Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she was not travelling round the world , Miss Hayes lived at Nyack or spent time with her adopted son , James , who became known to television viewers as detective Dan Williams on the series Hawaii Five-O . |
| 2 | Will often visited Lord Southampton , but sometimes we went on tour with the company , or spent time at home in Stratford . |
| 3 | Then he took a job with an American firm that sold time on its computers to outsiders . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He went to Haarlem and spent time with his sister Wil , walking about with her but not confiding anything . |
| 6 | She specialised in tax and spent time as a manager at Edelman 's Croydon office . |
| 7 | Children particularly who knew him well , and spent time in his company , invariably recall his ease of manner with them and his absorption in their pursuits . |
| 8 | He played the bagpipes at John Kennedy 's funeral , performed in front of the Queen at Balmoral and spent time in America with Glen Campbell , performing at the Las Vegas Hilton . |
| 9 | Ngugi is unimpressed by much of this ‘ progress ’ ; he has been an outspoken critic of the Kenyan Government and spent time in jail as result . |
| 10 | John McCarthy , Terry Waite , Jackie Mann and spent time in a special unit where Dr Turnbull helped them come to terms with what had happened to them . |