Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er that help is , there are fewer to draw from , i it 's also far more difficult for them to spare the time , the pressures on the academics are considerable nowadays . |
| 2 | Let me know the time of the funeral . ’ |
| 3 | The time recorded on two different watches , for example , can be perfectly associated : the time on one of them can be correctly predicted from the time on the other , but not because the time on one of them causes the time on the other ; altering the time on one of them would have absolutely no impact on the other . |
| 4 | He admitted that it saddened him to realise that ‘ my youth is gone — not my love of life or my energy , but I mean the time when one feels so lighthearted and carefree . ’ |
| 5 | I mean the time for you being adventurous was earlier , and I mean when you retire you 've got to think about capital er protection as well . |
| 6 | Yep , yep erm these officers are all trained in , in fire prevention work erm at the Fire Service 's technical college at Morton Marsh , and er they practise those skills they learn there over many years erm I 'm looking back , I mean the time that I spent in training schools and er and in , in the job er I suppose when you total it all up it must be two or three years away from home really , er in courses you know , in my day we went away on fire prevention training classes six months , six months ' course was the , so you went away to the Fire Service college which in those days was at Dorking , a lovely place in Dorking , and you did six months there solid , and then nowadays about thirteen weeks , the courses run about thirteen weeks , and you are constantly fire , fire officers from the ranks of erm probably a Sub Officer , leading fireman in some places , but Sub Officer onwards and particularly Station Officer up to the more senior ranks are away on courses regularly for , it 's really updating people erm new legislation coming in , new techniques coming in , erm which have to be these people have to be updated so they are very well trained , erm more so than most local authority people I would think , fire , fire officers are , erm purely because the job is such a wide range of , of things to deal with . |
| 7 | 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 — |
| 8 | I checked the time again . |
| 9 | I do n't know how I got the time to play . |
| 10 | He took it home last night I w I got it going I got the time on it but I |
| 11 | No we , we walked and I , I got the time wrong did n't we ? |
| 12 | I just ca n't remember when I found the time to wash my hair and iron creases into my flares . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I noticed the time . |
| 17 | I 'll say I forgot the time or date or way , or something . |
| 18 | ‘ Sorry , I forgot the time . ’ |
| 19 | And she bought things with her erm twenty five pound voucher said I was having a lovely time and I forgot the time ! |
| 20 | I appreciate the time you 've given to answer the questions . ’ |
| 21 | I recall the time that I saw on one of the stalls a bone-handled Scout knife and though only a Wolf-Cub , determined to buy one . |
| 22 | I recall the time when Daddy , had been very ill with pernicious anaemia and had to stay indoors for quite a while . |
| 23 | I know the time is slipping and I hope to get it done in the next two weeks . |
| 24 | I have the clock , so that I know the time , Schedule+ so that I can see my appointments , and Word for Windows for word processing . |
| 25 | I know the time 's flying . |
| 26 | I know the time , you 've got people who stay , who stay |
| 27 | I like to go bird watching when I get the time . ’ |
| 28 | Just wait until I get the time and I 'll show them who 's boss … but I 'd better not wait too long ! |
| 29 | When I er when I get the time . |
| 30 | It 's nothing changed really apart from the fact that I get the time with the little one . |