Example sentences of "[pron] spend [pron] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | So perhaps , if I spent my time explaining how and why I found difficulty , that must be some sort of substitute . |
| 2 | At the Dixie Dude , I spent my time between riding in the hills and just sitting on the porch doing nothing . |
| 3 | It is a cruel sport at best , but the poor show the matadors and toreadors made by running for the outer rail and escaping over the fence when the enraged bull pursued them was not a creditable sight ; I spent my time , for as long as I stayed , cheering for the bulls . |
| 4 | I spent my time weeding , raking and sowing my vegetable patch . |
| 5 | Over the next two months I spent my time between staying at my boyfriend 's house at weekends and the LIFE house on weekdays . |
| 6 | I taught for a term at a crammer half a mile from my home , and instead of passing lazy days with charming children whose actively hatted mothers would smile , condescend and yet flirt during some endless pollen-spattered sports day , I spent my time with the son of the local bookmaker ( he lent me his bike : I crashed it ) and the daughter of the suburb 's solicitor . |
| 7 | My first step was to gather information on how I spent my time on school-related activities and attempt to create some form of time-analysis schedule . |
| 8 | I was not allowed to return to Bolivia , so I spent my time and energy denouncing what was happening and setting up solidarity networks . |
| 9 | ‘ Where I spend my time people do n't bother . ’ |
| 10 | Now you do n't care how I spend my time . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I spend my time helping men make the often painful shift that comes from relinquishing a now inappropriate way of working . |
| 12 | I 've always reserved the right to choose who I spend my time with . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I spend my time in the bookies or sat at home in front of the telly . |
| 14 | How do you spend your time ? |
| 15 | Who do you spend your time with her , are your commissioning editors people who are part of your daily life ? |
| 16 | D so I mean what do you find to do , I mean , how do you spend your time ? |
| 17 | Yes , but we , we 're talking about the days when you do have other people available , what would you spend your time doing ? |
| 18 | The original plan was that Anita would do the cooking and her husband would serve the customers , but she did not enjoy being behind the scenes and eventually taught Gordon to be a fine cook while she spent her time out front chatting up the customers . |
| 19 | She spent her time shopping , reading women 's magazines , listening to pop music and watching television . |
| 20 | ‘ It was n't easy to make a fitting with her in LA and me in Paris , ’ says the designer , though at Christmas Madonna found time to visit him in Paris , where she spent her time ‘ jogging and pumping iron ’ . |
| 21 | She spent her time building the only defences she knew . |
| 22 | ‘ If you spent your time doing 25 laps with a thousand gear changes , sweating in a flame-proof suit and helmet then you 'd want to look a bit glamorous at the end of the day , ’ she said , The splendid lady in charge of raffle tickets for RUKBA seemed very knowledgeable about Washington . |
| 23 | Yolanda was a spotty , bespectacled girl from Barcelona who spent her time translating every word I said into Spanish for the benefit of Garcia , a missing-link anthropoid from one of your immediate neighbours . |
| 24 | While it was vital to be well turned out , the young gallant should beware of imitating those fops who spent their time building huge and elaborate turbans : men like Mirza Abu Said , a great amir under Shah Jehan , who was so fastidious in the construction of his head-wraps that the Imperial Durbar had usually finished by the time he had finished tying it all together . |
| 25 | Of particular interest here are the minority of notably active older people , like the man whose ‘ great hobby is making toys for his grandchildren and great-grandchildren ; ’ or the amateur painter always at his easel ‘ if the light is good enough ; ’ or the old sailor , disabled for fifty years , yet ‘ a very contented old man ’ , who spent his time cooking , cleaning , and reading ‘ either novels or the newspaper . ’ |
| 26 | The Inspector left it at that and as I was waiting expectantly for the interview to end , he said : ‘ Why does an educated man like you spend his time caddying ? |
| 27 | I have always longed to be a great lady but it 's not easy when you spend your time queuing for slug-pellets and flea-powder . |
| 28 | A very dingy lot compared with the great minds you spend your time with ’ Her voice rose shrilly . |
| 29 | You could make a chart showing how you spend your time , and particularly how your leisure time is divided between domestic chores , car maintenance , TV , videos , taking the children out , the pub , visiting friends and relatives , and so on . |
| 30 | If you spend your time at home looking after small children , you can have the pleasure , within reason , of arranging your daily timetable to suit yourself . |