Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before retiring , had worked for 40 years at , mainly in the office and completing his time at Eagle Mill . |
| 2 | The film was a success but , for the next five years , Brunel could secure no further directing opportunities and passed his time writing stories , editing imported films and producing home movies . |
| 3 | yes , right , well do n't let him get mucking about with these then and wasting his time |
| 4 | Our materials were used , were not liked , and were soon discarded , and having once relinquished the courses we had developed , and involved our time and our energies elsewhere , we could not return to our earlier situation . |
| 5 | The outcome at Wembley may depend on Ince and Carlton Palmer stifling the Turks in midfield and denying them time and space — unlike the last two occasions . |
| 6 | But he firmly eschewed political involvement and devoted his time to his diocese and to building . |
| 7 | It was only on glancing again at his watch at three minutes to one and wondering what time the Substitute would turn up that he realized that the Substitute was the reason why . |
| 8 | I do n't think so I believe that the hunting fraternity is not blameless and indeed the , all their arguments are not quite correct in every sense but I firmly believe that there are more important matters for this council to debate and spend its time and money on . |
| 9 | First of all , did you , as individuals , volunteer to come here and spend your time here , or were you sent ? |
| 10 | I ca n't tell you who to love , or how to love : those school courses would be how-not-not-to as much as how-to classes ( it 's like creative writing — you ca n't teach them how to write or what to write , only usefully point out where they 're going wrong and save them time ) . |
| 11 | By saving more of the tooth , she leaves it healthier , and buys it time . |
| 12 | on disability issues and they have n't been able to find anybody else , but what they 've said , despite extensive attempts the convention has not been able to obtain a replacement for this one , due to and buys us time . |
| 13 | This will introduce the student to the speciality of the ward , and give her time for preparation . |
| 14 | I think the principle was that if the terrorists came round the corner , then they 'd make such a noise shooting us that they 'd wake up everybody inside and give them time to lock the door , and that was really our only role . |
| 15 | To avoid their notice , and give them time to get clear of the folded valley before he ventured it , he turned on a contour course towards Ruthyn , and kept in the fringes of the forest , watching the glint of steel come and go on the track lower down the slope , drawing steadily nearer to him , but some half-mile below . |
| 16 | ‘ Then phone up from reception and give me time to comb my hair and hide my pyjamas . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ No point in her staying away to be tactful and give us time with Terry now this fellow 's here , ’ he said to Helen . |
| 18 | And give it time ! says Sebastian . |
| 19 | I imagine she was resting and over-ran her time . |
| 20 | From the corner of the compound the raised machine-gun and its minder watched and bided their time . |
| 21 | A service company makes its profits by hiring people at one price and selling their time at a higher price . |
| 22 | He has been taking photographs for ten years and divides his time between Paris and New York , where he was born . |
| 23 | ‘ My mates always seemed to score and spent their time snogging in the back row . |
| 24 | A devout and earnest student , he formed a small group of fellow-students , known as the Lampeter Brethren , who fasted and spent their time in theological study and prayer . |
| 25 | When the Second World War started she joined the Air Transport Auxiliary and spent her time ferrying new aircraft from the factories to their airforce bases . |
| 26 | She appeared to have no qualities at all to speak of , either positive or negative , and spent her time trying not to be noticed . |
| 27 | She had left work and spent her time preparing for her baby , and reading and re-reading John 's letters . |
| 28 | As a civil lawyer he was much employed in diplomatic business , but in the 1320s he was twice appointed treasurer and spent his time in that office supervising and organizing the more efficient collection of taxes , fines and forfeitures . |
| 29 | Maxim knew her driving well enough to be relaxed about it and spent his time folding and refolding a road map . |
| 30 | But , again , and with the same patient smile , Morse bade the excitable lady to hold her peace , and bide her time . |