Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] more time " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can compensate for using more time working a really special border and so on by speeding up on the main sections . |
| 2 | Instead of devoting more time and money to the inherently unlikely possibility that this organism alone among replicating particles contains no nucleic acids , researchers should concentrate on cracking its tough proteinaceous capsule . |
| 3 | An exhausted Miranda found that instead of having more time , she had almost a full-time job keeping present and future shareholders informed and happy : she prepared official reports , gave institutional and pension-fund presentations , attended city lunches , and made time in her overfilled schedule for the financial press . |
| 4 | I have a definite sensation of making a better turn and of having more time in which to make the hit . |
| 5 | When she left the Three Degrees in 1987 , Sheila decided to combine singing and showbiz with spending more time at home , cooking , and being with her twin daughters . |
| 6 | But th , the thing is that it looks as though it is going to be a fairly ongoing thing that 's going to it may be well on certainly er a beyond assembly when we have to come to a conclusion , and therefore we ought to know the picture er , of , within reform churches far more clearly in giving more time . |
| 7 | Some will revel in having more time for themselves ; others will feel lost . |
| 8 | Harry had recently retired as a director of a multi-national company , and , apart from spending more time gardening , had not developed any replacement interests . |
| 9 | It may in part be a function of the teacher 's own practices , and when this is so an analysis of his or her use of time , from the broad organizational strategies right down to the minutiae of moment-to-moment interactions with the children , could help both in creating more time and in making for a more effective and efficient context for learning . |
| 10 | Three months ago , Christine decided to restrict herself to two nights a week working at Anglia Television and concentrate on writing and on spending more time with Doc D , thinking up new projects for them both . |
| 11 | At 40 , he knows he 's on the road to fortune and admits to spending more time talking with journalists than working over hot ovens in the kitchen . |
| 12 | But now that retirement is just around the corner we are all really looking forward to spending more time there . |
| 13 | I took to spending more time with my mother again , rather than shutting myself up in my caravan . |
| 14 | She took to spending more time at Bush House , playing for very little except the chance to gossip in her native language . |
| 15 | He took to spending more time than before at the Hankses ' cottage and his relationship with Carrie was an uncomplicated , comfortable one . |
| 16 | Now 65 , he says he is looking forward to spending more time on his hobbies , including helping out at his local church . |
| 17 | George says he will miss the many contacts he has made in BNFL and URENCO over the years but is looking forward to spending more time on his hobbies , particularly gardening , walking and amateur dramatics . |
| 18 | Sammy is already an accomplished player of the electric organ and looks forward to having more time for this and volunteer work . |
| 19 | Mrs Grove-Stephensen is leaving the post at the age of 60 and is looking forward to having more time to devote to church work . |
| 20 | In retirement Mr Hewitt is looking forward to having more time for reading , preferring biographies and works of historical interest , with French literature his main love . |
| 21 | She was beginning to tackle the problem in her quietly determined way , by suggesting a movie or a shopping trip to one or two of the quieter girls in the nurses ' home , and by spending more time chatting with her patients instead of being simply a sympathetic presence . |