably , the speaker can also assume that , because his hearer knows , approximately , the speaker 's age , the hearer can judge the time ( i.e. forty years before and not ten years before ) of the events described . |
| 17 | Just ask dad if I can have the time off before Friday and I 'll find somewhere to go . |
| 18 | In terms of straight production time we have found that we can cut the time taken to assemble 16 pages of editorial from word processed files on a PC-compatible to finished pages on a Macintosh to just one working day . |
| 19 | One can vary the time between the pecking and the food being presented . |
| 20 | From it I learn that a seven year old has achieved a satisfactory standard if he can tell the time accurately in units of five minutes ! ) . |
| 21 | Few can afford the time and cost of building a new stone wall today , but the principles of dry stone walling , clearly outlined in Rainsford-Hannay 's book Dry Stone Walling , are straightforward and you can easily acquire enough skill to do effective repairs . |
| 22 | And yet , the technology really does have much to offer the professional graphic artist , compositor or printer if he or she can afford the time to sweep aside some of the hype that surrounds it . |
| 23 | People keep writing letters to the Mercury saying how can we afford to spend time and money debating this , well they can afford the time and the money employing out of work newsreaders to produce videos and writers and photographers to produce their glossy magazines , their glossy leaflets I did n't need the R S P C A or the League to tell me that er , the fox photo , this fox photo was a fake , I mean that 's obvious to anybody I did n't need them to tell me that the video was suspect , that too is obvious . |
| 24 | She can pick the time , the place , she can set it up however she wants . |
| 25 | ‘ I suppose we could reinstate that if Glyn can get the time off . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ If I can get the time off work , ’ she murmured , being carefully non-committal . |
| 27 | to get there , yeah , you can put the time of day in as well ca n't ya ? |
| 28 | you can , you can state the time to go |
| 29 | For a would-be smallholder who can find the time and money , these probably provide the best possible combination of theoretical and practical training . |
| 30 | Life is more interesting if you are able to guide your own destiny , and this is only possible if you can find the time to plan . |