Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] 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 | A few people never need to wear a watch because they always know what the time is . |
| 4 | People often asked me the time just to hear my voice so they could proclaim my gender to their friends . |
| 5 | If you 'd known at the beginning that I knew your parents you would n't have even given me the time of day . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He had sprung out at her from nowhere , not even giving her the time to brace herself against him . |
| 8 | 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 ? ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've never had children , I 've never given myself the time and that 's a matter of some regret . |
| 11 | ‘ But me old man says 'e never knows what the time is . ’ |