Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He looked at me with one of those amiable stares of his , said I was overworked and I should take some time off . |
| 2 | Sometimes I continue yesterday 's painting or I start a new work , often it is an idea I have thought about from the studio , or I might spend some time looking through sketch books . |
| 3 | At the end of the meditation , towards the end of the meditation , I 'll ask you three questions and I 'll leave some time of silence between each question . |
| 4 | But I 'll need some time . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll come some time early on St Stephen 's Day , ’ she said instead . |
| 6 | Well I promised our our Sarah I 'd spend some time with her I ai n't gon na say too much but she does get a bit upset at times |
| 7 | And everybody , I says marvellous cos I can have some time off , , it 's not fair . |
| 8 | If they can have some time off I can have some time off , fair 's fair . |
| 9 | In the present situation , the officers find themselves in a very difficult position , I can not imagine an officer saying no to a member and this is what has happened if we run out of money , then the very thing that we are seeking to do , in other words to implement the democratic process to allow people to come to meetings and speak will go by the way , and I can remember some time ago when I was a new member on here saying I would be prepared to attend property sub-committee briefings as a deputy and not be paid and I was very smartly brought up by a friend in the labour group who said that 's all right for you , you can afford it , but it 's not alright for some of us 'cause we can't. and the difficulty is if we run out of money and we either have to stop the allowances or we have to slash the allowances , yeah , knows who it was , we have to slash the allowances , then legitimately people will be able to say that the democratic process is being stifled because they are not going to be allowed to go to meetings , and therefore , I think that situations whereby a member attends to speak to a , an item , a specific item and then stays on for a double length meetings and claims double length allowances that sort of thing has got to be stopped , and also members attending just to nod approval at something that has happened that they 've been associated with , that should stop , if they want to come they should come at their own expense . |
| 10 | The parents were glad of a helping hand so them could have some time to themselves . |
| 11 | You may forget about this entirely , or you may spend some time exploring possibilities in a rather inconsequential way . |
| 12 | It is an old piece of advice that if you want to work in an area ( insurance , real estate or food ) you should spend some time working in that area . |
| 13 | So , a P E P is erm er introduced by er Mr Lawson , who you might remember some time ago had er a job as the Chancellor and is now working part-time in the City . |
| 14 | I ordinarily rise by six ; I will allow you to lie half an hour after me then you 'll have some time you may call your own . |
| 15 | ‘ You 'd like some time on your own with Laura , would n't you ? ’ |
| 16 | How the Other Half Lives A divorced woman rings her ex-spouse : Perhaps you could spare some time to see the children on Saturday … |
| 17 | He hoped she would spare some time for him and he promised he would not ask her to act in anything . |
| 18 | She would spend some time with Mathilde . |
| 19 | ‘ Not immediately , perhaps , but you would have some time . ’ |
| 20 | If you do your own surveying and/or conveyancing you will spend some time at the Council offices checking with the building and planning officials . |
| 21 | Er , and you can spend some time looking at it in your own time , I E , going at your own pace , over the problems . |
| 22 | And I handed over my day timing , now bear in mind this is all in pencil , and she looked at the schedule for May and said you 're not real busy this month , you know , you can take some time off . |
| 23 | ‘ Next year we 'll take some time off and go to Italy together , ’ her mother had said . |
| 24 | I do n't think we 'll be straight into it , though ; I think we 'll have some time off . |
| 25 | With older children we might spend some time discussing this ( perhaps wondering if the giant would ever let us get near enough to open his mouth and clean his teeth for him ) ; with this age group , however , I immediately enthuse about the idea : " Right , that 's really good . |
| 26 | Well , the thing is what 's happening , I thought we might spend some time on if wanted , what I wanted to do was to be sure in my own mind that by the second week I could put up a master sheet with all the headings of what you were doing , that 's got ta be done . |
| 27 | ‘ Perhaps we could talk some time ? … |
| 28 | ‘ And I thought you were glad because we could spend some time together . ’ |
| 29 | Then we could spend some time together . ’ |
| 30 | Unfortunately I am tied up for the next month or so with filming commitments , but I hope we can arrange some time in July . |