Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] time for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever path you follow to reach your goal of competence , you should make time for reading . |
| 2 | You should make time for dreams . ’ |
| 3 | At any rate , another hour or so should allow time for Adam to realise you 're not going to meet him . |
| 4 | Given the complex interpersonal relationships and the cultural differences between education and business , partnerships must allow time for people to change and for things to happen . |
| 5 | Apart from Manuela — we really must find time for a word or two about Manuela soon — I 've never got any mileage out of hurting women . |
| 6 | Hassan meanwhile ( between endless rushes to airports , trying to convince faceless , emotionless authorities that they 're dealing with genuine political refugees ) realises his life must find time for love as well as small ‘ p ’ politics . |
| 7 | But I have to , because there 's no way he 'll have time for me after what I said to him . ’ |
| 8 | And , going on in the same vein before Fabia could gently state that she would n't dream of going to Czechoslovakia without her , ‘ It 's about a four-hour crossing so you 'll have time for some shut-eye and a rest before … ’ |
| 9 | Her tone made it clear that if he wished , coffee was only the beginning of what they might have time for . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd be grateful if you could spare time for a fitting , and I did think it would be a good idea if I could hold a rehearsal of everyone concerned in my part of the show before the official one . |
| 11 | This meant either working out very accurate tables of the movements of the moon or devising a chronometer which could keep time for a voyage of months or years without relying on a pendulum that would be disturbed by the rolling of the ship . |
| 12 | Bigger groups are likely to find economic recovery patchy and it could take time for higher earnings and dividends to feed through to investors ; while the more volatile smaller businesses , having been hit harder on the way down could spring back faster , Hardman says . |
| 13 | We , on the other hand , were at that stage of life when we felt we could find time for anything that took our fancy . |
| 14 | It may take time for the resisters to realize that you mean to influence events through them and are not wanting merely to impose your nominal authority over them . |
| 15 | Accent or dialect can communicate place of residence during acquisition of language ; and it may take time for the listener to become accustomed to a different dialect . |
| 16 | It may take time for you to get the knack . |
| 17 | When you first do this it can seem quite a risk and it may take time for fluency to grow , but it is worth it ! |
| 18 | This ‘ one nation/two alliances ’ model , it is argued , would buy time for the world to become adjusted to a re-unified Germany , and to decide whether Nato and the Warsaw Pact still served any useful purposes . |
| 19 | A quick glance at her watch showed that she would have time for a short walk outside before dinner , and with this in mind she sprang from the bed and raked a comb through her hair . |
| 20 | Since the dreadful happens in some form each day , a country which regularly responded like that would have time for little but grief . |
| 21 | It would take time for it to pass , and require rest . |
| 22 | As a diversion , which would allow time for the passing of the trembling , I reached into my pocket , pulled out the tin of rubbers , and tried to open it in the dark . |
| 23 | Anticoagulant poisons , poisons affecting the blood system , do not act quickly and would allow time for the ferret to resurface long before suffering any ill effects . |
| 24 | Opposition parties , clearly suspicious that the conference had been packed with supporters of President Mobutu Sese Seko , hoped that the postponement would allow time for delegates to arrive from rural areas . |
| 25 | ( It was hoped this would allow time for a UN settlement to be implemented . ) |
| 26 | As several million years are required for the transfer of a significant amount of heat to the surface of continental lithosphere , it has been suggested that hot spots are most likely to develop where the lithosphere is more or less stationary with respect to sub-lithospheric thermal anomalies as this would allow time for sustained heating to occur . |
| 27 | ‘ She ought to have time for preparation before the police burst in on her . ’ |
| 28 | I hope that the Government will provide time for a proper debate on Council of Europe affairs . |
| 29 | Gordon Hamilton will have time for sailing boats only in his bath . |
| 30 | While few individual teachers will have time for extensive projects , there are many possibilities for teachers ' groups , or for collaborative projects with local record offices or museums . |