Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ever since I was able to go into Porteneil alone and check things up in the library my father has had to be pretty straight with me , but when I was younger he used to fool me time after time , answering my honest if naive questions with utter rubbish . |
| 2 | ‘ You 'll just have to give me time , ’ she says . |
| 3 | What is certain is that the creative use of recorders was a general expectation : the saintly and amiable Ahmad Bu Aziza , asked to record an account of Zuwaya trading , refused to do so on the spot , but made an appointment for two days later ‘ to give me time to make the poem ’ . |
| 4 | You 'll have to give me time . ’ |
| 5 | There is , however , one ‘ fun ’ idea which I intend to prepare now , to give me time to get it finished . |
| 6 | ‘ But you 'll have to give me time to think . ’ |
| 7 | You 've got to give me time . |
| 8 | They lay in bed in the morning , ‘ puzzled about how to fill me time in . ’ |
| 9 | Maybe even two years , to give them time to sort themselves out in advance of the next Olympics . |
| 10 | Please can you attach the cheque to the enclosed application form and despatch these documents to the address given at the bottom of the form BEFORE 10 JULY ( to give them time to register Rob in as an attendee of the Seminar ) . |
| 11 | ‘ We need two points and if we refuse to give them time on the ball then I do n't see why not . |
| 12 | He turned away to give them time to pull themselves together ; and waited , allowing his eyes to rest on the trim cruiser in the distance . |
| 13 | The General could see that the garrison were having trouble adjusting themselves to the new state of things and so , to give them time , he called for iced sherry and soda to be served . |
| 14 | Quite often , the police ask for a remand to give them time to make further enquiries , assemble their evidence and so on . |
| 15 | He turned away to give them time to pull themselves together ; and walked , allowing his eyes to rest on the trim cruiser in the distance . |
| 16 | At the moment he 's under control , but I do n't want to give him time to try going over my head . ’ |
| 17 | To give him time to make his getaway he ties me up , blindfolds me , gags me and hides me in a cupboard . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ His heart 's in the right place but he 's a bit mixed up so we 'll have to give him time . ’ |
| 20 | And whereas the said John Weston Foakes has requested the said Julia Beer to give him time in which to pay such judgment , which she has agreed to do on the following conditions . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've not met the Dersinghams , ’ she said , to give him time . |
| 22 | She knelt longer than she would normally have done , not out of devotion but to give him time to get away . |
| 23 | When I intervened in the right hon. Gentleman 's speech he replied in such confusion that I thought it best to give him time to reflect , and to ask my question again later . |
| 24 | Walter ‘ Terry ’ Smith , 36 , of Cowgate , Edinburgh , had been freed from jail to give him time to get fresh evidence to prove his innocence . |
| 25 | ( As the project has developed , the Coordinating Team has had more confidence in " delaying " a Major award to a school by a year to give it time for further consolidation . ) |
| 26 | It used to heat so then you had to give it time to cool and settle down . |
| 27 | Maybe not having what we crave for is exactly what we need for our development or to give us time and the space to reflect on what we truly want ! |
| 28 | If hon. Members would like to debate the five guillotine motions that I introduced , I should be happy , if the Leader of the House was prepared to give us time , to debate those matters . |
| 29 | ‘ I never miss Midnight Mass at St Martin's-in-the-Field , ’ Oscar told him , ‘ so I 'd appreciate it greatly ii the meeting could be concluded quickly enough to allow me time to get there and find a pew with a good view . ’ |
| 30 | This is done to allow them time to come back gradually to a state of full alertness without any sense of shock — but it would be just as effective if I were to snap my fingers or even simply to tell them to ‘ wake up ’ . |