Example sentences of "time [verb] for an " in BNC.

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1 With no time to wait for an ambulance , Colin , 27 , rang the midwife who issued instructions as he dashed up and down the stairs between the phone and the bathroom .
2 In expressing his regret at the violence Roman reinforced the Romanian government 's commitment to minority rights , at the same time pleading for an understanding of the views of Transylvanian Romanians , who had suffered greatly between 1940 and 1944 when northern Transylvania had been under Hungarian rule .
3 The report added that almost half of the total number of people infected with the AIDS virus were also suffering from tuberculosis and that the time taken for an HIV carrier to develop AIDS appeared to be " dramatically " shorter among people also infected with tuberculosis .
4 In this scenario , the Diet took a subordinate role only until the socialist and communist parties accepted the system of liberal democracy and spent less time arguing for an alternative .
5 The time required for an eye movement is approximately 150 msecs , and so if the stimulus is presented for less than 150 msecs we can be certain that the image is projected only to one hemisphere directly .
6 The time required for an eye movement is approximately 150 msecs , and so if the stimulus is presented for less than 150 msecs we can be certain that the image is projected only to one hemisphere directly .
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