Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It might buy you the time you need . |
| 2 | I would n't give them the time of day . ’ |
| 3 | That might be enough for Leicester might just give them the time . |
| 4 | Not long ago he was on the phone to me moaning about Paul saying , he wo n't give me the time of day . |
| 5 | If I gave an interview I was the greatest guy in the world but if I said ‘ no , I want some time to myself ’ , they would n't give me the time of day . |
| 6 | The children are a pain , frankly , and Tim has sinus and wo n't give you the time of day . |
| 7 | ‘ Him , ’ they said , ‘ if he had two watches he still would n't give you the time . ’ |
| 8 | And then it 'll give you the time just to relax together but I mean that , that 's why I say , Rudy has n't got a clue in this |
| 9 | By the way the lot of seemed to be played in Hertfordshire these days , and one of the great days is at Harpenden and that 's on September the first on Sunday , when they have their annual single-wicket competition , and that 's a great local event and it 's bound to encourage all the young cricketers in the neighbourhood , they 're trying to make up for the lack of cricket in schools , so well done Harpenden and that is on Sunday next , er , er , first of September and I 'll give you the time in a minute if I can find it , when it is , it does n't say , but it 's probably all day at the Harpenden club , well done Harpenden encouraging young people to play cricket , Sunday first September . |
| 10 | I would n't give him the time of day if I could help it . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't care how good the idea is , I do n't like you and wo n't give it the time of day . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Could you tell me the time please ? ’ |
| 13 | I can imagine a lot of beautiful things that , among their functions , will not tell me the time . |
| 14 | Once Clive was in the hypnotic state on this occasion , I asked him to visualize going up to someone he knew slightly , taking a few deep breaths and then asking them a simple question — ‘ Could you please tell me the time ? ’ or ‘ Do you know the way to such-and-such a street ? ’ |
| 15 | Consider , for example : ( I ) A : Can you tell me the time ? |
| 16 | Hence : ( 27 ) Pass the salt +> pass the salt now Or reconsider example ( i ) repeated here : ( 28 ) A : Can you tell me the time ? |
| 17 | I am doing the firm no harm by tipping you off like this because Kovacs recommends you to buy a clock from them that will not simply tell you the time . |
| 18 | He 'll tell you the time of day I first entered the building . ’ |
| 19 | Wendy Cope is about as far from the old-boy generation as David Wright feels from his first meeting with George Barker , but she knows what they 're like : Do n't ask him the time of day . |