Example sentences of "[verb] [det] [pron] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then swears we 've idled half our Time away : |
| 2 | We used all our time , we ended up having to pay in the end . |
| 3 | Angus reckoned that fast business expansion was absorbing all her time and energy , which was why he had decided to take things one step at a time and discuss only business over luncheon ; a business chat would avoid putting either of them in a rejecting position . |
| 4 | She paused and added thoughtfully , ‘ It 's strange , but although I 've stayed down here a lot I 've never met him , but perhaps that 's because his wife was an invalid and he devoted all his time to her . |
| 5 | " My work fills all my time . |
| 6 | He began to pour all his time and emotion into poetry , writing with a passion that recalls the English romantics , Oscar Wilde and the American beats . |
| 7 | Did you do all your time in the Met , or did you start up north ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ If Father agreed , I 'd spend half my time with you . |
| 9 | She disliked Milan 's climate and saw no reason why she should spend all her time in that city merely because her husband needed to be there for business . |
| 10 | For citizens can not spend all their time being nationalists : they have to take time off to be members of families , producers , local government councillors and the like . |
| 11 | Harry can not accept the fact that she has activities and commitments that do not directly relate to him , and keeps up a constant pressure on her to give up her job so that they can spend all their time together . |
| 12 | They should neither remain aloof from what goes on in life , nor should they spend all their time solving industrial problems . |
| 13 | The evidence certainly suggests that full-time training officers , who can spend all their time on training , are rare . |
| 14 | The other is that draughtsmen do not spend all their time actually drawing . |
| 15 | Debbie was upset that they did n't spend all their time here with her . ’ |
| 16 | She felt that she was longing more than ever for it to end so that she and John could spend all their time together . |
| 17 | Individuals could spend all their time at work or play . |
| 18 | We certainly set it because if the kids do spend all their time doing these demonstration experiments they 're sure to get bored — life is like that . |
| 19 | I would spend all my time trying to capture this place on paper . |
| 20 | So I did not spend all my time peering upwards , searching the skies for those rumoured golden eagles . |
| 21 | I would spend all my time out there if I could . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't spend all my time down in London ! |
| 23 | If art and preferences went hand in hand , we would spend all our time listening to only the most ‘ artistic ’ music . |
| 24 | We did n't spend all our time looking anxiously . |
| 25 | I wish you were my brother , then we could spend all our time together ! ’ |
| 26 | Even the written word , by conjuring up the Eliot tone of voice , could express this kind of humorous gravity , for example , his remark in the ‘ Dialogue on Dramatic Poetry ’ that ‘ we can not spend all our time reading large philosophical works ’ . |
| 27 | He would spend all his time with well-to-do society people , though he had n't got their sort of money . |
| 28 | If the pack has become too big and unmanageable , the dominant male must spend all his time trying to control it . |
| 29 | Of course , Preston did not spend all his time looking out for the holes . |
| 30 | He should not spend all his time on a few only of the questions . |