Example sentences of "[verb] much [prep] her time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her mother , Juanita Beckett , daughter of a brigadier-general and granddaughter of a field marshal , was an enthusiastic but not especially talented pianist , and devoted much of her time to practising a particularly thunderous rendition of Sibelius 's Valse Triste . |
| 2 | Lady Franklin , a ‘ lioness of a woman ’ with a lively sense of curiosity and a keen intelligence , devoted much of her time to promoting the visual arts in the infant colony , and took an avid interest in Mrs Gould 's work for her husband . |
| 3 | Robyn continued to give much of her time and emotional energy to the |
| 4 | Now she had become a pensioner she had been able to give up work as a midwife , and she spent much of her time on her allotment : |
| 5 | She lived in Quay Street , Saltcoats and for as long as she was able to do so , spent much of her time around the harbour , conversing with the sailors amongst whom she had spent her life . |
| 6 | She was never given any form of education , and spent much of her time secluded with her two sisters and her aunt , the Duchess of Rothesay . |
| 7 | Lewis Carroll 's Alice spent much of her time , in the perplexity of early puberty , trying to find out who she was : ‘ Who in the world am I ? ’ |
| 8 | The Walks were forbidden to the villagers and in the final few weeks of pregnancy , Tamar spent much of her time strolling there , in such complete seclusion that she felt cut off from civilisation . |
| 9 | Marian spent much of her time either in the Union Building or in the Department 's Library in their house in the Orchards . |
| 10 | She spent much of her time in Swahili-land , where she met the poet and scholar Muhammad Kijumwa al-Bakry , who provided her with manuscripts and information about the language and literature of the Swahili-speaking people . |
| 11 | Perhaps , but Sibylle — who admits that she positively enjoyed much of her time in the Hitler Youth — believes that the ordinary man and woman in the street was n't by inclination a resistance fighter . |
| 12 | At the local community level , Ms Urizio has devoted much of her time to working with a grassroots action group in an underprivileged area of Rome . |
| 13 | She has devoted much of her time to bringing up three children and is the only person to classify herselfas a housewife in her reply . |
| 14 | ‘ We sha n't take much of her time , ’ David promised . |
| 15 | Until they moved to Coniston in 1801 she did not have a settled home , spending much of her time visiting friends in London , Shirley , and Bath . |
| 16 | By 1969 Laura was spending much of her time poring over old books — the endpapers of novels were a rich source of small prints as were old plates , teapots , and patchwork quilts , in fact anything that caught her eye in a variety of odd shops . |
| 17 | For Dawn has spent much of her time in recent weeks on a woman-watching exercise . |
| 18 | She gave much of her time and energy to everything in which she became involved . |
| 19 | Extremely generous and dutiful , Winifred Holtby sacrificed much of her time and energy to her friends and family ( she later likened her life to ‘ a clear stream which has simply reflected other people 's stories and problems ’ ) . |
| 20 | Married for 31 years , Miss Clark spends much of her time at her flat in London 's Knightsbridge , while Mr Wollf , who is also her manager , lives at their home in Paris . |
| 21 | Also at the awards , Myfanwy James , a 15 year old , who spends much of her time helping her mother , Christina who 's partially blind . |
| 22 | She can no longer walk unaided , she needs round the clock care and spends much of her time in a wheelchair . |
| 23 | Joanne , who is looking for a job after taking a course in leisure and recreation management , spends much of her time playing water polo , with the accent heavily on marksmanship . |
| 24 | My daughter , Dr Ann Mitchell , who got her PhD at Heriot-Watt University in microbiology , spends much of her time in the Caquita Medio region of the Columbian Amazon , living and working with the Uitoto y Muinane Indians observing their healing techniques and categorising and collecting plant specimens . |