Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] the time " in BNC.
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| 31 | Roses need looking after , and it is no good at all planting a collection , or any number of them , if you are not going to be able to give them the time and attention they need . |
| 32 | A few people never need to wear a watch because they always know what the time is . |
| 33 | You know what the time is , my time ? |
| 34 | Its design to avoid significant loading at the output or input has already been considered in section 3.7 for the special case of a direct input , which can be thought of as a sinusoidal input of zero frequency , but the discussion and conclusions reached apply equally well whatever the time dependence of the input signal . |
| 35 | A young man of shaven pate , E-X-P-L-O-I-T-E-D tattooed on his forehead , approaches me brandishing a splashing can of Carlsberg Special Brew and asking me the time . |
| 36 | He had sprung out at her from nowhere , not even giving her the time to brace herself against him . |
| 37 | Swinging himself into the saddle , Guy turned Chalon 's head towards Winchester and began to consider the various means whereby he could ensure that Isabel belonged to him while he was giving her the time she needed . |
| 38 | Now they 're not giving us the time to make . |
| 39 | It was gratifying to have people shake her hand who once would n't have given her the time of day , and when she walked through the dreary rooms where evidence of the late Adelaide Morey still abounded she had trouble convincing herself that she was now the mistress here . |
| 40 | Ask me the time I was up at ? |
| 41 | Ask them the time and they will invariably say something like , ‘ … it 's 4.41 ’ . |
| 42 | ‘ Could you tell me the time please ? ’ |
| 43 | I can imagine a lot of beautiful things that , among their functions , will not tell me the time . |
| 44 | Once Clive was in the hypnotic state on this occasion , I asked him to visualize going up to someone he knew slightly , taking a few deep breaths and then asking them a simple question — ‘ Could you please tell me the time ? ’ or ‘ Do you know the way to such-and-such a street ? ’ |
| 45 | Consider , for example : ( I ) A : Can you tell me the time ? |
| 46 | Hence : ( 27 ) Pass the salt +> pass the salt now Or reconsider example ( i ) repeated here : ( 28 ) A : Can you tell me the time ? |
| 47 | I am doing the firm no harm by tipping you off like this because Kovacs recommends you to buy a clock from them that will not simply tell you the time . |
| 48 | He 'll tell you the time of day I first entered the building . ’ |
| 49 | He wished he knew what the time was . |
| 50 | He wondered whether he dared ring Victoria or Emma , but when he saw what the time was , he knew he could not . |
| 51 | She gave everyone the time and space they needed , all of creation was welcome to the oasis of her home . |
| 52 | TIM — Gives you the time |
| 53 | Tuesday 's relaxed and informal atmosphere puts you at your ease and gives you the time to think through your current life direction and emphasis . |
| 54 | thirty two 's the distance divided by the speed which is eight , thirty two divided by eight is four this is the rule for working out a journey time distance in miles divided by speed in miles per hour gives you the time in hours . |
| 55 | At your first court , you got a ticket when you arrived from one of the men , gave you the time you got to the court . |
| 56 | And there is plenty to read and write even when there is strict censorship and the theatres are closed , so long as trustworthy domestic service gives one the time . |
| 57 | The comments and questions with which Ace and Daak interrupted the Professor 's story did n't annoy Defries : she found that the breaks gave her the time she needed to stretch her credulity . |
| 58 | That gave Webb an easy catch and it gave him the time to see that Bath would have a man over if he ran the ball to the left . |
| 59 | Chris Renninson set Hibberd away down the right and his excellent control took him past two defenders and gave him the time and space to send over a pinpoint cross to O'Shea , who rose unchallenged to head home from close range . |
| 60 | This business gave him the time and money to pursue his hobby of microscopy to a highly professional level . |