Example sentences of "they [verb] [pron] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This does not mean that the person needs necessarily to go faster , but that they organize their time more effectively . |
| 2 | Heads can create their own clarity if they organize their time in such a way as to digest and weigh reports , views and experiences from sources either outside the school or inside the staffroom . |
| 3 | They reduced their time in bed by 30 minutes every two weeks until it was down to 6.5 hours , then by 30 minutes every three weeks until it was 5 hours , and finally by 30 minutes every 4 weeks . |
| 4 | Would these principles survive into the next period of change in the 1990s , or had they outlived their time ? |
| 5 | and er all his brothers ev , every one of them went , they served their time and |
| 6 | Or do they bide their time and seek to defuse the situation by negotiations via a mediator ? |
| 7 | As for the poor , they have no money because they are out of work ; they pass their time watching game shows on television . |
| 8 | They spent their time hiding behind low stone walls and leaping out at motorists travelling in bus lanes . |
| 9 | The Regiment was made up of five squadrons , each comprising 200 men , and they spent their time in tanks and armoured cars . |
| 10 | Eagles needed to witness the migrations of the smaller birds , or to fly afield to see the world beyond territories which at other times of the year they spent their time protecting and never left . |
| 11 | In a recent survey approximately 100 solicitors were asked how they spent their time . |
| 12 | They overstay their time , but may not be genuine non-returners . |
| 13 | They ask what time we get to Sudbury , eh ? |
| 14 | Although the Whigs repealed the Occasional Conformity and Schism Acts after the Han-overian Succession , they took their time in doing so , and the party became bitterly divided on the issue . |
| 15 | The study of black sportsmen and society brings into relief the way in which the youths ' orientations to school and what they expect to achieve from education affect , not segmentally but totally , their attitudes , postures and the way in which they apportion their time and energies . |
| 16 | They offered their time , effort and resources to me willingly , and were ever anxious to set before me their personal views of this highly experimental area . |
| 17 | They thought it time to take action on their own account . |
| 18 | They gave her time to hide and threw dice to decide the order in which they should go after her , a five-minute interval between each departure . |
| 19 | They would ask me into their classes to watch them teach ; they gave me time for interviews ; they allowed me into staff meetings and departmental meetings and I at various points in my research I erm attempted to feed back to them some of the material that I was coming up with , and we would have meetings to discuss this and I would erm use those meetings then to refine my ideas . |
| 20 | They asked me into their classes to watch them teach , they gave me time for interviews , they allowed me into staff meetings and departmental meetings and I erm at various points in my research I attempted to feed back to them some of the material I was coming up with , and we would have meetings to discuss this . |
| 21 | I think the only reason they gave us time back was because I was going to report the prison doctor to the Board of Visitors . |
| 22 | They make a great clamour ; they take their time , just making noise . |
| 23 | Lift up Esther Maddox and Iain Clark before the Lord in prayer as they commence their time in the ‘ Frontline ’ with the Oasis trust . |
| 24 | They can be irritatingly slow to publish , and it is often difficult to know how they spend their time . |
| 25 | So they spend their time changing into and out of trousers — at assembly , at every playtime , at lunchtime and when they go home . |
| 26 | To achieve this , individuals remain awake and seated for a full 24 hours ( the time for the rhythm to show a full cycle ) and the way they spend their time is as constant as possible . |
| 27 | Ask each one of the family to make a list of how they spend their time and what changes they would like to make if given the chance . |
| 28 | There are always smiles , no problems in their lives and they spend their time trying to please others . |
| 29 | They spend their time far out on warm seas once the short northern summer is over . |
| 30 | Sometimes they spend their time at a day centre where they can wash , and relax . |