Example sentences of "[pers pn] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's how they used to live there , at them times . |
| 2 | Me dad had got a decent job for them times , you know he , I think he got thirty bob a week which was a lot of money . |
| 3 | Now that was a big fright to people in them times because if you did n't live within |
| 4 | two pints , two pints of beer before lunch mind you times were hard , that 's why I did n't bother having any thing , I always went home weekends and got stocked up and every thing , every other one we got boarders in |
| 5 | For every skin that 's dry before its time , Estée Lauder brings you Time Zone . |
| 6 | Time you time you were in bed . |
| 7 | and even when I yell at him times he 's gone , you know , I do n't know |
| 8 | Er , you know , well of course they were young girls and er , you see and there 's , there was nothing we could do , you see , and , and er , anyway the doctor , as soon as the doctor did come , it was because th the young staff er they had to , they took her away to the mortuary , you see and erm then I , I had to carry on with her work and , and do the best I could and mine as well , you see , but of course er the Manager he appointed another Assistant Manager to go and collect the money which I used to do got it in because I took her times of duty as well and er , you see , and then after that er after several weeks I suppose it was , I do n't know how many because I forget how many , that they appointed me as Manageress and I was in that position for twelve years , you see and |
| 9 | Erm , er , erm , people could extend her times if she did it like she used to do before , because what she used to do is to say she would have a a day in Manchester in a months time |
| 10 | And she recalled her favourite Hans Andersen fairytale , the one that had brought her time and again to tears . |
| 11 | It was what Pound found out the hard way , when the recurrent occasions of The Cantes compelled him time and again , not infrequently , to go against the precepts that he had promulgated himself when he was the fugleman for imagism and vorticism — for instance ( and it is only the most obvious instance ) , the prohibition against archaic diction . |
| 12 | Scanlon 's successor as President of the Engineers ' Union , Terry Duffy , was , in fact , a strongly right-wing figure anxious to reach an accommodation with the government , but naturally it would take him time to build up his authority . |
| 13 | Gachot then spun after running over some debris from the Patrese/Moreno incident and the subsequent tyre stop cost him time . |
| 14 | She excused herself hurriedly and left , returning with a great bustle to announce her coming , when she had given him time to compose himself . |
| 15 | All we have to do is : Give Him time , and listen to Him . |
| 16 | Instead he put in an extra spurt to create a stockpile , giving him time to throw some finished logs on to the smaller heap . |
| 17 | It was obvious that his enthusiasm never left him time to concentrate on eating . |
| 18 | This , it is thought , would have given him time to renegotiate exemption and pay only 40 per cent capital gains . |
| 19 | Re-stowing the rest of the sails gave him time to get the details straight in his head . |
| 20 | Be patient if he moves or speaks slowly : give him time and encourage him to express himself . |
| 21 | It was almost an hour 's drive , which gave him time to elaborate his philosophy . |
| 22 | As an ex-hurler , he preferred football , but Uncle Mick had dragged him time and time again to see his own beloved New York Giants . |
| 23 | It gave him time to think . |
| 24 | At least it gave him time to try and talk some sense into her . |
| 25 | ‘ Perhaps Michael did n't give him time , ’ Allen said . |
| 26 | ‘ I warned him time and again — he got sometimes so drunk they had tae carry him inside the cage — but what kin ye dae wie a man that wo n't listen ? ’ |
| 27 | She gave him the details , sparing him time , place , names . |
| 28 | He considers taking an early flight because it is the quickest , doubts whether it will give him time to prepare and settles for the quickest later flight ; he wants to be bothered with as few suitcases as possible , starts packing the biggest he has , finds the lock broken and chooses another . |
| 29 | Wegerle gave Rovers the lead in the 72nd minute when the Ipswich defence gave him time and space to drive home from the edge of the area . |
| 30 | But underneath all the tough-talking , cryptic statements and pipe-lighting that allows him time to carefully think out his replies , there is another Bill Morrison , a schoolboy at heart , who is happiest sitting in the stands at Lord 's or Twickenham swapping cricketing and rugby stories , who idolises sporting heroes like cricketers Denis Compton and Gary Sobers , four-minute miler Roger Bannister , and former rugby international Gerald Davies , and who is in a fever of excitement over the arrival of his new MG RV8 , a ‘ reincarnation of the old MGB ’ , only ‘ more powerful , more comfortable ( I hope ) and certainly more costly ’ . |