Example sentences of "[noun prp] spent more time " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the record company , and its revenue from worldwide licensing deals , became more important , so Branson spent more time with Simon Draper and less and less with Nik Powell . |
| 2 | Rangers ' Stuart McCall spent more time on the ball than all of Hibs ' midfield put together and never wasted a moment , either . |
| 3 | Molly spent more time with the Corduroys and was introduced to the Tapscotts , a white-haired couple : Nicholas , who had been the British Consul in Florence , and his wife Connie . |
| 4 | Sebastian spent more time out of the house . |
| 5 | Newton spent more time and energy on alchemical speculations than on the scientific discoveries which galvanised the Western world : Storr reconstructs the neurotic drive which impelled him to heroic intellectual feats . |
| 6 | And Clinton spent more time than many previous Presidential candidates courting the Irish vote . |
| 7 | As Niki relates it , Chiti spent more time looking after two score stray dogs that roamed through the Alfa factory than he did making sure his engines actually ran . |