Example sentences of "a [noun] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a case some time ago where a vet accidentally injected himself with some . |
| 2 | Lacking the elaborate Go-motion system of rods and computer control that Tippett had devised at ILM for the dragon in Dragonslayer ( 1981 ) , intended to create a slight blur as each single-frame shot was made ( since in real motion the subject moves fractionally in the one-fiftieth of a second for which one frame is exposed ) , they simply shook the puppet a bit each time . |
| 3 | In coming months , Max may be spending a bit more time in the country , as Sinitta is on the brink of signing a world-wide recording contract and a movie deal . |
| 4 | Working part of lunchtime had a slight advantage for me because it meant I now had a bit more time to load the container rail set . |
| 5 | ‘ You would n't make a bad pioneer if you had a bit more time for practice . |
| 6 | Give the players a bit more time . |
| 7 | ‘ But I want a bit more time to think things over . |
| 8 | One of the lessons I have learnt in life is that a bit more time thinking and planning will immeasurably increase the effectiveness of one 's input : if these comments help any of my friends and colleagues in this way it will be , for me , as great a reward as ICI 's success today is a satisfaction and recognition of our predecessors . |
| 9 | Or should you spend a bit more time really finding out the extent of the pollution ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm only saying , why not take a bit more time before you make up your mind ? |
| 11 | Now I spend a bit more time with her because I do n't go out to work until later , before I was starting at seven . |
| 12 | You 'd like to spend a bit more time doing things and not do so much in one go ? |
| 13 | Now I want to allow a bit more time for questions so I 'll just end if I may with a funny story which , did n't happen to me , it happened to a colleague of mine , erm a young lady , who went to give er a talk like this to group of adults like yourselves and at the end of the meeting the treasurer went up to her and said do we owe you any fee or expenses ? |
| 14 | thinking , Oh if only I spent a bit more time |
| 15 | gives you a bit more time to decide exactly what you want to talk about cos if if it has go to be in week three or week four , then we really sort of like decide now what you 're going to write about so that n Cos next week is gon na be our last meeting on this topic , so you really want to sort of give a bit of a presentation on what you 're going to say . |
| 16 | But it will give you a bit more time with the kid . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ She did n't do that , but I 'm sure that with a bit more time she would have . |
| 18 | I hope that , in future , this House of Commons , of which we are proud to be Members , will spend just a bit more time looking at what hon. Members do day after day . |
| 19 | It 's one to leave to half time when we 've got a bit more time to er examine the incident perhaps . |
| 20 | You 're right , erm , certainly an exercise twenty minutes , is about time , special timescale , but again a bit more time , might actually . |
| 21 | But , ask me another day , when I 've got a bit more time . |
| 22 | ‘ Like Frances , who has a family , I 'd like to spend a bit more time at home , ’ he said , ‘ for I have a lot of material on tape and you ca n't write songs when you 're on the road . |
| 23 | His powerful , concentrated , gently oaky Boteleur at £6.99 is a classic but needs a bit more time and his Green label Chardonnay also at £6.99 is a real winner , multi-layered , rich and toasty . |
| 24 | And read the please six and visions from Viscuss The first one is going to be given a bit more time and then the other five are going to brief . |
| 25 | when we 've got a bit more time |
| 26 | Answering back I thought he could have given me a bit more time cos I wanted to say something else and he was |
| 27 | Ah well we will wait and see erm , they 're trying to solve everybody 's problems but ours , er with all this talk about spending money on education , sorting out the traffic problems erm , it 's a pity they do n't spend a bit more time in their budget calculations in dealing with the problems of this council and not those of the county council . |
| 28 | And it 's very useful in , particularly in that respect , to give a bit more time , notice , I mean , several months in some cases , if you can actually signal , something that is useful that you can contribute and send it in , that will help them plan that far ahead . |
| 29 | Sheila and Annie did go on a bit last time . |
| 30 | and er they used to come to me and say how much does this man owe now and if he 'd been paying quite a bit next time he came in the shop they was all round him trying to persuade him to buy |