Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [vb past] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had a brilliant technical mind but found little time for people . |
| 2 | At the weekend she had visited her parents ' home and spent some time with her sister , Jennifer , but she had found that she had been unable to tell them about David Markham . |
| 3 | He had lost his job and spent some time in bail hostels in Darlington and Northallerton . |
| 4 | Category 1 again contains the barn owl and short-eared owl but joined this time by the snowy owl . |
| 5 | Mrs Edwards 's former next-door neighbour , Ruth Duncan , called to see her every day and spent some time with her on Monday evening , leaving about 9pm . |
| 6 | Mr Mansell , the first Indy-500 rookie to finish the full distance in 23 years , at one point drove past his pit and lost valuable time . |
| 7 | I then tried to deduce the events of the previous night and discovered some time later that I had been raped by force by XYZ who had been on the mini bus and followed me home . |
| 8 | No later Turkish author really deals with the problem except Ismail Belig , who , in his article on Molla Yegan , states that the latter succeeded Molla Fenari as muderris at the Manastir medrese in 771/1369–70 and as kadi of Bursa in 822/1419 when Molla Fenari went on the pilgrimage and spent some time in Egypt on his return . |
| 9 | In this scenario , the Diet took a subordinate role only until the socialist and communist parties accepted the system of liberal democracy and spent less time arguing for an alternative . |
| 10 | He bought a white 1964 Rover 2.6 Litre and spent much time speeding between Morrissey 's Kensington pad Manchester . |
| 11 | Aqib , 20 , visibly upset by the decision , appeared to exchange words with the umpire and took some time before continuing his over . |
| 12 | He had had a good idea for a story the previous lesson and spent much time preparing a detailed picture to start it off . |
| 13 | In 1918 he was shot in the knee while on a bombing raid and spent some time in hospital before being awarded an army scholarship , which enabled him to complete his studies at the City and Guilds College , London . |
| 14 | On Monday morning he registered the death and spent some time with Shrimpton — the lawyer — his father 's accountant , and the bank manager . |