Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [pron] time " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But I must n't let you run away with the impression that I spent all my time lounging around the pool . |
| 2 | You spent all your time wondering ‘ Did I have a freckle there ? ’ |
| 3 | He 'd long ago decided that if you spent all your time listening to what people actually said , you 'd never have time to work out what they meant . |
| 4 | ‘ I suppose you spent all your time playing football . |
| 5 | Annoying when your not pleased with when you spent all your time doing it and then your not pleased with it . |
| 6 | We used all our time , we ended up having to pay in the end . |
| 7 | We spent all our time rewriting the NCC drafts , keeping their improvements , which we accepted were valuable , but mainly restoring our original wording . |
| 8 | ‘ They served all their time and then there was just no future for them . |
| 9 | As far as the organisation of their work was concerned , only four said that they spent all their time with the ‘ named ’ child , half worked with other special needs children or undertook general duties and 92 per cent said they also worked with normal children . |
| 10 | They spent all their time travelling round the British Isles , visiting auctions and antique shops , following hints and rumours , searching for more and more relics of their idols . |
| 11 | They spent all their time together , as country people do once they are engaged . |
| 12 | She paused and added thoughtfully , ‘ It 's strange , but although I 've stayed down here a lot I 've never met him , but perhaps that 's because his wife was an invalid and he devoted all his time to her . |
| 13 | Nowadays , he spent all his time and a lot of his money entertaining . |
| 14 | To hear Mario talk about him , Brawner was one of those woolly American health freaks : suffering from chronic asthma he spent half his time talking about pollen counts and his symptoms . |
| 15 | He worked he worked all his time on the island apart from the time he was in the army . |
| 16 | It took all his time to wash and shave . |