Example sentences of "gave [pers pn] [art] time " in BNC.

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1 NICRA also had a reasonable complaint that the lateness of the ban gave them no time to negotiate amy alternative date or route .
2 The doctor gave them no time to think , and went on fiercely ,
3 At your first court , you got a ticket when you arrived from one of the men , gave you the time you got to the court .
4 The assassin gave her no time to cry out ; a flare of terror — what am I doing here who is that behind me dark dark someone behind me — and Fox tightened her hold on the other 's mind , taking control .
5 He gave her no time to start crying .
6 But he gave her no time to explain .
7 He must have seen her marshalling her arguments , for he gave her no time to use them .
8 The comments and questions with which Ace and Daak interrupted the Professor 's story did n't annoy Defries : she found that the breaks gave her the time she needed to stretch her credulity .
9 Cora-Beth 's voice gave him no time to consider the matter further .
10 He gave him no time to pay and ordered he be jailed for up to the alternative of 14 days .
11 That gave Webb an easy catch and it gave him the time to see that Bath would have a man over if he ran the ball to the left .
12 Chris Renninson set Hibberd away down the right and his excellent control took him past two defenders and gave him the time and space to send over a pinpoint cross to O'Shea , who rose unchallenged to head home from close range .
13 This business gave him the time and money to pursue his hobby of microscopy to a highly professional level .
14 I says how come you deputation , you gave us a time of which to be here , now we said , we turned up a quarter hour beforehand and I says we get a phone call er a an intermission from Councillor that you could n't make it because that your car broke down .
15 ‘ It gave us the time we needed to get in here . ’
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