Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] time as [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If training officers themselves are not common , staff who can devote as much time as they would like , to training , ( whatever their title ) appear to be very rare indeed . |
| 2 | Charles became as adept at changing nappies and bathing William as Diana , and , even when he was small , both spent as much time as they could with him . |
| 3 | Both she and Dr Leitch spent as much time as they could spare talking to the young parents who would come to collect these patients on discharge . |
| 4 | There are two girl keepers who spend as much time as they can with him and are giving him so many titbits that he 's getting thoroughly spoiled . |
| 5 | They say they will spend as much time as they can together in the interests of their children . |
| 6 | In the lakes so , they 're gon na spend as much time as they can round the |
| 7 | For the next 2½ years we spent as much time as we could at the melin . |
| 8 | Because of his working hours he is not giving as much time as he ought perhaps to his family , although he 's always tried to ensure that weekends are devoted to his children . |
| 9 | For a week after his punishment Endill spent as much time as he could lying down . |
| 10 | He would spend as much time as he could at Hillmarden , but the strain was beginning to tell and , guiltily , he came to look on the nights when he was able to stay at the London flat as a blessed escape . |
| 11 | Spending as much time as he could with Midge , Patrick found her extraordinarily rational . |
| 12 | I took my parents when I , my son was two and a half , and I can honestly say that my son , I was n't able to devote as much time as I would have wanted to give . |
| 13 | I shall be writing the notes on my experiments , of course , and I intend to spend as much time as I can refuting Carslake 's idiotic principle . |
| 14 | If I 've got a lot to do I ca n't actually take as much time as I 'd like over it . |