Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] more time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that the good weather has arrived I feel trapped in the shop , and I want more time to enjoy other interests such as cricket and walking . |
| 2 | I took more time off than usual after the World Championships , feeling that I needed a break . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's alright , but I do wish I had more time to myself . ’ |
| 4 | In the days when I had more time to spare I would read any book I could lay my hands on and particularly enjoyed anything about foreign lands . |
| 5 | They would wait until I had more time . |
| 6 | I wish I had more time for reading ; it means a lot to me . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 've more time for other beauties , ’ the young man responded and squatted comfortably , his back against the turf bank . |
| 8 | ‘ I need more time it 's no better than last Thursday . |
| 9 | Probably this curiosity will be quite superficial , he thought to himself , as it is in me until I have more time to spend on it . |
| 10 | ‘ So if I buy more time on this job , you stand to benefit . ’ |
| 11 | I spend more time on my face and skin than I do on my hair . |
| 12 | Sadly , mine is a sort of hole in the wall — not possible to move — so I spend more time running back and forth to fetch tools than I do using them . |
| 13 | ‘ I spend more time with my four dogs than anyone else because I am often alone writing . |
| 14 | ‘ I spend more time with me hand , it 's a lot less f—ing hassle , ’ claims Mark . |
| 15 | I do not merely spend time in Manchester — where I spend more time than anywhere else outside London and my constituency , which is my home town . |
| 16 | They seem to say I spend more time with reptiles than I do with them or some people are very scared so they do n't tend to come around . |
| 17 | There has been a substantial increase in coverage of the Chamber and of committees in regional broadcasting ; some regions , BBC and ITV , have generated good week-end reviews which give more time to back-bench MPs . |
| 18 | In this way he not only develops his people , he also frees himself to spend more time on other aspects of his work ( for example , planning decisions , communications with other areas and personnel problems ) . |
| 19 | And there are few effects which require more time or effort to achieve . |
| 20 | And you I think , oh you want more time on fractions , Kelly might think , well she does n't she wants more time on doing the degrees . |
| 21 | And you I think , oh you want more time on fractions , Kelly might think , well she does n't she wants more time on doing the degrees . |
| 22 | Who wants more time ? |
| 23 | I would like to thank them all for their gifts and their good wishes , ’ said Dorothy , who is looking forward to cultivating a few hobbies now that she has more time . |
| 24 | The necessity for longer periods with individual readers has begun to affect the organisation of reading in the classroom ; the teacher finds that he or she needs more time . |
| 25 | She says she needs more time , but we know she is lying . |
| 26 | Afterwards she spent more time than usual on her appearance , determined that from now on she would stop behaving like some Victorian miss with the vapours . |
| 27 | Who requires more time ? |
| 28 | The poorest families who spent more time at home , like the unemployed , were having anything up to £35 per week from their Social Security Benefits deducted and paid direct to the fuel companies to cover fuel debts . |
| 29 | One regular was just thankful there was someone who spent more time in the pub than him . |
| 30 | She needed more time — time to think , time to weigh up the consequences . |