Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] time [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I had this instinct that you 'd have a better chance if you first spent some time with me — ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I spent some time with him after he drove back into the pit-lane and he was very categorical about his decision : ‘ It is simply not worth it , ’ he said . |
| 4 | Niall spent some time with him , making him more comfortable and generally trying to reassure him . ’ |
| 5 | When Mrs Reynolds came to visit her husband , the staff nurse spent some time with them both explaining what they should expect immediately after the operation and she arranged for Mrs Reynolds to telephone the ward the following afternoon . |
| 6 | Most subjects initially interpreted ‘ before the black-robed judge ’ to be a prepositional phrase meaning ‘ in front of the judge ’ and were surprised by the word ‘ entered ’ and consequently spent longer time on it . |
| 7 | I believe Vigilant was a better seaboat , but I never served any time on her in adverse conditions to find out . |
| 8 | When they were not , they switched to cockles ( although it took some time for them to learn the technique of shell penetration ) . |
| 9 | They never took proper time over it . ’ |
| 10 | Not got enough time for us |
| 11 | Not surprisingly Ace had little time for her except for her job as fuel technician as the run-up to the race started , but Kate had forgotten the media . |
| 12 | Fowler , who had little time for him , was mildly surprised at his erudition . |
| 13 | School , especially for unskilled youths , was where you learnt that society had little time for you . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't think she had much time for him . |
| 15 | ‘ I never had much time for him when he was young , but I never guessed he 'd do anything as rotten as this ! ’ |
| 16 | She never had much time for me before . ’ |
| 17 | But Lisa had less time for her , and was meeting new people , refining a way of living that even a year ago she would have claimed to despise . |
| 18 | We met next time with me in uniform , and she evacuated with some of her patients to Polegate . |