Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [pos pn] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He should have a say in how the guest speakers use their time at the event : should they meet the press or the mayor , where can they go for a bit of peace and quiet , even reassurance , and so on . |
| 2 | Where Richardson wrote his novels , and his heroines their letters , in little closets removed from the public eye , Jane Austen and her heroines spend their time in parlours which are anything but private . |
| 3 | It is surprising how many people waste their time in class by not concentrating , and then have to go over the same ground again at home . |
| 4 | Especially in polygynous species , males that fail to win a breeding territory spend their time on the fringes of the breeding population and often show high mortality . |
| 5 | He and Victoria divide their time between their apartment in Manhattan and a luxury home in Beverly Hills , which houses an impressive collection of 20th Century art — his passion . |
| 6 | These pupils divide their time between the special unit and the ordinary classroom . |
| 7 | Those who have Rights of Common would receive an Equivalent for those Rights ; and even the Cottagers living on the Borders of the Forest , who , by our Information , at present waste their Time in pilfering in the Woods , would find useful Employment , from the Demand for Labour which the Inclosure and Improvement of the Wastes would create , and might perhaps be led to Habits of Industry . |