Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] the time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Yes , the chicken and egg syndrome is interesting because and I agree it is a viscious circle , but in fact you do n't make new omelettes unless you do break some eggs , and I think the time has come to break some eggs and I think that 's what I 'm advocating is that it will come from the teacher because the teacher is the guiding light of what happens in the classroom , and if the teacher has it in the back of their mind there will be no science , then there will be no science . |
| 32 | Yes , the chicken and egg syndrome is interesting because and I agree it is a vicious circle , but in fact you do n't make new omelettes unless you do break some eggs , and I think the time has come to break some eggs and I think that 's what I 'm advocating is that it will come from the teacher because the teacher is the guiding light of what happens in the classroom , and if the teacher has it in the back of their mind there will be no science , then there will be no science . |
| 33 | Dick described his part in the restoration project as ‘ chase and race ’ — ‘ I wish I had the time to do the mechanical work , I like that , but I did the parts sourcing and chasing and telephone calls . |
| 34 | I see the time coming when the human race will rule as it should rule , as benevolent gardeners , with a great garden in its care . |
| 35 | ‘ Thank you , Charlie , ’ Hari said , ‘ there 's good of you to spare the time to come to help us out . ’ |
| 36 | ‘ Do n't you think the time 's come , Albert , ’ wheedled Nelly , ‘ when we thought of setting up here together ? |
| 37 | Do you think the time has come to fight our enemies ? ’ |
| 38 | Melanie , a working mother , is contracted to work four hours a day , but , said Bob , ‘ even though she has the time consuming task of caring for her baby , when the situation has arisen , she has worked full days in order to ensure the smooth running of her team . ’ |
| 39 | Monica will be alright she know 's what she 's doing , it 's just whether she has the time to do it , she would liked it if we had done this before Christmas , so that while you were away John |
| 40 | Along the way she found the time to set up Ranzau , and in March this year the couple ploughed their capital into beefing it up . |
| 41 | Lying on her bed , trying to read a book , she watched the time tick round until it was a reasonable time to get undressed and try to sleep . |
| 42 | She decided the time had come to leave the bordello , and seek lodgings somewhere in the vicinity of the Pont du Sevres . |
| 43 | ‘ Now she feels the time has come to hand over to someone else . |
| 44 | Quite good can you afford the time to have all these breaks for other pursuits ? |
| 45 | — Can you justify the time needed to view , say , the recordings of five groups , which may run for five minutes each — a total of twenty-five minutes ? |
| 46 | To fully understand how these work it is vitally important that you take the time to compare the notes in the phrases to those in the accompanying chord progressions . |
| 47 | Standards in areas perhaps you wish you had the time to teach employees yourself . |
| 48 | The heroes you have kind of linger on from a prior period when only a few records passed through your life , when you had the time to get fixated , spend weeks living inside a record . |
| 49 | She just feels she wanted the time to do it in her time . |
| 50 | She had never thought of herself as an indecisive person , but now she did n't know whether she wanted the time to pass quickly , or whether she wanted to guard jealously the hours left to her of Fen 's company . |
| 51 | ‘ I have two or three Alembics , which are lovely guitars — great in a studio if you have the time to sit and work with hi-tech electronics . |
| 52 | This extract is made up of two consecutive speeches to Jessica ; either speech can be played for an audition , but if you have the time to do them both together the extract works well . |
| 53 | If you have the time to do it , tread the soil after the breaking-up stage but before raking it . |
| 54 | A popular image of the social researcher is of a figure armed with a clipboard who approaches you in the street , and asks if you have the time to answer a few questions . |
| 55 | The language is reasonably powerful , if you have the time to work out how to best perform specific tasks . |
| 56 | She stole the time to brush them clear with the side of her hand then slipped back inside , hoping no-one would notice her . |
| 57 | ‘ We spent the time avoiding bombs , ’ he said . |
| 58 | They passed the time chatting as they knitted or mended . |
| 59 | And they had the time worked out for every policeman the length of time he was allowed to travel from court to home and back again and you added that time to the time you were engaged in court and it was worked out to the minute — worked out officially how long it took the tram . |
| 60 | Professional counsellors faced with the same client would be clear that it is their task to explore emotions and they allocate the time to do it ; social workers have the mixed task of practical and emotional support but they have a restricted caseload and the time to build up a relationship . |