Example sentences of "[adj] time with [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I had this instinct that you 'd have a better chance if you first spent some time with me — ’ |
| 2 | Well do you want , would you like to come and look some time with me ? |
| 3 | A key worker may spend some time with her or his clients , listening , asking simple questions and rehearsing facts like the day , the month and the weather . |
| 4 | Spent some time with her . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I mean , I 'm very pleased she 's off on a holiday with her friend , but I was looking forward to spending some time with her … ’ |
| 6 | The woman from Monte Samana sent a message asking her to go today and spend some time with her . |
| 7 | Mrs Edwards 's former next-door neighbour , Ruth Duncan , called to see her every day and spent some time with her on Monday evening , leaving about 9pm . |
| 8 | Well I promised our our Sarah I 'd spend some time with her I ai n't gon na say too much but she does get a bit upset at times |
| 9 | When Mrs Reynolds came to visit her husband , the staff nurse spent some time with them both explaining what they should expect immediately after the operation and she arranged for Mrs Reynolds to telephone the ward the following afternoon . |
| 10 | I spent some time with him after he drove back into the pit-lane and he was very categorical about his decision : ‘ It is simply not worth it , ’ he said . |
| 11 | Even Tony was anxious for Joe to spend some time with him and Helen , and to show off his new car . |
| 12 | It will be nice to spend some time with him too — often the week goes by and we hardly have a chance to talk . |
| 13 | Niall spent some time with him , making him more comfortable and generally trying to reassure him . ’ |
| 14 | Wherever we are , we are hoping that Rob and Joyce will spend some time with us . |
| 15 | But I 'd already decided that I had to see you again , spend some time with you , and this was one way of doing it . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I wanted to spend some time with you , and I rather doubted if you 'd be susceptible to an offer of a weekend in Paris . |
| 17 | I hope my duties will allow me to spend some time with you , but I will be attending this evening 's Red Rose Rally and I look forward to seeing you there . |
| 18 | And reflecting this unease , the visiting valets and footmen appeared to regard one another with marked coldness and my own staff were rather glad to be too busy to spend much time with them . |
| 19 | I spent so much time with them that I began to think like them , to see the world from their point of view . |
| 20 | ‘ That he did n't spend quite so much time with them ? ’ her father finished quietly . |
| 21 | will my doctor be able to spend as much time with me ? |
| 22 | And I almost added that my hair would probably fall out if I had to spend too much time with him . |
| 23 | ‘ Considering your low opinion of him , ’ she snapped , ‘ I 'm surprised you spend so much time with him . ’ |
| 24 | It was only after he went into hospital that I started spending much time with him , because we knew his illness would run a rapid course . |
| 25 | It was because she knew that before the month was out she would have said a permanent goodbye to him that she was greedy to spend as much time with him as she could now . |
| 26 | Women seem fearful of becoming too friendly with a single mother ; fearful that if they spend too much time with her , they might just get a taste for something that is denied them . |
| 27 | You should n't spend so much time with her you know . |
| 28 | You spent so much time with her , I felt she even knew you better than I did . |
| 29 | Just because even though they do n't talk very much any more and stuff and he probably has n't been spending much time with her , |
| 30 | I 've spent too much time with you . ’ |