Example sentences of "what the time was " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wished he knew what the time was . |
| 2 | He wondered what the time was . |
| 3 | She asked me what the time was . |
| 4 | When you look back , when you look back you see , erm , understand that after nineteen twenty six , at the local pits , if you if you took a watch , if you took a watch to work with you , so that you 're in a position to know the time , and tell the other people what the time was , you see , you were running the serious risk of losing your job . |
| 5 | And they were not having anybody in the mine , with a watch , who could let people know exactly what the time was , and in other words , create a situation where the men might go home before they 'd completed this particular task . |
| 6 | He wondered whether he dared ring Victoria or Emma , but when he saw what the time was , he knew he could not . |
| 7 | He had no idea what the time was . |
| 8 | She had no idea what the time was . |
| 9 | But then life is invariably ultimately hard on someone with pretensions beyond their talents and a style best encapsulated in the story told about the boy in his Taunton constituency who asked him what the time was . |
| 10 | I asked him what the time was when I rang and he said |
| 11 | I just looked down to see what the time was , I just looked up |