Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [verb] [verb] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What made you want to go this time , then ? ’ |
| 2 | So he decided he needed to invest some time in , in that . |
| 3 | I thought we 'd won this time . ’ |
| 4 | He felt he had wasted enough time on the editor , and replied with asperity : ‘ How should I know ? |
| 5 | Someone handed him a can of beer and Rain knew he intended to stay some time . |
| 6 | Because of this she felt generous and said she had realised some time ago that a really beautiful man was very much more beautiful than the most beautiful woman , and was n't that interesting . |
| 7 | One said he had spent some time in South Africa : ‘ The whites used their Bible to do down the black people . ’ |
| 8 | As an example of US energy inefficiency , he said he had spent more time going to and from meetings during the Houston summit than in the meetings themselves . |
| 9 | Since I retired I 've had more time on my hands and I pass it , you might say , in reading and reflection on my area of interest . |