Example sentences of "[verb] most [prep] his time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nurturing this side of the business — with dramatic success — has occupied most of his time for the past 10 years . |
| 2 | if it is considered that the information content is of paramount importance then it is valid to so construct a resource centre that every student may spend most of his time wired up to a dial-access system so that all he need do is dial a number , press a button and then sit passively absorbing what he sees on a screen and hears in his headphones … |
| 3 | Franklin always resented the Department being saddled with so much debt at a time of falling revenue , but the Coronations dominated most of his time as Manager . |
| 4 | Barber served most of his time , however , with Mrs Hannah Clarke , a widow who continued her husband 's printing business at Thames Street . |
| 5 | He said yesterday that as Mr Dignum spent most of his time looking after the stores , which include the troubled Silo chain in America , the move ‘ reflects the reality of the situation which has existed for some time ’ . |
| 6 | Endill spent most of his time running around the house , hunting for things to explore . |
| 7 | He spent most of his time searching through magazines , picture books and newspapers , hoping to find some clue as to what had happened to his mother and father . |
| 8 | Mr Morraine spent most of his time dusting his collection of strange-looking rocks and stones he had sent to him from all over the world . |
| 9 | By all accounts Blake was a very quiet person who did not join in any of the usual university activities and spent most of his time reading about Russia and its people . |
| 10 | It was true Dudley spent most of his time at court and it was also true that he was one of the Queen 's favourites , but surely such was the path to wealth and advancement . |
| 11 | He spent most of his time watching the fishermen at work , and wrote with enthusiasm about having made friends with a family of ‘ three brothers , each surpassing the other in beauty ’ and the Spanish wife of one of them , ‘ yellow skin like a magnolia and hair black as moonshine . |
| 12 | He spent most of his time in the prison hospital , being dried out . |
| 13 | Their father was a cabman and spent most of his time waiting for fares outside the Railway Station , the horse-drawn cabs being owned by Ivamy 's of Milford Street . |
| 14 | He preached his last sermon at Collin Wood , near the River Ayr , and spent most of his time in prayer . |
| 15 | Errol Flynn claimed to have spent at least 13,000 nights in the arms of one women or another and although he was married three times , he spent most of his time away from his wives and children . |
| 16 | Days passed and Jack spent most of his time at the hospital . |
| 17 | He spent most of his time in the kitchens , among blue neon flytraps and steaming silver vats . |
| 18 | The male parent , having chased away the female , spent most of his time in the nest , swishing about to ensure a constant flow of oxygenated water over the eggs . |
| 19 | Overjoyed at having a recognised part to play , he taught the Scriptures , but spent most of his time assisting the poor and the ailing . |
| 20 | He returned home only for a week or so each month and spent most of his time in his bathroom , which contained a colour television , telephones and a fully stocked cocktail bar . |
| 21 | The combination of duties proved to be more than one man could perform , and Weir , in short , neglected his duties in the regality court and in fact spent most of his time in Rutherglen , where his family resided . |
| 22 | It seems likely that as small children they stayed in the relative security of England while Henry spent most of his time abroad , immersed in what was always to be the central concern of his life , governing his continental dominions . |
| 23 | He spent most of his time in this one spot for he was a cripple . |
| 24 | Frank spent most of his time with his blindfold down or under his blanket , Brian and I read and exchanged ideas , plans and insults . |
| 25 | Orcadai was C'zinsit 's elder brother , and spent most of his time travelling from fief to fief , overseeing the military training of conscripts and inspecting the condition of arms and equipment . |
| 26 | Although Sulivan bought an estate at Ponsbourne in Hertfordshire , he spent most of his time in London , living for many years in a house in Queen 's Square . |
| 27 | His role was ill-defined except to himself and other members of his union , but he spent most of his time carting scenery around and moving heavy props into position . |
| 28 | ‘ He was a mining engineer and spent most of his time abroad South Africa , India , Burma … |
| 29 | Shaw spent most of his time on organization and records ; he was rarely involved directly in inquiries but he had been a first-class man on the ground . |
| 30 | James saw G P when he was up in Glasgow last week — he seems to have had a brilliant trip , and spent most of his time in Chile . |