Example sentences of "[det] time for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took one of the guns , the twelve bore , from the wall and Adam had another go at him , this time for pointing it in his direction . |
| 2 | The third section , ‘ Switch ’ , has a socket to take a double footswitch for turning the internal or any external effects on and off , and there are two more of those push-push buttons , this time for assigning effects to channel 1 and channel 2 . |
| 3 | Although the carpet 's original owner is still unknown , the recipient must have been highly considered , since all the Savonnerie workshops were monopolised by the King during this time for making carpets for the Louvre . |
| 4 | Observers of a mining community in the 1950s noted that ‘ husband and wife live separate and in a sense secret lives … it is a point of honour among men to keep some time for drinking and attending sporting events with their mates ’ . |
| 5 | But be sure to leave some time for shopping in the multitude of stores selling a massive choice of American gifts , memorabilia and superb souvenirs . |
| 6 | There is not much time for thought of any kind . |
| 7 | no we ai n't got much time for pinting have you ? |
| 8 | Yes , well do n't have er so much time for tidying up |
| 9 | ‘ I DO N'T have much time for visiting , parties , etc. , just work damn hard and collapse at home ’ , John wrote in August 1944 to Hanns Ebensten , back in Johannesburg . |
| 10 | But I did n't have much time for celebrating it in Scotland . |
| 11 | It did n't leave much time for going out to play , and I resented it a great deal . |
| 12 | There 's not much time for socialising as it 's a long day until five , plus work at home . |
| 13 | Training to be a doctor had n't left too much time for socialising , and maybe that was another reason why she had n't suspected that Paul was one of those rare people dogged by obsessive jealousy . |
| 14 | Not that we had much time for feeling anything , we were so busy in the Met Office just then . |
| 15 | As a result his writing becomes less concerned with immediate political concerns and he had more time for reading and research . |
| 16 | This entails both a greater awareness of text features and provision of more time for reading . |
| 17 | I wish I had more time for reading ; it means a lot to me . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ So I 'll have more time for designing . |
| 19 | The Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) heads of state and heads of government summit meeting scheduled for Sept. 25 in Bishkek ( Kirgizstan ) was postponed until Oct. 9 , to allow more time for finalizing the working documents for discussion at the meeting . |
| 20 | It was noted that Stefan did not play with his toys for more than a few seconds before leaving them , so she was advised to reward him for playing longer ( so that he would have less time for wandering out of the house ) . |
| 21 | Those that do so have to set aside less capital to cover property risks and less time for completing detailed regulatory reports and managing a messy portfolio . |
| 22 | She had little time to care for herself , and even less time for planning and preparing meals with proper thought and care . |
| 23 | They had hit him several times for lying . |
| 24 | He had been stopped by the police several times for driving too slowly . |
| 25 | He received a lesser ban at about the same time for receiving three yellow cards too , and because his team have still at least one game to play , the Irish international must serve his ban immediately . |
| 26 | He added that the demands imposed on teachers by the National Curriculum often meant there was not enough time for cycling lessons , but many of the town 's primary schools were involved . |
| 27 | He added that demands placed on teachers by the national curriculum often meant there was not enough time for cycling lessons , but many of the town 's primary schools were involved . |
| 28 | Guests may use the small breakfast room at any time for playing cards or as a lounge . |
| 29 | The frenetic pace established to get an episode ‘ into the can ’ each Friday certainly left very little time for breaking tension even with the odd unscheduled moment of humorous diversion . |
| 30 | To put it another way : when the cat is on heat ( which she has n't been since the vet gave her the unkindest cut of all ) , nevertheless when she was , she had very little time for chasing moths hanging unsubtly round the fridge or cuddling up for a neck scratch . |