Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just looked down to see what the time was , I just looked up |
| 2 | That might be enough for Leicester might just give them the time . |
| 3 | And the before nine guarantees , just give them the time factor again . |
| 4 | Now they 're not giving us the time to make . |
| 5 | I can imagine a lot of beautiful things that , among their functions , will not tell me the time . |
| 6 | A few people never need to wear a watch because they always know what the time is . |
| 7 | People often asked me the time just to hear my voice so they could proclaim my gender to their friends . |
| 8 | If you 'd known at the beginning that I knew your parents you would n't have even given me the time of day . |
| 9 | " I do n't know what the time is . " |
| 10 | Do n't know what the time is , I did n't even look when I clocked in . |
| 11 | I du n no , I do n't know what the time is ? |
| 12 | ‘ You can see that he did n't give himself the time to finish it . |
| 13 | Not long ago he was on the phone to me moaning about Paul saying , he wo n't give me the time of day . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I would n't give them the time of day . ’ |
| 16 | I would n't give him the time of day if I could help it . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 18 | The children are a pain , frankly , and Tim has sinus and wo n't give you the time of day . |
| 19 | ‘ Him , ’ they said , ‘ if he had two watches he still would n't give you the time . ’ |
| 20 | Its design to avoid significant loading at the output or input has already been considered in section 3.7 for the special case of a direct input , which can be thought of as a sinusoidal input of zero frequency , but the discussion and conclusions reached apply equally well whatever the time dependence of the input signal . |
| 21 | He had sprung out at her from nowhere , not even giving her the time to brace herself against him . |
| 22 | 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 ? ’ |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I du n no what the time is , but I reckon it 's getting pretty late . |
| 26 | I du n no what the time is now . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've never had children , I 've never given myself the time and that 's a matter of some regret . |
| 28 | ‘ But me old man says 'e never knows what the time is . ’ |