Example sentences of "[pron] find the time " in BNC.

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1 I just ca n't remember when I found the time to wash my hair and iron creases into my flares .
2 Joking apart , after nine years as a security operator I found it hard to readjust my life but , now I do not know how I found the time to do a full time job .
3 If I find the time I
4 Along the way she found the time to set up Ranzau , and in March this year the couple ploughed their capital into beefing it up .
5 I wonder how she found the time .
6 As children grow older and more articulate , it becomes easier to reason with them and they are better able ( if you find the time ) to explain their needs to you .
7 ‘ With so many constant companions to keep happy I 'm amazed you find the time , not to mention the energy , to do any work at all . ’
8 You could pray for me , if you find the time , son .
9 ‘ Where would you find the time ? ’ he asked and she had to admit it was impossible .
10 Between the tournaments and all that smiling at the cameras , one wondered how they found the time and the energy to do all those things that the popular press said they did .
11 Abruptly , the all-pervading background noise in the TARDIS altered , and when Ace and Petion dashed back to the console room , they found the time rotor grinding to a halt .
12 Both Pen and Ferdinando rushed in immediately the carriage drew up at the door and wonderful was the reunion ; then within the hour the kindest of notes came from Mrs Browning begging her to find the time and energy to visit whenever she was able .
13 He found the time to write about his travels when he was a prisoner-of-war years after his great journey through the Hindu Kush , the Pamirs , Kashgar , Yarkand and the Gobi Desert to reach Beijing in search of trade in 1275 .
14 During most of the fourteen years that he was running his restaurant he found it necessary to supplement his earnings by articles , books — heaven knows how he found the time to write them — cookery classes , lectures and the television demonstrations which were the first of their kind .
15 He found the time and energy , however , to write a pamphlet attacking a scheme for Church Union in South India .
16 He 's a very aggressive batsman , but he finds the time to be a great encourager of his partners , and Phil Bainbridge is convinced that he 's never run faster than when they were in together against Lancashire . ’
17 I ca n't see how he finds the time , with all his other activities .
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