Example sentences of "i time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I might ! — nay , will ! — if you should graunt me time — |
| 2 | My own ‘ anthropological history ’ in this liminoid phase became extended over eight years , until 1974 , and not only gave me time to reflect on many of the controls we were required to impose , but also to consider the nature of the social harm these unworldly folk devils and ‘ drug fiends ’ were actually causing ; for established society has never really known how to handle the unworldly easily . |
| 3 | ‘ You 'll just have to give me time , ’ she says . |
| 4 | Give me time . ’ |
| 5 | If ever I meet a woman who says ‘ give me time ’ again , I shall become a Carmalite ! ’ |
| 6 | The Brigade Major informed me that the Brigadier 's party would be in the restaurant for at least one-and-a-half hours , which gives me time to look around the town . |
| 7 | He came to me time after time , as useless as a surcharged phonograph — drunk on Byron , Shelley , or Keats . |
| 8 | It took me time to find out what was wrong but eventually I sorted it out . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll do it myself — if you 'll give me time . ’ |
| 10 | Towards the end of his life he told Osbert Sitwell ; ‘ Any talent I may have was due to a long illness as a boy , which afforded me time to think , and subsequent ill-health , because I was not allowed to play games , and so had to teach myself , for my enjoyment , to use my eyes instead of my feet . ’ |
| 11 | Give me time to stop aching , will you — before the next time . ’ |
| 12 | What is certain is that the creative use of recorders was a general expectation : the saintly and amiable Ahmad Bu Aziza , asked to record an account of Zuwaya trading , refused to do so on the spot , but made an appointment for two days later ‘ to give me time to make the poem ’ . |
| 13 | I done me time . |
| 14 | ‘ Give me time to make up my mind . |
| 15 | Before leaving the village I consulted a chart outside the coastguard station , which confirmed that I had five hours before high tide ; this would give me time to get to the end of Worm 's Head and safely back onto the cliffs without danger of being stranded . |
| 16 | They lay in bed in the morning , ‘ puzzled about how to fill me time in . ’ |
| 17 | I thought it would take me time to adjust and it has . |
| 18 | You 'll have to give me time . ’ |
| 19 | Unused as I am to public scribbling , and tardy to boot ( I 've just read your December/January issue ) , I felt I had to thank you for saving me time and trouble ( not to mention hard-won shekels ) , in a search for something which obviously does not exist . |
| 20 | The only problem with the job was that I had to work on a lot of Saturdays , which naturally interfered with my athletics , though the company were quite generous in giving me time off . |
| 21 | If he 'd give me time I might find a proper answer . |
| 22 | I 've lifted a few sacks of taters in me time , but I do n't reckon to lift thee ! ’ |
| 23 | Items can be sent to my home address by the second week in September , this will give me time to price and size them , a major job as I discovered last time and I will send you the figure of money raised by the end of October . |
| 24 | The best jumper I came across was the Argentinian , Llanes , who outfoxed me time and again . |
| 25 | The long weekend also gave me time to myself to rest and ponder on all that had gone and was to come . |
| 26 | There is , however , one ‘ fun ’ idea which I intend to prepare now , to give me time to get it finished . |
| 27 | ‘ I see , ’ Craig 's dark eyes were alight with humour , ‘ give me time , I 'll learn how things should be done . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ He played tennis on a high level for two and half hours , and did n't give me time to breathe , and that caught me by surprise a little bit , ’ said Boris Becker , his prize scalp , after the German had lost . |
| 29 | Still , it gives me time to see if any of my contacts has heard anything . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I never miss Midnight Mass at St Martin's-in-the-Field , ’ Oscar told him , ‘ so I 'd appreciate it greatly ii the meeting could be concluded quickly enough to allow me time to get there and find a pew with a good view . ’ |