Example sentences of "[vb infin] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would love to hear from you again , if you can spare the time . |
| 2 | Mr Foggerty was agreeably surprised , but when Nutty reminded him of the standard required , he relapsed into grim gloom and stood on the side of the bath in his white T-shirt and jeans looking at his watch and saying , ‘ I ca n't spare the time to do this three nights a week for the next year , which is what is required . |
| 3 | Perhaps we 'll have some tennis , if old Rodge here can spare the time from his blessed cows . ’ |
| 4 | Every type of food is readily available and preparation and cooking have never been easier ; and if he can not spare the time , convenience foods reduce the time required for shopping and preparation to the bare minimum . |
| 5 | Can you spare the time ? |
| 6 | Anyway , they have not really the transport for a journey as far as this and in any case , they could not spare the time from work . ’ |
| 7 | If you can spare the time to sprinkle out ½ ounce ( 14g ) every week , that is even more gradual . |
| 8 | I wo n't do defended cases because I ca n't spare the time , not because I do n't feel competent . |
| 9 | In typical style Shaheen had commissioned the QE2 to take a large party of people to the opening and offered me a cabin on her , but as I could not spare the time and was not sure that I would be entirely at home with my fellow passengers , I flew over in response to his invitation . |
| 10 | There are two dangers to be avoided , if you can avoid them , in the choice of chambers : reading with someone who is too busy , who can not spare the time to give you instruction , except possibly over a snack lunch , and reading with someone who has not enough work to give you proper experience . |
| 11 | She came when it suited her , when she could spare the time from her other work , but she always popped in on Monday afternoons to make a start on the ironing . |
| 12 | ‘ Kindly adjust the temperature , Mr Peckham , before it boils away , and then be so good as to ask Mr Pegg if he can spare the time to rejoin us . ’ |
| 13 | I was surprised she could spare the time in the middle of an election campaign and concluded it was genuinely urgent . |
| 14 | Eventually she would train them to produce the kinds of designs she favoured , but for the moment , until she had her first collection down on paper , quite frankly she could n't spare the time . |
| 15 | Just the way you once wished it could when you were regretting the good old days when a man could keep his unsuitable mistress hidden away , knowing she 'd be there waiting upon his pleasure , whenever he felt the urge and could spare the time to see her . |
| 16 | She could spare the time for France . |
| 17 | And of course that also meant she could n't possibly spare the time to do her usual singing spot in the club . |
| 18 | Alex and Fred could ( if they can spare the time ) advise the CPL staff on assessing each potential adoptee on their merit regardless of where they live . |
| 19 | ‘ The telephone never stops and I can hardly spare the time even to make myself a cup of tea . |
| 20 | Buddy , can you spare the time ? |
| 21 | I remember sitting in a hotel in Lymm thinking that I could n't really spare the time for the Managing Quality course but I 'd run out of excuses ! |
| 22 | As the traders often can not spare the time to come to the staff restaurant , they can place their breakfast and lunch orders in advance and CCG staff serve them at their desks . |
| 23 | Lord Jesus , thank you for a nice sleep , thank you for another day , please help us to do the kind of things that you want us to do , prayer for Christopher to behave at school , help him to do his best and for daddy at work , for Tim and I as we stay at home , help us to know the kind of things we do and this afternoon when grandma comes we 'll spare the time for her as well , Amen . |
| 24 | Will you spring the time trap ? |
| 25 | The need to cut operating costs will restrict the time , energy and financial resources available to promote the hotel . |
| 26 | When contracts were exchanged , the conditions of sale would stipulate the time for the delivery of an abstract and thereafter the time for the raising of requisitions upon it . |
| 27 | If we get a move on , we 'll make the time up . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll make the time , ’ and the new coldness in Camille noted , through a clear magnifying transparency of ice , that he was pleased to be asked . |
| 29 | He says that the children are responding to a need in themselves , and believes that many adults do n't make the time to slow down and think about what they really need . |
| 30 | And does it not make the time problem even worse ? |