Example sentences of "[pron] spend more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I spent more money in Glasgow airport waiting for the plane … ’ |
| 2 | I spend more time on my face and skin than I do on my hair . |
| 3 | Sadly , mine is a sort of hole in the wall — not possible to move — so I spend more time running back and forth to fetch tools than I do using them . |
| 4 | ‘ I spend more time with my four dogs than anyone else because I am often alone writing . |
| 5 | ‘ I spend more time with me hand , it 's a lot less f—ing hassle , ’ claims Mark . |
| 6 | I do not merely spend time in Manchester — where I spend more time than anywhere else outside London and my constituency , which is my home town . |
| 7 | They seem to say I spend more time with reptiles than I do with them or some people are very scared so they do n't tend to come around . |
| 8 | In this way he not only develops his people , he also frees himself to spend more time on other aspects of his work ( for example , planning decisions , communications with other areas and personnel problems ) . |
| 9 | Afterwards she spent more time than usual on her appearance , determined that from now on she would stop behaving like some Victorian miss with the vapours . |
| 10 | The poorest families who spent more time at home , like the unemployed , were having anything up to £35 per week from their Social Security Benefits deducted and paid direct to the fuel companies to cover fuel debts . |
| 11 | One regular was just thankful there was someone who spent more time in the pub than him . |
| 12 | He 's obviously the kind of guy who spends more time snogging at the bar than watching the band . |
| 13 | He 's obviously the kind of guy who spends more time snogging at the bar than watching the band . |
| 14 | Well , sex mainly , and the mistaken male view that women dream of having a wild and torrid fling in the afore-mentioned potting shed with someone who spends more time with mulch and manure than Gillette shower gel . |
| 15 | A wet suit will also enable you to spend more time on the water than if you only venture out when the sun is shining . |
| 16 | Now she spends more time at her aunt 's house than at her own home nearby , as she did when she grew up with Suzanne . |
| 17 | They make sure you you know why they do that , so then you can go out and buy another game another one of their games and then this so then just keep on clocking them up yeah , and go out to buy a m more games so you spend more money of their games . |
| 18 | In the absence of special factors , the base is likely to be the place where you ordinarily work , even though in fact you spend more time away from your base than you do there . |
| 19 | Though you spend more time than usual gossiping ! |
| 20 | Okay so which bits should we spend more time on ? |
| 21 | Which , I say which bits should we spend more time on which topic which topics should we spend more time on ? |
| 22 | Which , I say which bits should we spend more time on which topic which topics should we spend more time on ? |
| 23 | Topics should we spend more time on ? |
| 24 | Because we had more money , we spent more money last time , we bought a erm a men 's and a lady 's watch and that went down a treat . |
| 25 | The total number , though far higher than in earlier studies , is not so significant ; after all , we spent more time tracking in deep water than all previous studies put together . |
| 26 | Fortunately , we spent more time mountaineering than sailing . |
| 27 | ‘ Contrary to what people often think , we spend more money on cases of ex-employees and their families of the electricity industry than the industry actually contribute to EEIBA funds . ’ |
| 28 | Productivity increases as we spend more time and energy , but only up to a critical point . |
| 29 | We spend more time together than many married couples . ’ |
| 30 | John always said that they spent more money restoring the facade than they ever spent on the thousands of workers who worked inside the plant , but then when it closed they could n't knock it down , so they turned it into a superstore . |