Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] the time [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | If you 'd known at the beginning that I knew your parents you would n't have even given me the time of day . |
2 | Not long ago he was on the phone to me moaning about Paul saying , he wo n't give me the time of day . |
3 | If I gave an interview I was the greatest guy in the world but if I said ‘ no , I want some time to myself ’ , they would n't give me the time of day . |
4 | I would n't give them the time of day . ’ |
5 | I would n't give him the time of day if I could help it . |
6 | ‘ I do n't care how good the idea is , I do n't like you and wo n't give it the time of day . ’ |
7 | The children are a pain , frankly , and Tim has sinus and wo n't give you the time of day . |
8 | Wendy Cope is about as far from the old-boy generation as David Wright feels from his first meeting with George Barker , but she knows what they 're like : Do n't ask him the time of day . |