Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [noun] ['s] time " in BNC.
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1 | Because it 's open seven days a week , the restaurant claims much of Sally 's time , but whenever she has a chance , she goes riding with her daughters , Jemma-Jane , now ten , and Abigail , 12 , around the leafy Cotswold lanes . |
2 | From about 1864 on , much of Marx 's time and energy was spent in connection with the setting up of the international association of working men , the first International . |
3 | Henry died twelve days later , and much of Eliot 's time during the two months he stayed in the United States was spent in winding up his affairs . |
4 | It is her garden that now absorbs much of C.Z. 's time and it was a logical step for Bowles and photographer Pamela Hanson to use it as a setting for their fashion story ( p 162 ) , highlighting some of the key ideas for the season . |
5 | Obviously there is a very delicate balance between erm demanding too much of people 's time in consulting and talking with you , and not involving them at all , and you have to be very sensitive to how much time people are prepared to give and how much they want to be involved in something . |
6 | At length Mrs Goreng terminated proceedings by saying , ‘ Well , we have taken up too much of Monsignor 's time already . ’ |
7 | Almost all of Bailey 's time now is spent with commercials , and he wants to move into feature films . |
8 | Yet even more of parliament 's time was occupied dispensing justice in response to petitions from the king 's subjects on all manner of grievances . |
9 | The school will want more of parents ' time , attention and money . |
10 | He wanted more of DeFries ' time as well and the more DeFries saw things going on that he did n't like , the less time he wanted to put in to both of them . |
11 | Getting rid of that backlog is the Holy Grail of programming ; not surprisingly , New World is occupying more of Softwright 's time . |
12 | Gradually his scientific interests took less of Dresser 's time . |
13 | Most of Gould 's time on this first brief visit to Yarrundi was spent in pursuit of one particular bird — the Menura or lyre-bird that abounded in the cedar brush on the slopes of the Liverpool Range . |
14 | Nowadays , it 's the Pet Care Helpline which takes up most of Christine 's time and she has no plans of stopping . |
15 | Most of Leapor 's time at Weston Hall and Edgcote House would obviously have been spent working . |
16 | During most of Charman 's time with the group , the bond between them had been very strong . |