Example sentences of "they [vb base] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | they want a time to start . |
| 2 | Yeah , perhaps it 's just that I know some of the loonies that go up there and get what they want every time . |
| 3 | They occupy the time that seems vacant , as if you were just hanging around doing nothing — but where in reality the well is filling up , where you are gathering together the material that will make up your narrative ; rearranging it , transforming it . |
| 4 | They say the time is right , while they 're beating the Americans at their own game . |
| 5 | If a man engages skilled advisors to act for him and they mistake the time limit and present it too late he is out . |
| 6 | They record the time , place , activating situation , their physical symptoms and thoughts . |
| 7 | Mr Chairman I 'm , I 'm a little bit concerned about er number two er there 's something that is , we promised to reply straightforward written enquiry with without sort of commenting on whether it 's two weeks , two days , or whatever , I am a little concerned that some of the replies people show me that have had from Highways Department , erm , they really whoever writes them do n't go into any detail , I 've had , I 've seen letters recently where , where somebody said it will be dealt with in about four weeks ' time , well that 's okay , maybe they 've good and valid reasons why about four weeks is about right for their particular problem , but they do n't know why it 's gon na take four weeks , they say oh god they should be able to do that in a couple of days there 's no problem it 's an easy little job , I , I feel that the , our officers when they reply they should give some amount of detail and if they give a time span in which they 're gon na put something right , they should say why it 's gon na take that long . |
| 8 | They set a time , however , within which the coheir should set to construction , and after which they wished Procula alone to construct , imputing costs to her coheir for his share . |
| 9 | they pass the time |
| 10 | Mind , I 'm not bothered but if you get them little'uns they last no time do they ? |
| 11 | When they get the time he 'll be , turn up sometime . |
| 12 | When migrating to the northern hemisphere they choose a time when the atmospheric pressure is falling , the temperature is rising and the winds are blowing northwards . |
| 13 | The complex definitions of housework standards and routines described in the last chapter are not simply created as a response to the job situation ; they antedate the time of ‘ becoming a housewife ’ . |
| 14 | Professional counsellors faced with the same client would be clear that it is their task to explore emotions and they allocate the time to do it ; social workers have the mixed task of practical and emotional support but they have a restricted caseload and the time to build up a relationship . |
| 15 | The latter are useful in that they shorten the time taken to learn the concept . |
| 16 | I think people give it away too much ; I do n't think they take the time to sit down and think about all aspects of being a creative person . |
| 17 | I think people give it away too much ; I do n't think they take the time to sit down and think about all aspects of being a creative person |
| 18 | As such , it should command the attention even of readers who feel that they have no time for the art . |
| 19 | But he added : ‘ If , however , it means that managers are so distracted discussing the process of privatisation that they have no time left to manage , then that would be a most unhappy state of affairs . ’ |
| 20 | Most ‘ organisers ’ swan in at eight-thirty looking important , only to discover there 's a big hitch and they have no time to put it right . |
| 21 | They have no time for self-congratulation on their narrow escape . |
| 22 | The common tendency of all of these people is to be so concerned with manipulating others to meet their needs that they have no time to minister to their partner 's needs . |
| 23 | It is also in the interests of a tyrant to make his subjects poor , so that … the people are so occupied with their daily tasks that they have no time for plotting . |
| 24 | They reason that while Iran and Iraq are fighting each other they have no time to look for adventures elsewhere in the region . ’ |
| 25 | Perhaps they have no time available nor money to squander on what they consider to be point less pursuits . |
| 26 | The media , major users of public relations material , loves taking the mickey out of public relations which is so busy working on someone else 's image that they have no time for the image of their own industry . |
| 27 | Giving them work to do or organised games — so that they have no time to stand and stare … but we must help them to see , to look , to observe . |
| 28 | They are committed to abolishing city technology schools , grammar schools and the assisted places scheme , and they have no time for parental choice . |
| 29 | It is all too easy for senior executives , especially in times of great pressure on business , to say that they have no time to devote to such activities for the community . |
| 30 | you know I can understand now the people that have n't got the truth , when one of the , the mate , when the mate dies whether a woman or a , or a , or a husband dies , they want to die , they do n't want to live because I felt that , I felt that , what 's there , what 's there me left to live , my kids they 're , they have their own families , there all time , they have no time , I brought up three children , I have a full time job and I have time for every one of them to look after and to bring them up and to set them on their way to live and not one of them became a prisoner or something , you know , they 're all have nice jobs and , and nice kid nice people , one , nobody 's in the truth the boys |