Example sentences of "[verb] time to think " in BNC.
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| 1 | A hearing may be adjourned if either you or the Council say anything to the Committee , or produce something in writing which the other did not know about beforehand , and it is so important that you or the Council want time to think about it before proceeding . |
| 2 | Where Hornblower 's cough is designed to give him time to avoid embarrassment or to get out of a tight corner , Septimus puts on his spectacles , which in fact he only needs for reading , when he needs time to think of a way out of a difficulty or the chance to seem more confident than he really is . |
| 3 | Carol 's turn at line 15 is punctuated by two pauses — a shorter one which marks the boundary of her Creole utterance , and a longer one after her question " when ? " , which functions to show that she has " lost " the date in her memory and needs time to think about it . |
| 4 | If it 's hard to find time to think , take yourself off for a solo stroll or encourage a loved one to discuss and debate issues that affect you both . |
| 5 | Suddenly she has time to think of herself , and this may be something of a shock . |
| 6 | During this time the patient has time to think about the latest piece of the jigsaw puzzle' and , in many cases , to meditate upon it . |
| 7 | The first viewing of a sequence can be done without sound so that the learner has time to think about the place , the people and the situation before having to cope with what they are saying . |
| 8 | But being outside the pressures of life in the city he has time to think , and to formulate his thoughts on all the issues of the day in the form of letters to the editors of the more influential newspapers . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , ’ the Bishop replied slowly , trying to create time to think . |
| 10 | They are much used , for example , to buy time to think . |
| 11 | Do n't make up your mind which way to vote until you have had time to think over the arguments again , quietly and prayerfully . |
| 12 | The heads reported an increase in the level of job satisfaction that they had experienced due to devolution — although one said he had n't had time to think about it ! |
| 13 | Do n't rush in with the word before he/she has had time to think , but do n't leave him/her struggling . |
| 14 | I 've had time to think while I 've been away . ’ |
| 15 | In the old days she 'd not had time to think about anything except how to keep out of trouble . |
| 16 | After you have had time to think over John 's words in relation to yourself , use this prayer to help you deal with any of the negative attitudes and prejudices you have discovered within yourself in this chapter . |
| 17 | She had never had time to think about love before , had thought that Bruno had burned that out of her . |
| 18 | It 's just that I have n't had time to think about it and I only thought that with all those shepherds in the area there was bound to be some traffic in illegally slaughtered lamb . |
| 19 | " You 've had time to think over what your aunt and me have said . |
| 20 | I 'll be gone — you 'll have had time to think things through and come to the right decision . ’ |
| 21 | Pascoe had n't had time to think it through , but he knew he would . |
| 22 | If I 'd had time to think I do n't know how I would have felt . |
| 23 | But I had meanwhile had time to think . |
| 24 | I have n't had time to think yet , I 've only just got back in on the phone and sorting out the printer . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've had time to think now . |
| 26 | ‘ I have n't had time to think what we should do . ’ |
| 27 | He asked if she 'd had time to think about it . |
| 28 | Once she 'd discovered her pregnancy she 'd had time to think , to plan . |
| 29 | That seemed obvious now he had had time to think . |
| 30 | Loretta was irritated ; she had not had time to think that far ahead . |