Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [verb] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She came home in despair and went back to the clinic to work rather than spend the Sunday alone , or try to pass the time with friends . |
| 2 | True ‘ living fossils ’ are really rather rare , and the term can be applied to both simple and highly complex organisms that have outlived the time when the earth was populated with many more of their kind . |
| 3 | He took two pals along with him for company and planned to spend the time snapping rare African wildlife . |
| 4 | and asked to put the time signature in . |
| 5 | He lost his hair through chemotherapy treatment and has spent the time since recovering from the disease , which spread to his lungs . |
| 6 | That relieved me from the embarrassment of having to ask for it in front of the stoical poker-faced brigade of women who often assembled in the shop in their curlers and headsquares to pass the time of day . |
| 7 | All Hewlett-Packard and third-party components that make up the OpenWarehouse are evaluated , lab-tested and integrated to reduce the time it takes to implement it and ensure robust , supportable installations , Hewlett-Packard claims . |
| 8 | All Hewlett-Packard and third-party components that make up the OpenWarehouse are evaluated , lab-tested and integrated to reduce the time it takes to implement it and ensure robust , supportable installations , Hewlett-Packard claims . |
| 9 | He had fled abroad when Mary Tudor succeeded , and had passed the time writing letters of consolation to English Protestants , and , in 1554 , a savage attack on the English government , the Admonition to England . |
| 10 | She apologised of course ; I gathered she 'd been talking quilts with a fellow enthusiast and had forgotten the time . |
| 11 | They escaped the scene of a massacre just a week ago , and have used the time since to come to terms with their ordeal . |
| 12 | If you are a stand-alone system then take advantage of programs like Suitcase and Font/DA Juggler but do take the time to read the manuals otherwise you can end up with a worse problem than you started with . |