Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adj] [prep] [pron] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the new ballet had occupied much of his time and energy , other aspects of life continued . |
| 2 | Nurturing this side of the business — with dramatic success — has occupied most of his time for the past 10 years . |
| 3 | She told Chola she 'd heard from someone in Pere that the bull was ill , and she knew she 'd be able to cure it : she 'd treated hundreds in her time and only one had ever died . |
| 4 | She is a child who has grown old before her time . |
| 5 | Win Morgan smiled with a flash of humour that was rare because she was a woman grown old before her time , worn by the constant pain of her bone ache and wearied by the persistent cough that racked her . |
| 6 | Walter Peckle , the chief clerk , was a young man grown old before his time , with a complexion sallow and unhealthy , sunken cheeks , and eyes which never stopped blinking . |
| 7 | I 've seen two in my time and I think he 's suffered a stroke . ’ |
| 8 | he 's got he 's just got old before his time really has n't he ? |
| 9 | At the local community level , Ms Urizio has devoted much of her time to working with a grassroots action group in an underprivileged area of Rome . |
| 10 | She has devoted much of her time to bringing up three children and is the only person to classify herselfas a housewife in her reply . |
| 11 | For Dawn has spent much of her time in recent weeks on a woman-watching exercise . |
| 12 | The deposed Kuwaiti government established its base in the Saudi mountain resort of Taif , although the Amir and his ministers spent much of their time travelling the world to bolster opposition to the invasion . |
| 13 | The strongest spent much of their time practicing military exercises and hunting on horseback . ’ |
| 14 | As a member of one of the two departments into which the direction politique of the foreign ministry was then divided , he found that he and his colleagues spent much of their time playing draughts and that there was considerable rivalry between the two as to which could make the better " five o'clock tea " . |
| 15 | But over the years , because of the dictates of bank balance and burgeoning family , we have spent much of our time exploring Scotland ; and our love of game fishing has provided a marvellous excuse for tramping moor and mountain in seach of peace , seclusion , and a few wild brown trout . |
| 16 | Mr Husseini , the most senior supporter of the PLO in the occupied territories , has spent much of his time recently trying to prevent the killing of Palestinians suspected of collaborating with the Israeli authorities . |
| 17 | He was soon in demand as a proctor in Rome , where he must have spent much of his time , acting for the clergy of the province of Canterbury and also the bishop of Exeter in 1277 , and for John Peckham [ q.v. ] , archbishop of Canterbury , between 1279 and 1282 . |
| 18 | The hon. Member for Dunfermline , East ( Mr. Brown ) has spent much of his time over the past few months telling industry about his policies . |
| 19 | Indeed they had spent most of their time reassuring each other that , despite all my obvious failings , I was almost capable of looking after myself — under their joint and several supervision . |
| 20 | This critical division , between the " basic " skill of the trade ( on which many male compositors also spent most of their time ) and the " more skilled " processes , was to persist after the " learning " stage , and was much to the employers " advantage . |
| 21 | The miners themselves probably found some sort of lodgings in the area but also spent most of their time living in small draughty shelters or " hutts " built near to their work places only severe weather shifting them down to the valley bottoms . |
| 22 | She told another foreign reporter that she had spent most of her time at the General Staff learning English . |
| 23 | But Madame Zborowska , who seems to have spent most of her time smoothing out the quarrels between the artists , asserted that Modigliani also worked ‘ passionately ’ . |
| 24 | While other members of the Forces , such as John Carrow , had given their lives in liberating Europe , Freddie Nash , with his tact and sociability , had spent most of his time in the Services either in an administrative capacity at Southern Command or in the War Office . |
| 25 | I have to say I must have spent most of my time in the toilets . |
| 26 | When we were students , we had spent most of our time in cafes , arguing , holding hands . |
| 27 | However diverse their origins , this means that they can not be presumed typical of their time ; certainly many wrote their life stories just because they were exceptional . |
| 28 | Keith is known to his colleagues as a quiet man , however he has hidden talents in that he writes poems and has penned many about his time with Rentokil . |
| 29 | A particularly vexing category was the " turnover " : the apprentice who had served most of his time but was not yet a journeyman , and who was snapped up by employers to do a man 's work at a boy 's pay . |
| 30 | And thirdly , he has dedicated some of his time and energy to raising a collection for the poor Christians in Jerusalem . |