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If I'm the PU and I forgot to grant the request of Time, but I'm making it obvious that I'm going to talk with the defensive coach who is approaching me, then I'm going to disallow the base advance and tell the offensive coach I had Time even though I didn't call it. Then, I'll eat a little well-deserved crow.
Most rule sets have a provision that an umpire's inadvertent call (or, in this case, non-call) shall not put a team at a disadvantage, and that the umpire can rectify the situation. That's what I would do here.
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