Example sentences of "spare time " in BNC.
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| 1 | So Vaughan contented herself with training as a nurse and avidly reading food books in her spare time . |
| 2 | Part of his spare time was taken up with the marching band of the university , but much of it was given to boisterous evenings drinking and singing with his companion — always with a view to winning the girls ' eyes and hearts . |
| 3 | Between 1949 and 1954 much of his spare time had been given to poetic scribbling ; and he was also giving voice to a measure of vacillation and disillusionment , which we shall encounter in his poetry from time to time . |
| 4 | This was in a period when I was based at Llandudno and every available minute of spare time was spent in climbing and scrambling among those delightful hills . |
| 5 | His spare time was devoted to the study of the castle , in which he was ably assisted by Clifford Perks , his former collaborator on several papers , and later by Mark Cheshire , a former pupil . |
| 6 | In his spare time he reads social science journals and contemporary Hungarian literature , or cooks for his family or friends . |
| 7 | Anyone who knows Hong Kong will appreaciate that spare time is at a premium there , and the efforts of those members who ensure that a successful branch exists deserves recognition and thanks . |
| 8 | He had to recite from memory in front of his headmaster fifty Greek lines from the play Medea — a severe punishment , for learning fifty lines of verse in a language imperfectly known would take several hours of spare time . |
| 9 | In spare time — between politics and classics there was little spare time — he began to read a few books of theology . |
| 10 | In spare time — between politics and classics there was little spare time — he began to read a few books of theology . |
| 11 | During this spare time you can catch up on lost sleep ( as long as your naps do not prevent a full night 's sleep ) , relax after the stresses of the journey , adjust drinking and eating habits , and generally adapt to your new surroundings . |
| 12 | As his course of study at the School of Architecture , University of Manchester , demanded a period of practical training in an architect 's office , William Assheton decided to spend this time working in Coventry so that in his spare time he could design and supervise the conversion of the chapel into a dwelling for his own use . |
| 13 | With too much spare time suddenly on his hands , he reverted to a hobby enjoyed in his early non-League days with Frickley Athletic . |
| 14 | With too much spare time suddenly on his hands , he reverted to a hobby enjoyed in his early non-League days with Frickley Athletic . |
| 15 | I did not find , however , among my colleagues many who were conceivably poets , heroes , or exceptionally free men in their holidays and spare time … . |
| 16 | In September , when Edward had any spare time and Helen was free from work , they met frequently at the National Gallery , where they examined minutely Greek male and female statues , or at Janet 's lodgings . |
| 17 | She did n't sew herself , so she had an acquaintance from a theatrical costumiers run them up in his spare time . |
| 18 | Spare time will be even more scarce shortly because we will be losing one full time man — Graeme , our student from Durham , leaves at the end of July . |
| 19 | More spare time , it was discovered , meant more time spent watching TV , the chief leisure activity for all classes . |
| 20 | In the middle of the negotiations with the Iranians in October 1986 , North mentioned , laughing , that he had managed to talk to the Kuwaiti foreign minister about matters of mutual concern ‘ in my spare time between blowing up Nicaragua ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ People had said to me that I 'd have a lot of spare time on the film set — oh sure ! |
| 22 | So Abdullah Muhammad was a policeman in Tazarbu , and in 1978–9 used his spare time to build a mosque in Wadi district , for which the landowning lineage paid him . |
| 23 | He served in the US Army Signals Corps during the latter stages of the First World War before settling in Onawa , Iowa , where he worked as a teacher and ran a sweetshop in his spare time . |
| 24 | As a student at Columbia University , New York — where he took a degree and a doctorate — and subsequently as a teacher of biochemistry at Boston University , he continued to write in his spare time . |
| 25 | What little spare time remained was dedicated to his favourite radio programme The Archers , which he never missed . |
| 26 | He had no spare time for anything else , and laments the fact that he had so very little time for his studies . |
| 27 | In his spare time he sat with the Bookman in the spots of sun on the shelves or hunted for Mould to ask him if he could borrow some of his tools . |
| 28 | Her father and mother objected to the way she used her spare time . |
| 29 | As well as prompting a rise in trade , the existence of a new class which found itself with spare time and spare cash at its disposal also heralded an era of unprecedented artistic achievement . |
| 30 | I would n't let is pass without thanking you which is the reason for this note because at the moment I have n't got that much spare time on my hands to thank you in person . |