Example sentences of "but [verb] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pinnacle , based in Columbus , Ohio , had originally planned to use the Texas Instruments Inc 64-bit SuperSparc that Sun is using in its latest workstations , but realised some time ago that it was waiting at the back of a long line of manufacturers queuing for a trickle of SuperSparcs being thrown their way . |
| 2 | ‘ Your English is more English than mine , ’ the doctor said , not really to make conversation but to find more time to see . |
| 3 | He had a brilliant technical mind but found little time for people . |
| 4 | Waggoner supports the first theory , but has little time for the whiners . |
| 5 | Mr Houghton has come across protests , but has little time for their case or their tactics . |
| 6 | Category 1 again contains the barn owl and short-eared owl but joined this time by the snowy owl . |
| 7 | He glared down at her for eternal seconds and then his mouth descended and Robyn felt the anger and fire , still there , but focused this time in the searing heat of his kiss , the grip of his embrace , the rough glory as his hands roamed her body , conjuring desire and need out of nowhere , moulding her to him , showing Robyn just how much she wanted him , how much he desired her . |
| 8 | . But coming that time I was dumped in a in a field . |
| 9 | But ask another time . |
| 10 | This was true , but took some time to become clear . |
| 11 | There can be little doubt as to what in the way of topics and register the Host expects in the Monk 's Tale ; he concludes his observations on Melibee with : and continues with a description of the Monk that matches with the impression " Chaucer " claims to have of the Monk in the General Prologue , of a " " manly man " " , straining at the bounds of what is allowed to a monk ( and not dissimilar to the monk of the Shipman 's Tale ) : After nearly a hundred stanzas of the Monk 's tragedies , the Host is prepared to give him a second chance , as " Chaucer " had , but feels this time he has to be more specific as to what is wanted : But as soon as the Monk speaks we have the opportunity to see , firstly , that his reaction does not suggest he is flattered or pleased by the Host 's appraisal of him , and secondly that he sounds quite different from the bold and thrusting " man 's man " that " Chaucer " and the Host would make of him : Note how the Monk 's desire to offer literature that " " sowneth into honestee " " anticipates Chaucer the prosist 's retraction of the tales " " that sownen into synne " " . |
| 12 | When he can walk outside confidently , the patient can plan to increase the distance he walks , or to go on the same route , but taking less time to complete his walk . |
| 13 | One day Anna came in , all emotional , but beaming this time . |
| 14 | An accomplished pianist , she also had great histrionic gifts , but had little time to pursue these interests in later years . |
| 15 | Thus for many families there is no choice but to spend some time on income support . |