Example sentences of "[verb] be [verb] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they can not see where the time has been recorded the time will not normally be allowed . |
| 2 | And perhaps the greatest value of the video has been to reduce the time the average family spends watching the effluvia of television served up on the two main British television channels whose only role in the future looks more and more likely to be news and sports . |
| 3 | I 'm sure you have had the time , what you do n't do is make the time because |
| 4 | Mr McCreary told the tribunal : ‘ As she was leaving my office , she said : ‘ I suppose what I should have done was take the time off sick anyway . |
| 5 | What we now need to ask is has the time arrived er for this measure to begin to be acceptable by the Home Office , it would be nice if there was a just a little indication er as I 'm er proceeding through er this measure from the minister at the despatch box , that the time was now right for this er particular proposal er which was not anything that was voted against er on second reading but merely failed to overcome the hurdle of getting a closure when by seventy eight votes to nil er it was carried except that carrying was not sufficient in order arrive at a closure so that the measure could move in the committee . |
| 6 | After all , you have been telling the time for years , have n't you ? |
| 7 | Employees have been given the time and the skills to match their responsibilities . |
| 8 | Seven hundred children have been having the time of their lives at a special party . |
| 9 | Spaniards have been told the time of sacrifice is over ; now come the years of effort — an effort to make Spain fit to enter European monetary and economic union in 1997 . |