Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] time with " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was decided that before going up to Oxford , which in fact he never did , he should spend time with a German family in Mecklenburg and three months studying at the university in Jena , where he attended lectures on philosophy and political economy and made many close friends among German Jews . |
| 2 | But Eisenhower and Dulles continued to work on the assumption that they could buy time with diplomacy , and with this object in view — especially in face to face meetings with the British — they were reluctant to lean too heavily on their ally . |
| 3 | This meant the Duchess got a free air ticket to Sydney , Australia , and could spend time with Andrew while his ship was in southern waters . |
| 4 | What it boiled down to was : there was here , where he had friends and family , or there was London where he had a few friends and a lot of contacts , and it felt like things were happening , and where you could fill time with something no matter how mixed up and fraudulent you felt … or there was abroad , of course ; the rest of the world ; India ( to take the most extreme example he 'd found so far ) , where you felt like an alien , lumbering and self-conscious , materially far more rich and spiritually far more poor than the people who thronged the place , where just by that intensity of touching , that very sweating crowdedness , you felt more apart , more consigned to a different , echoing place inside yourself . |
| 5 | Announcing the Christmas plan , a palace spokesman said : ‘ During the Christmas holiday , Prince William and Prince Harry will spend time with each of their parents individually . |