2987826 Many of the students felt that the professor should have spent more time preparing his lectures. CK 31865 Mary's been living in Japan so long. Don't you think it's time she adjusted to Japanese customs? CM 847250 To have more than one problem before him at one time makes him irritable, upset and exasperated. Source_Benedict_1921 309949 Her novel ideas are time and again getting her into trouble with her more conservative colleagues. CM 288105 His novel ideas are time and again getting him into trouble with his more conservative colleagues. CM 280278 You're wasting your time with all this needless repetition so spare us the long-winded explanation. CM 667972 Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times. CK 1438059 It took me a lot less time to housebreak my German shepherd than it took to housebreak my other dog. CK 954278 Some people consider it a waste of time to study languages such as Klingon, Interlingua and Esperanto. CK 3068479 Tom got in with the wrong crowd during his teenage years and was arrested for car theft several times. patgfisher 847267 I never see a library without wishing I had time to go there and stay till I had read everything in it. Source_Benedict_1921 264156 Next time I switch jobs, I need work that will let me make use of the experience I've gained up to now. CM 1343812 Tom felt the stiffness in his joints as he stood up after sitting in the same position for a long time. Chrikaru 3119347 Tom is finding his new job very demanding, and he often finds it difficult to find time for his family. patgfisher 1868731 "If you're not happy with your purchase, you can return it at any time." "Could I get that in writing?" darinmex 3123413 It takes more time to prepare the car for getting painted than it takes for the actual paint job itself. chajadan 1141305 During hard times, people might not go on a trip, but they might be willing to pay extra for good coffee. Source_VOA 954393 There were many things that I thought were important at that time that I no longer believe are important. CK 941296 If your spouse is a politician, then likely your name will also appear in the newspaper from time to time. CK 286327 I have a hard time seeing the logic of this latest decision of his. He just isn't as sharp as he used to be. CM 286258 I don't think there is any excuse for his behavior. At the same time, we should listen to what he has to say. CM 2248840 If you want this marriage to work, you need to choose between spending time with me and working all the time. CK 953941 If you aren't careful about what you eat, you'll put back on all the weight that you spent so much time losing. CK 847082 The man who makes but one mistake a year because he makes but two decisions is wrong fifty per cent of the time. Source_Benedict_1921 762118 It takes only a short time to learn how to explain things to students. It takes much longer to learn when not to. CK 1569364 The chances of dying from falling airplane parts are 30 times greater than the chances of being killed by a shark. Spamster 273273 He had heard that war had started, but it didn't sink in for a long time until his father was drafted into the army. CM 897923 This is a time of year when people get together with family and friends to observe Passover and to celebrate Easter. CK 2811070 "Mary earns ten times as much as I do," complained Tom "and yet she expects me to pay half of the household expenses." patgfisher 918923 Obviously, Tom had a lot on his mind, but I had no choice but to ask him to spend some time helping us with our problems. CK 3165728 As far as I'm concerned, what you do in your free time is your own business, as long as it doesn't interfere with your work. Hybrid 3107051 In the same amount of time it would take me to correct all the mistakes in your report, I could write a better report myself. CK 571143 The English language is undoubtedly the easiest and at the same time the most efficient means of international communication. CK 684588 "Jingle Bells," a popular song around Christmas time, is not really a Christmas song. The lyrics say nothing about Christmas. CK 1334053 I got fired from the company, but since I have a little money saved up, for the time being, I won't have trouble with living expenses. CK 3020388 Always use distilled water in steam irons because using ordinary water will cause a mineral build-up over time that will clog the steam holes. Delian 2675809 You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. Dejo 249549 I love trying out new things, so I always buy products as soon as they hit the store shelves. Of course, half the time I end up wishing I hadn't. CM 2278815 The more time you spend speaking a foreign language, the better you get at guessing what non-native speakers are trying to say in your own language. CK 1230633 If a person has not had a chance to acquire his target language by the time he's an adult, he's unlikely to be able to reach native speaker level in that language. alec 897909 It's still too hard to find a job. And even if you have a job, chances are you're having a tougher time paying the rising costs of everything from groceries to gas. CK 1027257 Though Tom's English seems quite good at times, he doesn't seem to know his limitations and it's impossible to convince him that he's wrong when he makes a mistake. CK 2783162 A mistake young people often make is to start learning too many languages at the same time, as they underestimate the difficulties and overestimate their own ability to learn them. catcher 552259 In 1969, Roger Miller recorded a song called "You Don't Want My Love." Today, this song is better known as "In the Summer Time." It's the first song he wrote and sang that became popular. American 1338945 I do many things at the same time, so not only am I reading things by Akutagawa, I've also increased the amount of time I spend reading in English and I also read a little in German every day. CM