Example sentences of "[verb] the [adj] time [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However this difference might not have reflected the additional time taken to draw an inference in the indirect antecedent condition , but rather that there was repetition of a noun in the direct antecedent condition but not in the indirect antecedent condition . |
| 2 | I spent the whole time trying to explain the family connection . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 've spent the whole time trying to convince myself it could never work between us , ’ he went on , as though she had n't spoken . |
| 4 | Thus even here we may want to reduce the total time required to record the spectrum . |
| 5 | ‘ And I know what they say about people who invite other people out to dinner and then spend the whole time trying to depress them and ruin their lives . ’ |