Example sentences of "[pron] time for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ One of my parts is very much on the marketing side and this has actually flourished and the demands on my time for giving talks and presentations all over the world at very high levels has become more demanding than I 've ever known before . ’ |
| 2 | I 've done my time for that job , and the other jobs you laid on me . |
| 3 | ‘ Ee — well , it 's getting near my time for going home , I think I 'd better be making a move … ’ |
| 4 | Waste of my time for an hour , waste of whoever 's gon na have to sit on the committee for even more , ridiculous . |
| 5 | They think I 'm reconciled , but I 've only been biding my time for a chance like this one you 've brought me now . |
| 6 | The difference was that these professionals were giving their time for free . |
| 7 | In days past , when children did not have the delights of the mass media to occupy their time for them , diary keeping was regarded as a ‘ good thing ’ for the young , just as collecting things was regarded as keeping hands and minds occupied . |
| 8 | At its worst extreme , and particularly where the panel is a voluntary committee , all of whom are giving their time for nothing , the selection may well be made without all the panel having interviewed the candidate . |
| 9 | The earliest the matter can be raised again is in January when the new Congress returns , and although if the benefit is reintroduced it may well be retroactive to1 January , potential donors are biding their time for the moment . |
| 10 | People need to account for their time for many different reasons and so your final template may look quite different once you have tailored it to your needs . |
| 11 | In 1794 wool combers were accused of working only half their time for a wage of 10s ( 50p ) when 25s ( £1.25p ) was within their reach . |
| 12 | Fernandez back-pedalled on the Rainbow Curriculum , and waited for New York State to confirm that teachers could n't be forced into spending half their time for sex education on counselling abstinence . |
| 13 | Could n't care less and they were just there until their time for retirement was . |
| 14 | His works were regarded as ‘ one of the best schools of its time for the training of practical mechanics ’ , the most distinguished engineer to work there being ( Sir ) Joseph Whitworth [ q.v . ] . |
| 15 | When its time for managers lunch |
| 16 | He has had over a dozen matches and scored only two goals , so perhaps as Joo said its time for the subs bench ( remember Le Tissier on sunday ) . |
| 17 | The court sets aside a limited amount of its time for schemes of arrangement which can cause delays depending on the court 's workload . |
| 18 | First football news on goals extra tomorrow tea-time … now its time for rugby news in our weekly review … |
| 19 | But now Tewkesbury Borough Council which owns the theatre has decided its time for a change in managment … and this means Stan Stennett has to go . |
| 20 | She pretended to agree , suspecting that her time for trying the landlady 's leniency would be next . |
| 21 | This will introduce the student to the speciality of the ward , and give her time for preparation . |
| 22 | She reformed the religious life of her time for both men and women , teaching them to distinguish between a good and an unhealthy spirituality . |
| 23 | She had been asked for twelve and it was now half past eleven , which would give her time for a pleasant comfortable drive to Carpendens Court . |
| 24 | From 1839 he worked as a naval instructor in Bombay , which left him time for his main interest , the study of science . |
| 25 | Prior 's intellectual energies still left him time for his family and for a wide circle of friends , colleagues , and pupils . |
| 26 | President Joaquín Balaguer Ricardo , 84 , declared on Feb. 27 that the Social Christian Reformist Party ( PRSC ) , which he had formed in 1964 , should elect a new leader to allow him time for other commitments . |
| 27 | Nurturing this side of the business — with dramatic success — has occupied most of his time for the past 10 years . |
| 28 | His time for revenge and the peculiarly genuine appearance of it would come eventually . |
| 29 | Roger Fenton was immensely well known in his time for his landscapes and still lifes . |
| 30 | He had chosen a place close to one of the gates on the western side , always knowing that his time for escape was limited . |