Example sentences of "[adv] be [verb] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | His wish had been granted , but he had only been given more time to experience cruel and unabated pain . |
| 2 | The list had obviously been printed some time before . |
| 3 | Thanks so very much for getting me Bloomfield 's annotated NT , vol I. I 'm delighted to have it , and have just been spending some time revisiting a few cruces to see what explanations are offered . |
| 4 | Firstly , you will probably be spending more time at home , so items like heating and lighting are liable to be costlier . |
| 5 | As you 'll probably be spending more time in the living area , this will be your starting point . |
| 6 | It did n't take her long to realise that he could n't really be spending much time here . |
| 7 | What I want to do today , what I 've been trying to do today is to spend that time looking at certain aspects of the way the business works , the way you work . |
| 8 | The congregation here was formed some time after 1690 though the present church building only dates from 1879 . |
| 9 | Her sole purpose in being here was to kill some time . |