Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] the time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to pass the time imagining the pleasant , and peaceful , countryside all around us as we drove through the mountains . |
| 2 | They immediately brighten , become more animated and are often quite grateful that someone has taken the time to listen to them . |
| 3 | Today I 've been thinking to myself , I 've only got the sleeves to put in that dress — when am I going to have the time to do it' ? |
| 4 | If you do take the time to read a book on body language , be warned : a lot of it is theory , and theories are often wrong . |
| 5 | She had previously limited her expression of that disapproval to hints , and to glancing remarks ; now , clearly , she had decided the time had come to be more open . |
| 6 | She had thought the time had gone when thoughts of Jake could upset her . |
| 7 | Joan asked Sunday Life to thank the unknown person who had taken the time to care for her son 's grave . |
| 8 | They have to be accelerated/automated and made readily available if we want to reduce the time needed to reach a solution to a problem . |
| 9 | Two five five , the reason why the Executive asked for withdrawal was because it 's moving us a bit too fast along this track , and it 's moving us in a particular direction before we 've had the time to think about whether that 's the right direction to go . |
| 10 | Five minutes later Tony and I were trudging through deep snow , wishing we had spared the time to search out the snow shoes and wondering whether there had ever been a previous occasion in Iceland when the approach of a car had been heralded by walkers . |
| 11 | ‘ To integrate the information for each line , we have to take the time to make sure we have all of the elements necessary to verify the bills electronically , ’ Gilmont said . |
| 12 | As far as she could remember they 'd spent the time discussing potential ideas for his proposed advertising campaign . |
| 13 | Watch him stretch , yawn , look across at me and come out with those perfect forty-year-old clichés they use to make the time pass easily and without controversy . |
| 14 | They had spent the time wandering round the Reserve , watching the widgeon ducks and other wildfowl paddling in the lagoon close to the sea . |
| 15 | Ventris died before he had had the time to turn his attentions to Linear A , about which he is reported to have had some initial ideas . |
| 16 | Though he 'd spoken with Klein daily there was no sign of a commission yet , so he had spent the time re-educating himself . |
| 17 | When when he has got when he 's got the time to go to , I do n't know where he gets them , he does n't get them at Marble Arch Marks I think . |
| 18 | How many of us have spent the time to get to know that person imprisoned in the vagrant ? |