Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her philosophy is clear : ‘ I hate wasting time . |
| 2 | Right , and in virtually any agricultural supply response model , we 'll need to include time . |
| 3 | However , although agencies take a lot of the work out of finding an employee , and can be particularly useful if interviewer(s) are part of a voluntary committee which has limited time to devote to the task of appointing new staff , they have the disadvantage that you are limited in your choice by the number of people who have themselves registered with the agency . |
| 4 | This has given time for the ‘ marked ’ isotope to work its way through the environment much more thoroughly than in Turin . |
| 5 | It 's been an emotional , turbulent four months : we 've read every letter sent with every donation , been touched and amazed time and again by your generosity , and offer our warmest thanks to everyone who has given time and/or money to help . |
| 6 | I promise him that I am endeavouring to find time for a debate . |
| 7 | However , he is aware that he can seek to find time to raise it in the House . |
| 8 | Each needs to find time to discover what exactly such issues as intellectualism , world consciousness , political awareness and moral values mean to their professional lives . |
| 9 | The hon. Member for Dagenham has said time and again that the Labour party objects in principle to the discount system , and perhaps we should emphasise that . |
| 10 | Adrian Gozzard , formerly Director of Human Resources of Plessey , the telecommunications and electronics giant ( number 93 in The Times 1000 and employer of over 30000 ) , who has had long and extensive experience of search , has turned time and time again to headhunting firms , despite having used a full-time , in-house recruitment manager , and working hard on internal management development . |
| 11 | From a hot-head who has done time for killing a man , he develops into a union organiser who discovers the eloquence his new role demands . |
| 12 | He spent three days in jail after smashing up an apartment , and has done time in a drug rehabilitation centre . |
| 13 | ‘ I mean he has done time . |
| 14 | I want Marking Time and that three-year-old filly of yours to run at Kempton on Saturday . |
| 15 | Now it 's perfectly now the cost er the benefits from sort of marketing right to buy is really very , very dubious erm the government has shown time and again that what it takes then gives with one hand , it takes away with another and the costs are obvious , we are fragmenting our housing stock , we are putting it , we are likely to end up with more and more with a higher proportion of poor properties and erm there 's also the risk that if we do really have to be promoting right to buy we 're going to have people who are probably not sure whether they can afford to buy their house or are n't sure whether they even want to buy their house . |
| 16 | For the ‘ Ottoman ’ show , Turkey has approved time for three four-month venues that are still being negotiated . |
| 17 | The author has had time to consider and reflect , so that descriptions , interpretations and evaluations will have been carefully formulated . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , above the placard speed a severe gust can raise the loads on the wings and cause damage before the weak link has had time to break and relieve the situation . |
| 19 | Occasionally the stall is recognised by the pilot so that a preventative movement can be made before any serious wing-drop has had time to develop . |
| 20 | Alas , I can not say whether Mr Roirbak has had time to examine them yet . ’ |
| 21 | Since , ultimately , the law has to be stated authoritatively , there is a case for passing a statute , once experience of the working of the Code has had time to show up any problems there may be . |
| 22 | If a negative thought is about to enter your mind try to become aware of it before it has had time to take root in your unconscious and put it aside , replacing it with a positive thought . |
| 23 | Do n't rush in with the word before he/she has had time to think , but do n't leave him/her struggling . |
| 24 | A time switch disconnects the heating coil after it has had time to warm the lock . |
| 25 | It should be taken first thing in the morning , before it has had time to be increased by exertion , mental excitement , eating , or stimulants like tea , coffee or nicotine . |
| 26 | I say , wait until he has had time to return from Roxburgh — as surely he will . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't fear that , Miss Mackenzie ; I 'm convinced you 'll be back up that ladder before the ambulance has had time to drive away . ’ |
| 28 | Yet another , fortunately quite rare , follows you around when it sees secateurs in your hands and drops a few eggs into the soft pith of the stem when you make a cut , before the cut wound has had time to callus and heal itself — another reason why you should always try to confine cutting to a fine dry day . |
| 29 | A single budded standard , or a double where one has failed , can look distinctly lop-sided for the first few years until it has had time to develop — this is the sort of stuff you have to watch out for in the cheap ‘ end of season nursery clearance sales ’ and street markets . |
| 30 | When the glue has had time to dry take a small inked roller and roll across the items . |