Example sentences of "[to-vb] most [prep] [pron] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | and I do prefer to work on the er on a personal recommendations or referrals basis because that actually allows me to , to devote most of my time to my current clients without having to go out cold calling and looking for people . |
| 2 | This allows the cathedral organist to devote most of his time to directing the choir , whilst the assistant or scholar provides the organ accompaniment . |
| 3 | But I 'll tell you this much : she 'll have to spend most of her time with you 'cos I could n't put up with her round me feet all day . ’ |
| 4 | mother used to spend most of her time in the local when she did come and er |
| 5 | Their education , he said , was irrelevant to their duties , their poverty such that they had to spend most of their time keeping body and soul together . |
| 6 | The animal was thought to have many tentacles and to spend most of its time sleeping . |
| 7 | But Herbert was my greatest friend , and we used to spend most of our time with each other . |
| 8 | Not while the old man was here anyway , and he seems to spend most of his time sitting on the wall doing nothing in particular . ’ |
| 9 | The owner of Redi-Hot , who seemed to spend most of his time reading a guide book , told Mr and Mrs Wordmaster , who looked suitably impressed , that Thunder Bay , one of Canada 's largest ports , was at the far west end of the St Lawrence-Great Lakes seaway and should really be called what the locals called it , The Lakehead . |
| 10 | Only in bed could he find any ease , and he started to spend most of his time there . |
| 11 | He used to spend most of his time in Finland . ’ |
| 12 | The family moved to London in 1897 , and Rosenberg was educated at the Baker Street Board School in Stepney , where his natural gift for both drawing and writing so impressed the headmaster that he allowed him to spend most of his time on them . |
| 13 | Rafiq , for example , who had not changed out of the grubby overalls that he had been wearing on the day of Robert 's interview , seemed to spend most of his time painting the walls of his classroom . |
| 14 | Apart from not wanting to spend most of his time in America , Crawford felt that making so many episodes would sound the death-knell for Frank . |
| 15 | The alternative , however , is to spend most of his time in his cell . |
| 16 | During my visit to Proctor and Gamble I expected to spend most of my time listening to smart women complain about having their key strokes counted . |
| 17 | I 'm outgoing , I enjoy being active and I like to spend most of my time — when I 'm not studying marine biology — scuba diving . |
| 18 | ‘ I seem to spend most of my time at meetings these days . ’ |
| 19 | There 's not a great deal for me to say , but I seem to spend most of my time on stage . |
| 20 | These days you seem to spend most of your time in the States . ’ |
| 21 | Whenever it was Charlie 's turn to spend four days in the advance trenches his section seemed to occupy most of their time filling their billycans with pints of water , as they struggled to bail out the gallons that dropped daily from the heavens . |