Example sentences of "the time [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corbett bowed , withdrew , and spent the rest of the time kicking his heels in an antechamber before a servant imperiously summoned him up the great staircase and ushered him into a brilliantly decorated room . |
| 2 | Gilmour hit back : ‘ Pat Clinton does n't stop working long enough to have the time to use his head . |
| 3 | Ventris died before he had had the time to turn his attentions to Linear A , about which he is reported to have had some initial ideas . |
| 4 | The Piper debts were paid in full , even although a severe fall in land values at the time caused his properties and other holdings to be sold for rock-bottom sums . |
| 5 | He 'd hardly even have the time to see his precious Sheila bloody Williams , would he ? |
| 6 | back all the time to see his mum |
| 7 | He fell heavily when 4–1 down in the first set , needed several minutes of treatment before deciding to carry on , lost the first set , but then came back to win the next two — all the time nursing his knee with an ice-pack between games . |
| 8 | Ralph spent most of the time studying his newspaper . |
| 9 | The time matched his 1992 result and was an improvement on his first time from 1991 . |
| 10 | He stripped off the rest of her clothes , then took off his own , all the time feasting his eyes on her nakedness before lying down next to her . |
| 11 | There were several times when Joseph could stand outside the front of his inn , or on the for'ard deck of his ship , and have the time to contemplate his next manoeuvre , calm amid the storm as all the great commanders always were . |
| 12 | He did n't speak for nearly a minute ; the DDA sat quietly , knowing this was not the time to interrupt his thoughts . |
| 13 | Retirement allowed him the time to pursue his botanical interest , often in company with his children and grandchildren , between whom and Evan the devotion was mutual . |
| 14 | Now , he knew , was the time to tell his father about The Cheaper Sex , while he was in such an extraordinarily amiable mood . |
| 15 | Maxim looked curiously at Bruno , using the time to mask his own indecision . |
| 16 | Aenarion took the time to raise his standard , and many Elves , survivors of the initial invasion , flocked to it . |