Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But doing so takes time , so there will still be a gap in which to organise orderly realignments . |
| 2 | ‘ My pulse , as yours , doth temperately keep time ’ , OMF iv , 16 . |
| 3 | He was a taciturn man who found it difficult to talk to a boy ; but he did sometimes spare time to tell him of his travels in the wilder parts of Alberta , of encounters with grizzly bears , white water rushing through narrow gorges , being lost in unexpected snowstorms , in an unconquered wilderness totally alien to his suburb-bred son . |
| 4 | Teaching does indeed take time , but in the long term it is a great time saver . |
| 5 | Painting by this method I am told requires great patience , and it does indeed take time to achieve such detail . |