Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her philosophy is clear : ‘ I hate wasting time . |
| 2 | I want Marking Time and that three-year-old filly of yours to run at Kempton on Saturday . |
| 3 | At two Best Western hotels , the Ivy House at Marlborough and the Spa at Tunbridge Wells , they propose to bide time with theme weekends on structuring a portfolio and sorting out options and warrants . |
| 4 | Their stories appear to rupture time , bringing them within a hair 's breadth of one another . |
| 5 | Then of course if you want to take time off and things like that . |
| 6 | However , they also want to spend time with their children . |
| 7 | Most people who arrange to work flexible hours do so because they want to spend time with their families , as well as pursue a career . |
| 8 | As soon as any woman gets a bit uppity , or any two or more women or young women want to spend time together , or even if we just plain disagree with the men or boys , the ultimate sanction can be applied : call her a lesbian — that will soon bring her back into line . |
| 9 | ‘ Stop wasting time , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Now stop wasting time and get on with what you 're supposed to be doing . ’ |
| 11 | Now , stop wasting time . ’ |
| 12 | Come on , stop wasting time . |
| 13 | After stating it , pause to give time for it to sink in . |
| 14 | Will the Leader of the House consider allocating time to look at planning requirements as they affect former nationalised industries such as the regional electricity boards , which continue to behave as though they were not in business for profit ? |
| 15 | They 're a very companionable couple , and enjoy spending time together , they go to political meetings , have the family round , work in their magnificent garden . |
| 16 | Enjoy spending time at home . |
| 17 | But Carol and I never seem to get time to be able to do these things on each other , but we have had the treatment so we do know that massage really does help you to relax . |
| 18 | ‘ I feel guilty because a teacher in school asked me to stay friends with her after we left , but somehow I never seem to have time . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It sounds lovely , but somehow I never seem to have time to make things like that ant as you know I usually go to the Humming Bird for lunch . ’ |
| 20 | Still , as you seem to have time to kill , how about looking over Delaneys ’ hardware catalogue ? ’ |
| 21 | They very often do n't know what the something else is going to be , but we tend to put time limits on what children should do and when they should do it . |
| 22 | ‘ Its figures only measure waiting time from the day a patient is put on to a consultant 's in-patient or day case waiting list . |
| 23 | I remember spending time with her in the summer at her home . |
| 24 | I like having time to myself , and being an individual . |
| 25 | you know it does n't mean to say that you 're wrong because you like to have a go or jump in and you 're not wrong if you like to have time to spend , there are no right or wrong styles and also what we ca n't associate the styles with , which people try to do sometimes is they try and identify the introverts and extroverts . |
| 26 | Sir Antony , in a letter to Senator John Warner , who is the leading Republican on the Senate armed services committee , said that ‘ any withholding of productive funding … would have a knock-on effect which could delay the arrival of the first missiles for the Royal Navy , and continue to impose time and cost penalties on the British Trident programme ’ . |
| 27 | It is necessary , therefore , to grasp what public relations really means before you decide to spend time and effort trying to get a job in it . |
| 28 | In most happy marriages , husband and wife continue to make time to be with each other , and to understand each other . |
| 29 | ‘ Try to find time for your sandwich , too . ’ |
| 30 | Try to recognize your needs , and try to spend time fulfilling them or asking for them . |