Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [pos pn] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The treatment itself was distressing and made him feel very ill , but the care and kindness of the medical staff and of the radiologists made his time bearable for both of us . |
| 2 | Added manager Ian Branfoot : ‘ David was annoyed because it was one of our own fans wasting our time . |
| 3 | At the outset , it was decided to use direct observation of how clients spent their time as the principal measure of effectiveness . |
| 4 | He should have a say in how the guest speakers use their time at the event : should they meet the press or the mayor , where can they go for a bit of peace and quiet , even reassurance , and so on . |
| 5 | Three months gave her time to give notice on her present job , and , with luck , have funds released from her grandfather 's estate , the mortgage secured , and , hopefully , the sale of the flat completed . |
| 6 | So without their parents lot of kids spend their time watching the telly do n't they ? |
| 7 | At the Edinburgh summit the richest , most powerful European nations waste their time desperately seeking for a clever-dick way to con Danish voters in a second referendum . |
| 8 | Ottaviani overran his time , but at first refused to be stopped . |
| 9 | It was the tradition in the family for sons to serve their time at sea , and then to command the company 's ships . |
| 10 | In the aftermath the Border needed time to breathe and recuperate , and while religious civil war threatened Scotland as a whole , the far from religious reivers bided their time . |
| 11 | In 1830 Artis returned to Castor and for the next few years divided his time between his business interests in Doncaster and small-scale excavations at Castor . |
| 12 | Over three hundred individuals give their time freely to support the R Y A where they are experienced on one central committee or another . |
| 13 | ( All observers give their time voluntarily as the more safe drivers there are , the safer we all are ) . |
| 14 | So economists spent their time discussing the logic of the subject and the rationality of policies . |
| 15 | All these workers gave their time and labour freely , their efforts being supported by other citizens who hauled stone and earth at every available opportunity . |
| 16 | Places have their Time . |
| 17 | It is a simple fact but one that is often overlooked in a busy day-to-day existence with so many other priorities demanding your time , but what can be more important than getting paid ? |
| 18 | Many people have studied how managers use their time and there are numerous texts on how to make better use of this most precious asset . |
| 19 | The Isle of Wight might well have been renamed the ‘ Isle of Grey ’ in the gloomy winter light , but while the photo session reinforced the Beaver 's manoeuvrability it did highlight its inertia , even large power changes taking their time to have an effect . |
| 20 | The Beaver combines surprising manoeuvrability with impressive inertia , even large power changes taking their time to have an effect . |
| 21 | Since consultants gave their time free they were more available in more wealthy urban areas which could support the private practices that provided their income . |
| 22 | Mort Shapiro recommends : that firms take their time , since undue haste could diminish performance ; that every stage should be documented ; that accurate language should be used on all occasions ; and that auditors stick to their checklists and deviate at their peril . |
| 23 | Where Richardson wrote his novels , and his heroines their letters , in little closets removed from the public eye , Jane Austen and her heroines spend their time in parlours which are anything but private . |
| 24 | I have plenty of things to occupy my time in this area but being concerned about raw material supply from ICI is not one of them . |
| 25 | With more time on your hands you may have to find more things to occupy your time : day trips , hobbies , societies . |
| 26 | The Employment Secretary , Gillian Shepherd , said that the new measures gave the unemployed more ways to use their time constructively . |
| 27 | In other words , Baddiley 's apprentice chemists served their time by performing countless , demanding , routine experiments and then generating molecular shapes which differed very little from one to another . |
| 28 | Police reinforcements were brought in but there were hardly needed — most of the hippies knew their time had ran out . |
| 29 | In The Outsiders , the gang , their friends and rivals spend their time mugging and jumping people , stealing and robbing from shops . |
| 30 | The bikers say its time to exclude many vehicles altogether . |