Example sentences of "time [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will need the time to orient yourself to your new way of eating and to get plenty of relaxation . |
| 2 | When it came time to fling himself into the cradle of the flying harness , the back scenery was slippery with rain , and Gabriel 's bare feet slithered against the paint so that he plunged nose down , the harness slipped down to his hips , and he sawed to and fro , arms outstretched . |
| 3 | He had sprung out at her from nowhere , not even giving her the time to brace herself against him . |
| 4 | I said at the beginning , when I talked about the woman at the pool , that ‘ the essence of her charm , independent of time revealed itself for a second in that gesture and dazzled me . ’ |
| 5 | Other artisan groups also from time to time found themselves on the receiving end of employer " impositions " . |
| 6 | At 31 , Tamworth-born Coton is running out of time to establish himself with England . |
| 7 | ‘ It takes most soaps quite a long time to establish themselves in the favour of the audience . |
| 8 | Breeders often release the owls too old , without giving them time to establish themselves in the release area . |
| 9 | It had taken him a long time to adjust himself to this , but now it no longer irritated him , and he felt only pity for his wife . |
| 10 | If there were to be nightmares , she could not control that ; but she would not waste her waking time frightening herself with a terror which was past . |
| 11 | This bodily preparation needs to occur so quickly that there is no time for conscious thought , the caveman does not have time to talk himself into this state of readiness . |
| 12 | ’ … and a cyclist must be allowed time to free himself from … ’ |
| 13 | I think that some people may not realise fully too is that in order to make a decision you have to be full informed , and teachers are very busy people and a teacher really is spending nearly every moment of his day either teaching or preparing to teach , and it 's impossible , therefore , to establish in a school or a community college the faculty committee structure that one might have in a university , where people do probably spend some time informing themselves before debate . |
| 14 | In order to lose weight permanently , and at the same time to rid yourself of some possibly long-standing unpleasant symptoms , you will need to learn what your body needs . |
| 15 | So deeper and deeper I went into the world of science , wanting all the time to express myself in a totally different field . |
| 16 | The Enemy is upon us and we have no time to organise ourselves into battalions and ordered companies . |
| 17 | She 'd also had time to castigate herself for meekly following him inside . |
| 18 | It was fortunate that I had a little time to accustom myself to being in such a place and to the thought of seeing my father . |
| 19 | Mr Salmond said : ‘ I find it quite incredible that on the day this bungling Government is desperately trying to scramble out of a hole on pit closures , it is at the same time drilling itself into a well on oil jobs . |
| 20 | Perhaps again due to Hesilrige 's patronage , he became clerk of the council under the restored Commonwealth of May to October 1659 ; less predictably , however , he seems to have continued to act in this capacity under the ill-fated committee of safety ( October-December 1659 ) , this time committing himself to the service of the generals , notably Charles Fleetwood and John Lambert [ qq.v. ] , rather than the civilian leaders in the restored Rump , among whom Hesilrige was the leading figure . |
| 21 | He had had no time to acquaint himself with his fief , twice seen , and well enough served by its own . |
| 22 | The first is that they should be sufficiently familiar with the company 's affairs already not to need to take further time to acquaint themselves with its business in order to provide the valuation . |
| 23 | Many Danzigers felt that the Nazis could not help them , and at the same time that only the Nazis could help them ; they urged the Party on while at the same time distancing themselves from it . |
| 24 | Sedate , sober men , that in the day time comported themselves in all seriousness and dignity , relaxed their staidness then and joined deliriously in the quadrilles or the waltz . |
| 25 | Management as local activity has taken time to distance itself from the field of administration which belonged , as recently as the 1980s , to varying tiers of government rather than to institutions . |
| 26 | ‘ It took a very long time to reconcile myself with my father . ’ |
| 27 | After O-levels there was still a month of term to go , a month in which I had ample time to devote myself to my obsession . |
| 28 | Yanto shouted at the beast to attract its attention away from the fleeing threesome , while at the same time squeezing himself into a tight batch of young saplings . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't regret not having much time to pamper myself in the bathroom , as the inclination is n't there . |
| 30 | It is doubtful whether the unfortunates impounded in the Lazzaretto had time to concern themselves with the aesthetic niceties of the building , and it can only be hoped that the church offered them some spiritual comfort . |