Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adj] time [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elections to the 450-seat National Assembly were postponed following the Assembly 's decision on July 5 to extend its five-year mandate by a further year , in order to provide more time for it to study improvements to the one-party state . |
| 2 | We will want to give adequate time to them to share their experiences and insights . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , Tommy , you know that Betty and Doris do n't get the chance to waste much time under you . |
| 4 | In order to restore more time for you to be able to talk to your friends and socialise , an idea has been put forward that Q.T. notes could be prepared in advance of Q.T. day . |
| 5 | For many teachers the self-appraisal failed to be a major event , either because they were not required to participate in any review activities or because they were unable or unwilling to devote much time to it . |
| 6 | I seem to have more time for her than I had with them , and I still do my housework and all the washing . |
| 7 | In a low and antagonistic frame of mind she accepted that Ace was never going to have any time for her . |
| 8 | Even Tony was anxious for Joe to spend some time with him and Helen , and to show off his new car . |
| 9 | It will be nice to spend some time with him too — often the week goes by and we hardly have a chance to talk . |
| 10 | ‘ I wanted to spend some time with you , and I rather doubted if you 'd be susceptible to an offer of a weekend in Paris . |
| 11 | I hope my duties will allow me to spend some time with you , but I will be attending this evening 's Red Rose Rally and I look forward to seeing you there . |
| 12 | ‘ But it is so naive that it seems unlikely the politicians will want to spend much time on it , ’ says Jean Rankine , the museum 's deputy director . |
| 13 | And reflecting this unease , the visiting valets and footmen appeared to regard one another with marked coldness and my own staff were rather glad to be too busy to spend much time with them . |
| 14 | Norman Lamont 's family says it does n't want to spend more time with him . |
| 15 | Instead of asking Robert to spend more time with her at the weekends , she blamed him for being absent when something quite minor happened to one of the children . |
| 16 | ‘ You ought , ’ said Emma softly , ‘ to spend more time with her . |
| 17 | I may plea with her to spend more time with me , but finally she chooses . |
| 18 | Further , although half were involved in general inspection few advisers wanted to spend more time on it ( again senior staff were the exception ) . |
| 19 | For Davidson , the cost in terms of senior management time has to be looked on as ‘ an investment : you ca n't afford to spend less time on it . |