Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | People often asked me the time just to hear my voice so they could proclaim my gender to their friends . |
| 2 | Ward stirred and asked me the time in a voice heavy with sleep . |
| 3 | ‘ The wizard said that the little man had some sort of golden disc that told him the time , ’ said the Weasel . |
| 4 | Retirement allowed him the time to pursue his botanical interest , often in company with his children and grandchildren , between whom and Evan the devotion was mutual . |
| 5 | At your first court , you got a ticket when you arrived from one of the men , gave you the time you got to the court . |
| 6 | The comments and questions with which Ace and Daak interrupted the Professor 's story did n't annoy Defries : she found that the breaks gave her the time she needed to stretch her credulity . |
| 7 | That gave Webb an easy catch and it gave him the time to see that Bath would have a man over if he ran the ball to the left . |
| 8 | Chris Renninson set Hibberd away down the right and his excellent control took him past two defenders and gave him the time and space to send over a pinpoint cross to O'Shea , who rose unchallenged to head home from close range . |
| 9 | This business gave him the time and money to pursue his hobby of microscopy to a highly professional level . |
| 10 | ‘ It gave us the time we needed to get in here . ’ |