Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean time of physiological difference and strength needs of their strength that they could just about fire a and he could n't even pull them back and so they you know , fine if you wan na go hunting use the boat |
| 2 | But that still leaves for the jury in submission , A , whether they used reasonable force yes reasonable to act , but was it reasonable force to act , was it a reasonable method of acting , by which I mean time of er , time of the incident . |
| 3 | ‘ I Do n't Know How I Found Time For Work ! ’ |
| 4 | And , when some other retired persons says in my presence ‘ I do n't know how I found time for work ’ , I no longer inwardly cringe with scorn at the well worn cliche as I used to do but instead I enthusiastically and of course sagely nod my head in hearty agreement . |
| 5 | I want time with you . |
| 6 | Well have I got time for another drink an'all ? |
| 7 | I knew the guys in the punk bands because they were the people I spent time with : people like Joe Strummer and Paul Weller I felt a great affection for as men , as well as admiring what they did . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I spent time with her , sure I spent time with her . |
| 9 | ‘ I spent time with her , sure I spent time with her . |
| 10 | ‘ Then it 's a good job I spent time with the Soviet Embassy in Stockholm before they sent me to Washington . |
| 11 | I Spare time as a school boy , I used to play either football in the winter or cricket in the summer . |
| 12 | ‘ When they came home I took time off a typing course I was doing so we could be together . |
| 13 | this lad was , now he was , coming in the bar , he sat just as you come in the door and then he moved to that long thing where we sit , well I go at the bar and Jackie was sat there Jackie , I said time to be social , no I cos I laugh , I were laughing me head off me and he 's jabbering away move like that , his arms moving you know , then he sets off to sing , well , la , la and Johnny said shut up I know Johnny put his glass of beer on the next table to ours and sets off to see Mickey , then he stands up this lad sit down you , must have thought for his beer , I think he was like , I says to Jack I says er you want to put his trousers is all undone , you know sat and his trousers what and his jumper , so our Johnny went he said get that covered up and , but he pulled it down like that , and now he took 'em out he walked through the door and his trousers were falling down but |
| 14 | And he said , it 's most unlike me , as you probably know , but he said I could n't tell you the last time I had time off work , but he said , I have n't been into the office since th cos I 've been feeling really bad ! |
| 15 | ‘ I had time in the wilderness when my form was not good and that taught me a few lessons . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've time for another slice . ’ |
| 17 | The only centre I have time for is the Sea Life Centre near Oban , on account of a circular tank of herring you can stand under , and that it has a moray eel . |
| 18 | Now that my sons are becoming more independent , I have time for myself and confidence in middle age that I lacked as a youngster . |
| 19 | you know I can understand now the people that have n't got the truth , when one of the , the mate , when the mate dies whether a woman or a , or a , or a husband dies , they want to die , they do n't want to live because I felt that , I felt that , what 's there , what 's there me left to live , my kids they 're , they have their own families , there all time , they have no time , I brought up three children , I have a full time job and I have time for every one of them to look after and to bring them up and to set them on their way to live and not one of them became a prisoner or something , you know , they 're all have nice jobs and , and nice kid nice people , one , nobody 's in the truth the boys |
| 20 | ‘ Miss Kenton , if you for one moment believe I have time on my hands , that displays more clearly than ever your great inexperience , I trust that in years to come , you will gain a clearer picture of what occurs in a house like this . ’ |
| 21 | Also my teaching is squeezed into 4 days , which means that I have time to myself at the weekend , including Friday . |
| 22 | It 's just , to me , it just makes me feel so much different if I have time to just potter about you know ? |
| 23 | I do n't know why I waste time with you , really I do n't . |
| 24 | ‘ Do I need to leave the house or can I find time at home , when the others are out ? ’ , |
| 25 | Deceleration commences with a long delay number ( 25 ) , which allows time for the rotor to swing past the equilibrium position into a position where the motor is producing the negative torque required for deceleration . |
| 26 | Adopting a hierarchical standpoint and preferring to speak in terms of ‘ life ’ rather than ‘ motion ’ , Plotinus regarded time as an intermediate between eternity ( or the higher soul that contemplates eternity ) and the motion of the universe which reveals time as the ‘ life ’ ( or creative power ) of ‘ soul ’ . |
| 27 | The microcomputer is a means to an end and it provides an opportunity for developing search strategies because it is a unique storage medium which releases time for more cognitive skills within the information cycle of selecting , processing and communicating information and it is these educational skills which are valued by teachers and librarians . |
| 28 | The second was the rhythm of the war itself , which gave time for the detailed discussion of post-war policy . |
| 29 | Coronation Street , half past seven till eight , Rumpole from nine to ten so you can come out between eight and nine and ten and ele le le le eight and nine and ten and eleven , so you got time for couple between eight and nine and a couple between ten and eleven , how 's that ? |
| 30 | ‘ Happy Christmas , Linda — you 've been my little bit of Christmas — it 's always the busiest folk who make time for others . |