Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I gave an interview I was the greatest guy in the world but if I said ‘ no , I want some time to myself ’ , they would n't give me the time of day . |
| 2 | ‘ I want some time to think about what you have told me . |
| 3 | Yeah , what I mean I want some time off to be able to re-write properly . |
| 4 | Only in the evenings did I spend some time with Mr Rochester , and I was careful not to allow him to hold me in his arms or kiss me . |
| 5 | Wendell 's voice was quiet and matter-of-fact as he said , ‘ I guessed some time ago that you 'd fallen for Harry . ’ |
| 6 | I joined some time in the late thirties when I was a young member of the Foreign Office . ’ |
| 7 | I NEVER did find Mr Wright although , following the instructions I received at my briefing , I spent some time looking for him . |
| 8 | Friday I spent some time here , half a day . |
| 9 | Throughout 1969 I spent some time each month visiting schools , and attending yet more meetings in Curzon Street . |
| 10 | When I first came , I spent some time with Sue , she 's the manager . |
| 11 | I spent some time with him after he drove back into the pit-lane and he was very categorical about his decision : ‘ It is simply not worth it , ’ he said . |
| 12 | During the summer of 1971 , soon after the ‘ discovery ’ , for the second time , of my disability , I spent some time in hospital . |
| 13 | I spent some time with another elderly miner in Sunderland . |
| 14 | I spent some time every day looking after her , and the rest of the time with my cousins , listening to their plans for the future . |
| 15 | It is a particularly painful spot to be kicked and I spent some time hopping round the byre and cursing in a fervent whisper . |
| 16 | ‘ As I told you , I spent some time writing letters and when I 'd finished I thought it would be pleasant to get some fresh air so I went out and posted them — in the box outside the main post office — ’ |
| 17 | After finishing the course in June , I spent some time travelling within Eastern Europe and then spent two months in Austria to improve my German . |
| 18 | You may remember I spent some time in Paris — not the most pleasant of times freezing in the snow , chased by wolves and being half-hanged at Montfaucon . |
| 19 | I spent some time in discussion in Oman , not about the minesweepers but about the much more valuable corvette order that the Omanis are seeking to place , and I was given very satisfactory assurances by His Majesty the Sultan about those orders . |
| 20 | I spent some time in Japan . |
| 21 | ‘ May I have some time ? ’ ‘ |
| 22 | ‘ I needed some time on my own . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I needed some time alone in which to get my head together — you 're very much of a distraction , ’ he murmured . |
| 24 | The other device I saw some time ago was a timing light for diesels , this obtained its triggering pulse from a sensor clipped to no.1 injector pipe . |
| 25 | While loading Frankenstein I took some time to read the inlay . |
| 26 | my Lord I think so yes , erm if I can just say this I understand on the structures that a letter has been , er , an offer has been made by a letter erm of the structure and obviously there would be and that , that was done I think some time ago , erm and it might be my Lord how to what sort of structure is , but , but , erm I think from our side , erm we , we 've taken the first step and we 're going |
| 27 | ‘ I did some time with Sister Lovejoy last year , and I 've done some orthopaedics . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I said some time ago that there was a mile to go and we had to go half a mile each , and the Community went more than its half a mile . |
| 29 | I went out to the theatre and the opera a lot , and when I had some time off , I was usually able to get away somewhere . |
| 30 | ‘ I had some time off while I was working in Los Angeles and I was down by the hotel pool . |