Example sentences of "more time [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We stayed at John Bannon 's Hotel in Manali Orchards for rather more time than we had intended . |
| 2 | I 'm now gon na give you one last exercise then which may take rather more time than we 've got . |
| 3 | You 're going to have more time than us by Christmas . |
| 4 | Nancy appreciates that others might need more time than she takes , to absorb and follow her instructions . |
| 5 | He carried on presenting dancers in an amateur capacity , but it was an activity that was taking up more time than he could afford . |
| 6 | He had himself frequently led patrols along the narrow roads and boreens that ran like veins through the countryside about Cork , and before that he had spent more time than he cared to remember in the muddy trenches and dug-outs of France with shells screaming overhead . |
| 7 | In France , Bernard found himself with more time than he had ever been used to in his working life ; after his hour-long morning telephone call to John James the day stretched ahead . |
| 8 | He does sometimes get into a ‘ delayed ’ mood where he thinks he has more time than he does … the reason for the square/back passes I reckon is noone moves into space for him or looks for it up front . |
| 9 | Actually , there was a footpath through Wardle Wood from near her village , and if she had dared to go along it she could have walked to Brownies in not much more time than it took her to ride by way of the long winding lane ; but she was sure she had n't the courage to go through the witch 's wood by herself . |
| 10 | In real-time only seconds had passed , not much more time than it would have taken to see if he was in and ask him for a few minutes of his time . |
| 11 | I 've written macros to let me print each label with a unique number , set page lengths to the size of the labels plus the gutter between them — in short , I spent too long sorting the problem out , certainly more time than it was worth . |
| 12 | As I stood hesitating in the doorway , Miss Kenton appeared at my side and said : ‘ Mr Stevens , I have a little more time than you at the moment . |
| 13 | You know , always give yourself more time than you actually need . |
| 14 | ‘ The recovery is taking a little more time than I 'd hope for but I 'm rather impatient . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm only saying , why not take a bit more time before you make up your mind ? |
| 16 | When I close my eyes and imagine fatherhood , I see all the standard clichés : John Jr walking with me in the park , a football dribbling at his chubby little feet ; John Jr passing me a spanner as I lie underneath the motorbike ; John Jr asking me to read him that story one more time because I read it so well . |
| 17 | Answering back I thought he could have given me a bit more time cos I wanted to say something else and he was |
| 18 | Are you taking more time as you go along ? |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't want to waste any more time if I can help it . ’ |
| 20 | The number of weeks paid holiday that a worker will get is increasing rapidly so as today we have the norm of twenty days plus public bank holidays , giving more time if you like to engage in a package holiday abroad . |