Example sentences of "[verb] time to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Bennett said the cash aid delay would give time to work-up a scheme ‘ satisfactory to all parties ’ . |
| 2 | No doubt after six days of living in a trench , the dirt would have had time to grime itself in . |
| 3 | Yet another , fortunately quite rare , follows you around when it sees secateurs in your hands and drops a few eggs into the soft pith of the stem when you make a cut , before the cut wound has had time to callus and heal itself — another reason why you should always try to confine cutting to a fine dry day . |
| 4 | The evening before he had procured from the local library a copy of Gerald Seymour-Strachey 's essay in autobiography , but a quick flick through the index had assured him there was no mention of Walter Machin , and he had n't had time to bone up on the details of the man himself 's career . |
| 5 | He argued that the Europeans still needed time to arm and to build up their self-confidence . |
| 6 | In 7 the switch from the past tense ( " was ' ) to the present tense ( " walks ' , 'says ' ) marks a shift in the temporal deictic centre from coding time to content time . |
| 7 | We need someone who enjoys working with figures and accounts , is prepared to give time to Executive and Finance meetings , and can liaise with the Society 's Officers . |
| 8 | The main problem is that while the software can generate the presentaion very quickly the slides themselves do take time to image , it 's not like taking a conventional photograph . |
| 9 | And I did n't have time to pussyfoot around . |
| 10 | Wo n't have time to appetite . |
| 11 | Firstly because editors and journalists and so forth get an awful lot of them , and do n't have time to pore over them , and secondly because they pick them up , they sort of come in , they look at it and say , ‘ I ca n't see how I can use this . ’ |
| 12 | The average Tube-goer 's travelling time to work is 52 minutes and rising by several seconds every week . |
| 13 | When they quit the market and ICI became our main supplier , the relationship took time to bed down but ICI 's performance now is excellent . ’ |
| 14 | This last suggestion might be taken more seriously as the working week gets shorter and if the pay penalties for devoting time to caring were reduced . |
| 15 | ‘ A scientist can not be swayed by such fears and still remain time to science . ’ |
| 16 | Partners will vary in their ability and willingness to commit time to partnership activities . |