Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] much time " in BNC.
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| 1 | As well as their daily pint of fresh milk taken in one form or another , if they can be encouraged to cook themselves some fresh green and root vegetables several times a week , so much the better , but these menus are designed primarily for old people who dislike spending much time on the preparation of their food and are unlikely to be persuaded past a certain point of effort . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't think we 've got much time . ’ |
| 3 | No I should n't think the Chinese have got much time for that sort of approach to life . |
| 4 | Yet Barclays and Lloyds have spent much time and energy privately rubbishing Switch , in efforts to promote their own debit cards . |
| 5 | It is a tribute to the importance of her personality that her advisers have spent much time on her image . |
| 6 | Sociologists and political scientists have devoted much time to developing a variety of theories on the determination of public sector expenditure . |
| 7 | We 've hardly managed to touch on prisons at all , or though , although , I know that we have amongst us hundred people who er , who are , are responsible for and er and have dedicated much time to working in prisons and I do n't know whether there is sufficient people here qualified to comment or not whether the prisons do a good job , so I 'll ask some one who 's bound to be a slightly partial Audrey , there 's only one women 's prison as some one said earlier , now your an ex-governor , now is that right ? |