Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] the time [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 I always take the time to meditate between my squishball practice and the tanning parlour . ’
2 Not only would you not have the time to deal with them all , but you 'd be harassing the public and getting the police a bad name ’ ( FN 23/4/87 , p. 2 ) .
3 Have you ever taken the time to ask parents what makes a good school ?
4 She also found the time to raise five children — Tommy , Bill , Jack , Molly and myself , the youngest .
5 Not all advisers feel comfortable asking clients for these personal details nor do they necessarily have the time to do it .
6 Well if they actually took the time to explain to you what went into those sausages , you probably would n't eat them at all , would you ?
7 Between 1962 and 1965 , de Gaulle reclaimed a more active role in domestic policy , partly because he now had the time to do so and partly because Pompidou , who had never held elective office , had a more presidentialist conception of the constitution than Debré .
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