Example sentences of "[verb] to [verb] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sabin du Loir reverted to hurdling last time out when a disappointing fourth to Nodform at Ascot . |
| 2 | Sabin du Loir reverted to hurdling last time out when a disappointing fourth to Nodform at Ascot . |
| 3 | I took to spending more time with my mother again , rather than shutting myself up in my caravan . |
| 4 | She took to spending more time at Bush House , playing for very little except the chance to gossip in her native language . |
| 5 | He took to spending more time than before at the Hankses ' cottage and his relationship with Carrie was an uncomplicated , comfortable one . |
| 6 | At 40 , he knows he 's on the road to fortune and admits to spending more time talking with journalists than working over hot ovens in the kitchen . |