Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [det] time in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both the Royal College and childbirth groups agree that consultant obstetricians should spend more time in the labour ward helping junior staff . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've told her she must spend less time in the prop room . ’ . |
| 3 | Otherwise , the patient might spend some time in a private nursing home , possibly paid for by the State . |
| 4 | It 'll now run at the same time as his main sentence and means he 'll spend less time in jail . |
| 5 | Estimates suggest that between a fifth and a quarter of children may spend some time in a one-parent family . |
| 6 | Those waiting to fire would receive first aid instruction , and then afterwards everyone would spend some time in the gas chamber wearing NBC kit . |
| 7 | I would spend more time in Aunt Emily 's except that Dora does n't like it . |
| 8 | In modern viticultural establishments the grafts will spend some time in hot-room callusing boxes to develop a protective skin or callus over the grafting wound before they are planted into the nursery beds , and finally into the vineyard the following season . |
| 9 | Now with the motorcycles they spend less time travelling and they can spend more time in the villages doing their educational and health work . |
| 10 | Unfortunately I am tied up for the next month or so with filming commitments , but I hope we can arrange some time in July . |