Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pron] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manchester-based Mark , at No. 19 with I Found Heaven , reveals : ‘ My mum did n't want me wasting my time trying to be a pop star and I came very close to quitting the group . |
| 2 | I can appreciate Edouard would rather have me wasting my time at the museum instead of going round to his flat and trying to persuade Barbara Coleman to leave , but sending someone to kill me was rather an over-reaction . ’ |
| 3 | Younger sons did not at this time seek to maintain their gentility by going into the church or the army or by living off an annuity that allowed them to pass their time in respectable ease . |
| 4 | you 're also teaching them to pass their time |
| 5 | Let her parents know about her movements when she goes out at night ; she will tell them where she is and with whom , and let them know what time she 'll be home . |
| 6 | Then I asked what time it had happened . |
| 7 | ‘ Am I wasting my time ? ’ |
| 8 | Then I got my time and felt even better — the time was more important to me than the medal . |
| 9 | ‘ I expected my times at Marseille to be measured in years and months , not weeks and days . |
| 10 | I divided my time between my hundreds of pet animals at home and the wild animals in the Wiltshire countryside . |
| 11 | I divided my time between Herbert 's and his father 's home . |
| 12 | So if the president of my company calls from Allentown and says Ricky I 'd like to see you in my office on the thirtieth , I do n't say I 'm sorry Steve , it 's catch up day , I say what time would be convenient for you Sir , because you know , otherwise I , I 'd be looking for a job . |
| 13 | I described our time at Canjuers , the singing and the landscapes . |
| 14 | I told , I told her time ! |
| 15 | At last I judged it time to get off and start walking . |
| 16 | cos Kenneth come up early on , he says it 's like this night he says I 'm not properly , ah right , I says I might I says were that like , I says , I says what time ? |
| 17 | I done me time . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , they usually do if I give them time . ’ |
| 19 | I says probably Monday so I thought well I give it time any way in case you get in |
| 20 | I bided my time but patience was still not a part of my nature no matter how continually I courted it . |
| 21 | I must say that I enjoyed my time in hospital . |
| 22 | I enjoyed my time at Fontainebleau , especially wandering in the forest , hoping to see a wild boar . |
| 23 | ‘ I enjoyed my time at Omagh and was reasonably successful , but in the meantime I 'm back in training . |
| 24 | ‘ I enjoyed my time at ’ he said . |
| 25 | Howard thought for a few moments and then said , ‘ I think I know what time the next plane leaves for London . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Please , ’ Culley said , ‘ do n't ask me if I know what time it is . |
| 27 | I know what time you went to sleep because Rob 's dad came in , or his mum hammered on the door and said cut it out lads , go to sleep . |
| 28 | I know my time has come . ’ |
| 29 | Well I know me time we we we done that not so long ago . |
| 30 | Then we moved to the and then I went to Road School , which I finished my time there , fourteen . |