Example sentences of "can [verb] some time " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Er , and you can spend some time looking at it in your own time , I E , going at your own pace , over the problems . |
| 3 | Never mind , perhaps next time when we meet and hopefully we 'll be meeting again in say a fortnight 's time , erm we can set some time aside when you 'll both be here cos I 'm sure she 'll be interested to hear what I 've got to come back and talk about . |
| 4 | When , among humans , there are outbursts of anger or fighting , then such emotions normally leave a residue of resentment , of ill-feeling , which can take some time to subside or disperse . |
| 5 | This bringing of the people of God back to personal thankfulness for their place in Christ is one of the vital functions of worship , and it can take some time . |
| 6 | The emotional preparatory work , talking through some of these feelings , can take some time to achieve and is as well started before a formal request for admission is completed . |
| 7 | Getting to this stage can take some time . |
| 8 | Time spent studying how others write can be helpful , although old habits can take some time to die , and some nurses who have difficulty in grasping new concepts can persist in applying old rules to new procedures , so do be warned . |
| 9 | fears about not bonding with or loving the child immediately — this can take some time , as it does with some birth parents . |
| 10 | When friends fall out the mess can be considerable and it can take some time for the wounds to heal . |
| 11 | She says women should n't be worried about the operation itself , though it can take some time to recover . |
| 12 | He added , incidentally , ‘ that depending on the sex of your friend , the process can take some time ’ . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Now they 've got the centre the children seem to spend the first ten minutes with their parents and then they go off and play and their parents can have some time together . |
| 15 | And everybody , I says marvellous cos I can have some time off , , it 's not fair . |
| 16 | If they can have some time off I can have some time off , fair 's fair . |
| 17 | If they can have some time off I can have some time off , fair 's fair . |
| 18 | Unfortunately I am tied up for the next month or so with filming commitments , but I hope we can arrange some time in July . |