Example sentences of "time [verb] or [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For those with less time to shop or cook , Lesley Waters of BBC1 's Bazaar creates some really useful 15 minute feast . |
| 2 | The secret of Adam 's sexual success with women was simple : he took plenty of time to stroke or massage , to make sure that his partner was completely relaxed before they made love . |
| 3 | When , among humans , there are outbursts of anger or fighting , then such emotions normally leave a residue of resentment , of ill-feeling , which can take some time to subside or disperse . |
| 4 | Neither man had time to conceal or alter his facial expression , and Rostov was struck by the disparity . |
| 5 | It is time to consider or reconsider certain fundamental questions about awareness . |
| 6 | The build-up of a significant stake in a target company within a matter of hours , giving the board of the target company little time to react or advise its shareholders . |
| 7 | She explains : ‘ There is n't really much time to rest or socialise , I 'm really a workaholic and it is what I am used to now . |
| 8 | It is of course open to the Government and Parliament of New Zealand at any time to abolish or restrict the classification of decisions which are appealable as of right . |
| 9 | I 'd been doing press and touring and all that lot for two years without a break , I 'd not had time to change or take anything in . ’ |
| 10 | So we never had time to think or enjoy what was going up . |
| 11 | Her mother , once rid of the armour-plated respectability of Maître Henri and his phalanx of parents , brothers and sisters , all devoted to the law , had married a happy-go-lucky literary exile from Leeds , as nearly as possible his opposite , and the half-English , half-French child had been absorbed into their slapdash household with the greatest enthusiasm and affection , and never given time to doubt or worry , surrounded as she was by joyous evidence of her own importance and value . |
| 12 | Many feel it is time to improve or change coaching methods . |
| 13 | Defences which may be available include : an Act of God ; the plaintiff 's consent ; or where the odour nuisance is a result of the act of a trespasser and the owner or occupier is ignorant of the nuisance , not having the means of knowing of the nuisance in time to prevent or abate its effect . |
| 14 | The rest of us use this time to make or mend kit , and to read up on possible areas to visit come the Spring . |
| 15 | This was a challenging task even for an accomplished side which had little time to acclimatise or practise . |
| 16 | Keep going even though you need time to reconsider or reflect . |