Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [pron] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three-quarters of the store 's 164 staff , half of them full time , will lose their jobs . |
| 2 | Develop for half of your normal time then place it quickly into the stop bath . |
| 3 | Develop for half of your normal time then place it quickly into the stop bath . |
| 4 | The only difference was that they now spent some of their free time together , thus giving her even more opportunities to fall more and more deeply in love with him . |
| 5 | So so that 's I 'll give you some of them this time |
| 6 | This is all the time there is for Private Members ' Bills unless , as occasionally happens , the government takes them over and allots some of its own time to them . |
| 7 | However , when that same individual is observed spending some of its vital time and energy budget assisting others to survive or rear their young the logic of Darwin 's theory would suppose it to be engaged in activities that would tend to lower its biological fitness . |
| 8 | Some of our precious time spent at Low Birk Hatt is taken up by a steady stream of Hannah 's admirers , making a pilgrimage to a place they know so well from the television programmes and books . |
| 9 | Having spent some of my limited time pouring over heavy ( in weight ) ‘ how to paint ’ library books , and investing in impulse art book buys , I find articles by I am Simpson , Robin Stemp , Jenny Webb and many others a simple joy for a struggling amateur . |
| 10 | However , since some information about his project seems to have leaked out , Dr. Briant has kindly consented to give some of his valuable time to an explanation of the work he is doing . ’ |
| 11 | There had to be when they were working together , worshipping tripping over one another in their free time , perhaps even sharing a house . |
| 12 | She was not unduly concerned about the murdered woman but was reminded that Camille spent much of her spare time slouching along the canal banks , sometimes in company , sometimes , she greatly feared , alone . |
| 13 | FOR 25 years Marjorie MacRae has devoted much of her spare time to the teaching of Scottish country dancing . |
| 14 | Much of her spare time is spent acting as secretary to her husband , who is Deputy President ( Technical ) of the B.A.G.A. The rare weekend not taken up with Medau or Gymnastics sees them both actively pursuing their other hobby — rambling ! |
| 15 | Much of her spare time is taken up acting as Paul 's secretary for gymnastics with the occasional game of badminton and tennis thrown in ! |
| 16 | She spends much of her free time with boyfriend Andy , 23 , who works as a forklift truck driver . |
| 17 | A devoutly religious person , she has arranged for our interview to take place in the church where she spends much of her free time , in advance of today 's Good Friday service . |
| 18 | She gave much of her own time to helping those encountering problems with their studies through individual tuition at her home , frequently during the summer months in preparation for autumn courses . |
| 19 | Nonetheless Count Christoph Douglas , head of Sotheby 's in Germany , declared that he has ‘ complete confidence in Berlin ’ as a location and with the level and amount of bidding at the sale , some of it keenly fought and much of it this time conducted by telephone . |
| 20 | If you find that this is taking up too much of your valuable time , or causes disruption when your wages clerk is ill or on holiday — have a look at how Midland can help . |
| 21 | All three offices are extremely arduous and take up much of your free time . |
| 22 | If you find that drawing pattern sheets take up too much of your precious time for knitting there are several people who supply ‘ ready to read ’ cards . |
| 23 | For fifteen years I 've spent much of my spare time scrabbling and grovelling about in the mud and gravels of our upland waterways . |
| 24 | I am so pleased with the Elna ; I began making my bedroom curtains some time ago , but had to steel myself and put them away , as the ‘ British Biographies ’ book was exerting great pressure to keep to its schedule and I had to work on it in much of my spare time . |
| 25 | Both of us have full day-time employment which is also fairly demanding of much of our spare time . |
| 26 | We decided that we would like to spend much of our available time in the far north , beyond the Arctic Circle so , taking turns at driving and stopping only for fuel and occasional snacks , we thrashed on up the ‘ spine ’ of Norway through spectacular mountain scenery to Trondheim . |
| 27 | Howard : Howard is a keen walker , spending much of his spare time climbing in the hills and tramping through mud and running streams . |
| 28 | He spends as much of his spare time as possible with his family , and enjoys caravanning and home wine-making . |
| 29 | Kurt Weinburg , evacuated to Cornwall with his school , was active in the Boy Scouts , spending much of his spare time on salvage collections . |
| 30 | He had spent much of his spare time working on a theory for the formation of atmospheric depressions and decided to devote all his time to it ; he resigned from the Meteorological Office to become a graduate student at Imperial College . |