Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adj] [pron] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did you do all your time in the Met , or did you start up north ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ If Father agreed , I 'd spend half my time with you . |
| 3 | She disliked Milan 's climate and saw no reason why she should spend all her time in that city merely because her husband needed to be there for business . |
| 4 | For citizens can not spend all their time being nationalists : they have to take time off to be members of families , producers , local government councillors and the like . |
| 5 | Harry can not accept the fact that she has activities and commitments that do not directly relate to him , and keeps up a constant pressure on her to give up her job so that they can spend all their time together . |
| 6 | They should neither remain aloof from what goes on in life , nor should they spend all their time solving industrial problems . |
| 7 | The evidence certainly suggests that full-time training officers , who can spend all their time on training , are rare . |
| 8 | The other is that draughtsmen do not spend all their time actually drawing . |
| 9 | Debbie was upset that they did n't spend all their time here with her . ’ |
| 10 | She felt that she was longing more than ever for it to end so that she and John could spend all their time together . |
| 11 | Individuals could spend all their time at work or play . |
| 12 | We certainly set it because if the kids do spend all their time doing these demonstration experiments they 're sure to get bored — life is like that . |
| 13 | I would spend all my time trying to capture this place on paper . |
| 14 | So I did not spend all my time peering upwards , searching the skies for those rumoured golden eagles . |
| 15 | I would spend all my time out there if I could . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't spend all my time down in London ! |
| 17 | If art and preferences went hand in hand , we would spend all our time listening to only the most ‘ artistic ’ music . |
| 18 | We did n't spend all our time looking anxiously . |
| 19 | I wish you were my brother , then we could spend all our time together ! ’ |
| 20 | Even the written word , by conjuring up the Eliot tone of voice , could express this kind of humorous gravity , for example , his remark in the ‘ Dialogue on Dramatic Poetry ’ that ‘ we can not spend all our time reading large philosophical works ’ . |
| 21 | He would spend all his time with well-to-do society people , though he had n't got their sort of money . |
| 22 | If the pack has become too big and unmanageable , the dominant male must spend all his time trying to control it . |
| 23 | Of course , Preston did not spend all his time looking out for the holes . |
| 24 | He should not spend all his time on a few only of the questions . |
| 25 | You can not spend all your time cooking and cleaning and working . |
| 26 | Even when you do start going out with someone special , do n't spend ALL your time with them . |
| 27 | There is much to see and enjoy in town but you could spend all your time walking through the Tatra National Park where there are hundreds of miles of paths and breathtaking views . |
| 28 | " I trust you will not spend all your time hunting , Madame Sherman , " he added , smiling for the first time . |
| 29 | Would you spend all your time preparing food ? |
| 30 | The band does n't occupy all our time , but we 're alive and we 're well ; I spoke to David a few weeks ago , and we 're trying to juggle the schedules to go into the studio early next year . ’ |