Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had forgotten to bring anything to read with me , so I passed the time by staring thoughtfully at the emptiness around me , sipping a glass of water and making up Scandinavian riddles — |
| 2 | I checked the time again . |
| 3 | I do n't know how I got the time to play . |
| 4 | He took it home last night I w I got it going I got the time on it but I |
| 5 | No we , we walked and I , I got the time wrong did n't we ? |
| 6 | I just ca n't remember when I found the time to wash my hair and iron creases into my flares . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I used the time by moving from the Temple to Peel Square — not a formidable job , for it required only a suitcase and a taxi . |
| 9 | I noted the time they woke up every day , the places they fed , the food they ate , the time of year they made their nests , and so on . |
| 10 | I noticed the time . |
| 11 | I 'll say I forgot the time or date or way , or something . |
| 12 | ‘ Sorry , I forgot the time . ’ |
| 13 | And she bought things with her erm twenty five pound voucher said I was having a lovely time and I forgot the time ! |
| 14 | and then a , a guy that I served the time on , he , he was he was |
| 15 | I spent the time before it boning up on things like Troops Out . |
| 16 | I spent the time making the house look nice ; I wanted him to know just what a lovely home I could build for us . |
| 17 | One afternoon , a week later , I decided the time had come to stop dithering like a Victorian maiden and to write to Bill , when I got off at ten that night , asking if no news was good news . |
| 18 | Late in the afternoon , I decided the time had come to go . |
| 19 | He commented : ‘ I felt the time was right to make a personal move forward as I wanted to have direct control over my own destiny and re-invest into the Province . ’ |
| 20 | Both Tony and I felt the time was right for a change . ’ |
| 21 | As I found when I took the time to listen to parents and hear what they said , the views advanced did not always fit the latest fashion or an approved passage in a book on sociology . |
| 22 | Er and I took the time at my own risk , took the time at my own risk er primarily because of that very fact that you were there to support the interests of your members and no one else , no one else . |
| 23 | I remembered the time Andy and I had let down all the wheels of his dad 's car , folding matches in half and sticking them into the tyre valves . |
| 24 | I should try it myself if only I had the time . ’ |
| 25 | In fact , if I had the time and money I would pre-bait every morning and evening . |
| 26 | Dick described his part in the restoration project as ‘ chase and race ’ — ‘ I wish I had the time to do the mechanical work , I like that , but I did the parts sourcing and chasing and telephone calls . |
| 27 | ‘ I wish I had the time . |
| 28 | He said that if I had the time and the inclination he would be grateful if I would sort through the material , put the scores in chronological order to one side and throw out ‘ the rubbish ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ Sure — if I had the time . ’ |
| 30 | Cos it 's months before I had the time . |