Example sentences of "all the time in the " in BNC.

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1 If all she needs is time to say yes , I 'll be your lover , then she has all the time in the world .
2 We 've got all the time in the world . ’
3 Her temper had worsened since the pups were born , so now she had to be kept tied up all the time in the alcove near the kitchen stove .
4 And do n't run : there 's no need in this heat and we have all the time in the world . … ’
5 There had grown up in the Commandos a tradition that to be a tough regiment it was necessary to act tough all the time in the barracks and on leave , and they were liable to be badly dressed , ill disciplined and noisy in the streets and restaurants of Cairo .
6 This is a process which is going on all the time in the world of bacteria , and drug firms are managing to keep ahead , just , by producing newer ( and inevitably , more expensive ) antibiotics that will still be effective .
7 The Chinese , as is well known , have all the time in the world ; ‘ next spring ’ has come and gone .
8 Another older woman , who had lived alone with her mother since her father died , recalled the satisfaction of coming home to someone with all the time in the world to listen to what she had to tell about her day in the office or an evening at choir practice .
9 We see this all the time in the behaviour of the life forms in our gardens .
10 I mean , I 've needed four years to get to this point so she could have all the time in the world as far as I was concerned .
11 Networks of communicating computer systems , within and across frontiers , are growing all the time in the private and public sectors .
12 A simple , slow , bumping grind complemented by fine snippets of vocal , underpinned with soft strings that create a low-lit ambience as the rhythm rocks out with all the time in the world to spare .
13 In Namibia in July last year Gus had all the time in the world to admire the African sunsets , and even the rosy dawns .
14 Blatant attempts at suggesting status and covering up inadequacies are used all the time in the business world — to show connections and influence , establish a good track record or to create a mystique about something .
15 All the time in the world , in fact .
16 Sparkling ‘ They have all the time in the world and they are going to take it . ’
17 Leaning back in a comfortable armchair , a glass of frosted lime juice in his hand , Hawkins succeeded only in giving the impression of a man with all the time in the world .
18 He had thought of Harry all the way out of Rome to Leonardo da Vinci , all the time that he had stood in the check-in line , all the time he had sat on the Alitalia , all the time he had stood at Customs and Immigration at Athens International , all the time in the taxi out to the Kifisia suburb .
19 All the time in the world !
20 A year to make some money in could be spared from all the time in the world .
21 Certainly Mike had all the time in the world to launch a right hook , but Patsy also must have had all the time in the world to see it , for he simply swayed back on his heels and the punch missed by over a foot .
22 Certainly Mike had all the time in the world to launch a right hook , but Patsy also must have had all the time in the world to see it , for he simply swayed back on his heels and the punch missed by over a foot .
23 It is reasonable to suppose that children enter a communication task as active interactants ready to ask questions and generally negotiate meaning because that is what they do all the time in the world outside the laboratory .
24 Alice , with all the time in the world and nothing better to do , stood with the branches of forsythia blazing yellow in her arms , listening and advising .
25 You have , literally , all the time in the universe . ’
26 I clenched Toby 's hand and he clenched back , and I could see his face all the time in the middle of the surrounding blackness .
27 Making herself lean back into her walk as though she had all the time in the world , she paused to rubberneck at the clash of signs and scents and jingles .
28 I do n't expect you to be able to give me all the time in the world : that would be unreasonable . ’
29 as if you had n't both got all the time in the world !
30 ‘ I 've got all the time in the world . ’
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