Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The best that could be achieved in western Europe was a dispersed defensive strategy which would bog down an offensive , in case of war , and so give time for negotiation . |
| 2 | First , they are usually shorter to answer , and so save time . |
| 3 | Questions set by the computer , which then supplies the answer for checking purposes after a randomly set time delay , seem to have a powerful motivating effect and are but one example of the effectiveness of the computer 's simulating the random elements which the pupil experiences in everyday life and work . |
| 4 | So take time to choose . |
| 5 | A RUCKSACK IS A MAJOR INVESTMENT SO TAKE TIME TO CHECK OUT OUR BUYING TIPS AND COMPREHENSIVE LISTING FIRST |
| 6 | One explanation might be that five years is still not a long enough lead time . |
| 7 | They can give early warning of stability problems and enable the corrective action to be taken at an early stage and thus save time and development resource . |
| 8 | Or just pass time of day . |
| 9 | Thus question time has limited use in obtaining the factual information necessary to enable M.P.s to scrutinise the activities of the Government . |
| 10 | Senior civil servants somehow find time from the burdens of office to sit around deliberating over who really deserves what . |
| 11 | ‘ On the early things on Sun it 's him , and then later on , on RCA , occasionally he would play or , like you mentioned before , he would turn the guitar over and just keep time on the back of it . ’ |
| 12 | Just take time out |
| 13 | ‘ Come along , Anabelle , we just have time for a bite to eat before the meeting . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You just have time before we go to write that letter . ’ |
| 15 | We just need time to think , and if that involves letting Jahsaxa believe we 've given in , then so be it . ’ |
| 16 | I just need time . |
| 17 | I just need time — to decide . ’ |
| 18 | You just spend time , you waste time , you give |
| 19 | But John and Veronica Saunders still make time to decorate their home from top to toe . |
| 20 | Omagh sisters Olivia ( 15 ) and nine-year-old Laura McGuckin also still make time for story books outside the classroom . |
| 21 | ‘ A scientist can not be swayed by such fears and still remain time to science . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ But at my back I always hear time 's winged chariot hurrying near . ’ |
| 23 | Oh technically get time off , time off in lieu , but I ca n't take it , so |
| 24 | Always find time to sit down and devote your entire attention to what you are doing . |
| 25 | Watchmaker to the Admiralty and winner of the Franco-British Exhibition in London in 1908 , Richardson 's clocks still keep time across the border in Dumfries and across the oceans in Mozambique and America . |
| 26 | Always use time out . |
| 27 | " You 're no good with a paintbrush either , but you still waste time wielding one . |
| 28 | The entire course , and not least the tees , naturally still need time to settle but I can see the day coming when Westerwood could even stage the Scottish Open , " said Steve . |
| 29 | Well whatever system we have we still need time |
| 30 | But then if the foreman sees , he starts complaining about us in front of all the other workers , and even the supervisor , saying we always waste time and talk too much . |