Example sentences of "[vb past] [det] [prep] [pron] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crisis , of course , consumed most of our flying time . |
| 2 | The only difference was that they now spent some of their free time together , thus giving her even more opportunities to fall more and more deeply in love with him . |
| 3 | She was not unduly concerned about the murdered woman but was reminded that Camille spent much of her spare time slouching along the canal banks , sometimes in company , sometimes , she greatly feared , alone . |
| 4 | Dean proved to be generally rude and disruptive to his fellow actors , and spent much of his free time in his dressing room , refusing to speak to anyone unless it directly concerned the film . |
| 5 | Fortunately she had become interested in the art and history of the city and spent most of her free time visiting galleries , museums and churches . |
| 6 | Paula spent most of her free time alone , window shopping , visiting News Theatres , where she sometimes watched the programme of cartoons twice round , and drinking endless cups of Espresso coffee in cafés and coffee houses . |
| 7 | Then , it had added another stamp of ‘ difference ’ on a child whose father rarely appeared in the family home and who spent most of her free time in the company of paid supervisors . |
| 8 | More attractive were the hillier southern regions of Lewis and Harris where I spent most of my spare time rambling and climbing . |
| 9 | At that time I lived on the flat and rather featureless coast of East Anglia , and spent most of my spare time sailing its lonely creeks and estuaries . |
| 10 | He spent most of his spare time up at Skiplam , where the girl he courted was the only child of a wealthy farmer . |
| 11 | Tom would n't talk about it and spent most of his spare time at his club . |
| 12 | Neighbours spoke of a quiet man who spent most of his spare time working for charity . |
| 13 | He spent most of his free time working for the Overseas Workers ' Union , a clandestine anti-colonial organisation chiefly recruited from Indians and Chinese . |
| 14 | Did that to me last time . |
| 15 | She gave much of her own time to helping those encountering problems with their studies through individual tuition at her home , frequently during the summer months in preparation for autumn courses . |