Example sentences of "they [verb] [det] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They want most of the time to feel confident about what they are tackling , even if they make a few mistakes , and basically optimistic about their own future and the future of education . |
| 2 | He spent like four hours or something with the attorney general and with these three other staff over there … and they spent most of the time talking about all aspects of the Iran initiative and so forth , and then at the very end Meese pulled out that April memo … and said , ‘ what about this ? ’ |
| 3 | At a rally addressed by Labour 's Dennis Healey , they spent most of the time trying to avoid one of their school dinner ladies , who was forever shouting to the platform : ‘ You 're just feathering the beds for the Tories . ’ |
| 4 | Whatever the weather they spent most of the time waiting for fares , either at one or other of the Railway Stations or the cab ranks in Fisherton Street or Blue Boar Row . |
| 5 | If all scientists were critical of all parts of the framework in which they worked all of the time then no detailed work would ever get done . |
| 6 | Wherever you take them , though , try , if it is possible and the weather is good , to arrange for them to spend some of the time out of doors — for the housebound elderly are often short of vitamin D , which most of us get from natural sunlight ( as well as certain foods ) and this deficiency can lead to the painful condition of osteomalacia , in which there is rarefaction of the bones . |