Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adj] time on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eddie Heley , Maintenance Fitter , was given £10 for an idea that could reduced wear and save down time on Axminster looms by fitting hardened brushes to the sneck sleeve bracket . |
| 2 | The local doc — the guy who 'd helped save Andy after he almost died under the ice all those years earlier — was on holiday at the time and there was a locum , a deputising doctor in charge of the practice , except from what the locals muttered later it seemed he 'd treated his stay in Strathspeld as a holiday , too , and spent more time on river banks with a rod in his hands than at bedsides toting a stethoscope . |
| 3 | In maths and language they were less distracted and spent more time on work and routine activities , although in art the pattern was reversed : older children were more often distracted and did less work . |
| 4 | She knelt beside me , saying nothing , and tapped three times on my back ; I had to resist the urge to ask in a Boris Karloff voice : ‘ Is there anybody there ? ’ |
| 5 | The thought patterns allow me to erm put down what I wanted to talk about , expand on it and at the same time break it down into areas and on the other and spend some time on each area . |
| 6 | Thus for many families there is no choice but to spend some time on income support . |