Example sentences of "and [verb] [art] time [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In general they overestimate the amount available and underestimate the time wasted by being fragmented in small amounts on rather trivial matters . |
| 2 | He stayed in Paris for a week , and spent the time looking at paintings and collecting souvenirs — a stone from the Bastille , for example ; yet on his arrival in Orleans he met officers and members of Royalist clubs . |
| 3 | Only five years before , an inter-departmental committee set up jointly by the Home Office and the Lord Chancellor 's Department , under the chairmanship of a High Court Judge , had rejected the solution of permanent Crown Courts to handle the much increased workload of criminal cases and to reduce the time spent by defendants awaiting trial . |
| 4 | That is , she was pragmatic by sex and had no time to waste on cerebral subtleties . |
| 5 | Those responsible for planning the move must be experienced enough and have the time to spend on dealing with all the issues that arise . |