Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] more time " in BNC.
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| 1 | People tend to invest more time deciding on a house purchase or what car to buy than deciding what to do with their lives and how to develop themselves . |
| 2 | None of these is intended simply to mollify reluctant staff : each is intended to provide more time , to allow a fresh look to be taken or to try out different approaches when there are setbacks . |
| 3 | He managed to connect all the moves except for the last in one push and doubtless would have succeeded given more time . |
| 4 | Property expert Kevin Dibben said : ‘ It 's a nice house but he has spent more time and effort on the property than it is worth . |
| 5 | Over the past year Alastair has spent more time cycling , putting in up to 150 miles a week . |
| 6 | ‘ We will do all we can to help customers as much as we can , especially those on low incomes and we want to take more time during the course of the year to evaluate the charge in detail . |
| 7 | ‘ We will do all we can to help customers as much as we can , especially those on low incomes , and we want to take more time during the course of the year to evaluate the charge in detail . |
| 8 | He says he wants to spend more time in his constituency . |
| 9 | While the nation mourns ( not ) over the sudden cancellation of the SHAKESPEAR 'S SISTER mega-tour , it would seem that the reason behind the decision had little to do with SIOBHAN 's nervous exhaustion and more to do with the fact that hubbie DAVE STEWART wants to spend more time with his wife and less time on his Jack Jones , staring at his fibre-optic carpet . |
| 10 | Norman Lamont delivers his budget and tells the House he wants to spend more time with his family . |
| 11 | President Clinton wants to spend more time with Gennifer Flowers . |
| 12 | In addition they are expected to spend more time on Art and Design History and Theory and on Management and Administration . |
| 13 | For example , both student teachers and student nurses are being expected to spend more time in the professional setting , and are being encouraged to appraise their own actions and to be explicit and articulate about what they are doing and why . |
| 14 | With all due respect to his constituents , can anyone , particularly such a sophisticated European , honestly want to spend more time in Watford ? |
| 15 | I want to spend more time at home and in my constituency . ’ |
| 16 | Do the learners need to spend more time in some areas than in others ? |
| 17 | However , the costs of production will increase as farmers are made to invest more time and money in each animal , and these costs must be met by the consumer . |
| 18 | She 'd given more time to thinking about Lucy than anything else for months . |
| 19 | She 'd tried to keep the newspaper story hidden from her because she did n't want to discuss it until she 'd had more time to get her thoughts in order … but of course mother had found it and started questioning compulsively about abortion , what exactly was the law on it now , how did you get one , where did you go , what did it cost , things she must have heard Dorothy and her friends discussing a hundred times but which the newspaper report had triggered into today 's obsession . |
| 20 | If only I 'd had more time . |
| 21 | He 'd had more time to think , to get used to this slightly absurd rapture . |
| 22 | I think would have probably , had more , if we 'd had more time and reversed all and been clearer on our roles . |
| 23 | Fran wished that it had been further away , wished that she 'd had more time to compose herself and remove all traces of that kiss , but as she opened the door and got out of the car when they stopped in front of the neat little semi she was aware of the throbbing redness of her bruised lips , the faintly dishevelled state of her silvery hair . |
| 24 | Playboater are to pull out of retailing to allow more time for other projects . |
| 25 | At his farewell , received various gifts from the company and workmates , and said that he plans to devote more time to his allotment and to his duties of vice-chairman and bar-chairman at the Ipswich Conservative Club . |
| 26 | I seemed to have more time to get things together the second time and Fringe stayed beside Bob fairly smoothly to the end . |
| 27 | Macca looked a class act , some great passing , and seemed to have more time on the ball than anyone else , but he did n't get into the game quite often enough . |
| 28 | And if you 're wanting to spend more time on Johnson at any stage , this is sort of there 's something that I sort of do n't trust producing some er , you know a play to a load of boxes but erm , la la la , and sheets as well . |
| 29 | Among other things he plans to spend more time gardening at his home in Bookham , Surrey , where he lives with his wife Alison and two teenage daughters . |
| 30 | She also received a rose arbour for her garden where she plans to spend more time in her retirement . |