Example sentences of "he spend more time " in BNC.

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1 The chancellor would do well if he spent more time worrying about whether New York 's children are learning the three Rs — subjects in which they are sadly deficient . ’
2 He spent more time hanging out at Jacqueline 's flat .
3 And Tucker was saying , ‘ He spent more time in the islands these past years than ever before .
4 He spent more time on the Vibrancy at Mandru than he ever had in Por Tanssie .
5 Soon Gabrielle learned to leave him alone in his despair , and he spent more time playing darts and billiards at a Battersea pub .
6 Since the Congress Kingdom of Poland was only one of a number of outlying parts of the empire which required his attention , and since he could hardly afford a forward policy in western Europe or the Balkans until his own peripheries were fully integrated into the imperial structure , he spent more time in the 1830s and 1840s on his own non-Russian subjects than on dealings with foreigners .
7 Perhaps he spends more time with his wife when he 's ashore these days . ’
8 From what I gather he spends more time in the hay loft with young Mabel from the village than he does in his church .
9 ‘ And this is Ron , viola , but he really should have been playing the cornet , he spends more time on it . ’
10 Meanwhile he spends more time indoors than he did before — and never ventures into Swindon alone late at night .
11 Well , he spends more time there than me .
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