Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] the time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know how I got the time to play . |
| 2 | Joking apart , after nine years as a security operator I found it hard to readjust my life but , now I do not know how I found the time to do a full time job . |
| 3 | I just ca n't remember when I found the time to wash my hair and iron creases into my flares . |
| 4 | I spent the time making the house look nice ; I wanted him to know just what a lovely home I could build for us . |
| 5 | ‘ I believe the time has come when the Chamber should say that we can no longer afford to fund the lights from subscriptions alone , said Mr. King emphasising that unless all traders contribute there may well be no lights this year . |
| 6 | That is why I believe the time has come when Labour should commit itself to a Bill of Rights based on the European Convention of Human Rights . |
| 7 | Nor do I have the time to go looking for a suitable crew . ’ |
| 8 | One afternoon , a week later , I decided the time had come to stop dithering like a Victorian maiden and to write to Bill , when I got off at ten that night , asking if no news was good news . |
| 9 | Late in the afternoon , I decided the time had come to go . |
| 10 | ‘ The company has been a wonderful part of my life , but I feel the time has come to permit a younger generation to take the reins . ’ |
| 11 | However , 15 years on , I feel the time has come for me to have a change of hairstyle . |
| 12 | But at least I have plenty of time to think while I 'm driving — I use the time to plan ahead . ’ |
| 13 | As I found when I took the time to listen to parents and hear what they said , the views advanced did not always fit the latest fashion or an approved passage in a book on sociology . |
| 14 | This really refers back and I think the time refers back to the discussion that we had under the er liaison conference . |
| 15 | I heard myself saying the line that had been waiting ready for months : ‘ I think the time has come when you must go in . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ But I think the time has come , ’ he went on , ‘ when the same microscope should be employed in another part of Ireland , namely the North . |
| 17 | ‘ We have never said no to a sport since l896 but now I think the time has come to start . ’ |
| 18 | And I think the time has come to consider extra reward financially for your loyalty . |
| 19 | So much so that I think the time has come to discard those tests which have proved so elusive . |
| 20 | we could actually make you a bit bit A lot better than this , and I think the time has come to adjust how we 're treating you a little bit . |
| 21 | ‘ And now I think the time has come to explore a little further . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Gina — I think the time has come for me to set the record straight about Lotta and myself . |
| 23 | ‘ I think the time has come to call this assignment over , ’ she said quietly . |
| 24 | I think the time has come to ask Meredith Putt a few questions . ’ |
| 25 | But now , my dear Siward , I think the time has come to be provoked . ’ |
| 26 | You know something 's going on , we have a little surprise set up for you , and I think the time has come to let the cat out of the bag . |
| 27 | I think the time has probably passed now , all the schools have got their own budgets , they 've got their own builders who are giving them a good service , and I doubt whether this is the time to resurrect that , especially with local government review not far off , and the future of a county-wide D S O in some doubt , when it comes to local government review . |
| 28 | I think the time has now come for the National Heritage Memorial Fund to be split and a separate body established for Scotland . |
| 29 | disappointing an and frustrating th that this type of thing is happening , I 'm pleased I 'm coming to the end of me service because the time will come when somebody 's got to speak out , and I think the time has or come when at I can speak out , damn the consequences . |
| 30 | Unfortunately I think the time has come to pack your things up |