Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [adj] 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 | ‘ What made you want to go this time , then ? ’ |
| 3 | And I thought you might want to go some time anyway er , not on a Sunday . |
| 4 | said that they would prefer to work full time . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Bough , 59 , who is taking over Michael Parkinson 's morning slot on LBC this week , is tipped to continue full time . |
| 7 | Er , that enables that they choose how much time they need , er because it , do I need to go that time or that time ? |
| 8 | ‘ You wo n't need to help this time , ’ he said , lamely . |
| 9 | However , once Governments of either party know that they will complete a Bill on a certain day , they hand much of the power over to the Opposition to decide how they want to use that time to debate the proper timing and clauses . |
| 10 | However , I want to leave sufficient time for the Minister to answer . |
| 11 | that 's why they were getting all that brochure , that 's what you want to do next time , you wan na get er , all the different Christmas brochure 's |
| 12 | A party leader who hopes to reach 10 Downing Street has to devote much time to party management , and policies and appointments have to be made with an eye on the reactions of party factions . |
| 13 | This , however , is quite distinct from a counselling service , which would seek to offer protected time in which the counsellor and client could focus on a psycho-social problem . |
| 14 | Locomotive Software has launched an entry level version of its popular LocoScript word processing package which is designed to get first time PC users up and running quickly and at minimum cost . |
| 15 | ‘ It has to end some time , Ace . |
| 16 | Immacolata tried to refuse one time , pleading her figure ; but Talia , who could eat anything without putting on weight , she was so lithe and quick , tucked in to her heaped cornet , running her tongue happily round the sides to catch the melting drips of rose , green , cream . |
| 17 | When you need a quick change of role — or want to take extra time to look stunning — start with your hairstyle . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | You will appreciate that I shall need to take paid time off work for antenatal visits . |
| 21 | And some housekeeping tasks under DB2 3.1 such as reorganisation of the database are expected to take less time . |
| 22 | And some housekeeping tasks under DB2 3.1 such as reorganisation of the database are expected to take less time . |
| 23 | He says he wants to spend more time in his constituency . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Norman Lamont delivers his budget and tells the House he wants to spend more time with his family . |
| 26 | President Clinton wants to spend more time with Gennifer Flowers . |
| 27 | In addition they are expected to spend more time on Art and Design History and Theory and on Management and Administration . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Nevertheless every choreographer creating this kind of romantic ballet today has to spend much time creating the proper gestures to replace the words , which in such ballets are never spoken but must be understood . |
| 30 | With all due respect to his constituents , can anyone , particularly such a sophisticated European , honestly want to spend more time in Watford ? |