Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] the time " in BNC.

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1 That might be enough for Leicester might just give them the time .
2 And the before nine guarantees , just give them the time factor again .
3 Now they 're not giving us the time to make .
4 I can imagine a lot of beautiful things that , among their functions , will not tell me the time .
5 People often asked me the time just to hear my voice so they could proclaim my gender to their friends .
6 If you 'd known at the beginning that I knew your parents you would n't have even given me the time of day .
7 Not long ago he was on the phone to me moaning about Paul saying , he wo n't give me the time of day .
8 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 .
9 I would n't give them the time of day . ’
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 The children are a pain , frankly , and Tim has sinus and wo n't give you the time of day .
13 ‘ Him , ’ they said , ‘ if he had two watches he still would n't give you the time . ’
14 He had sprung out at her from nowhere , not even giving her the time to brace herself against him .
15 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 ? ’
16 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 .
17 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 .
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