Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adj] [prep] [pos pn] time " in BNC.

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1 Made them look old before their time .
2 I hoped that Herta would spend some of her time playing with the little Wirthses .
3 Children with a very severe mental or physical handicap can spend some of their time at special schools or residential centres , but once they reach adulthood facilities are often no longer available .
4 And of such professors , how many would rest content with the conclusion that Pound reached in 1918 : ‘ A critic must spend some of his time asking questions — which perhaps no one can answer .
5 Without wishing to detract from the impact of the number of dogs put to sleep weekly by the RSPCA , it must be realised that this number would be much higher if vets themselves did not also spend much of their time carrying out euthanasia .
6 Obviously the leaders of major organisations can not spend much of their time in schools , but their occasional visits would complement the very valuable support which can be given on a regular and consistent basis by businesses and people who work within them .
7 Ironically , in some cultures ( e.g. UK ) , many of these people will spend much of their time complaining about the very structure and rationality they were seeking .
8 But most students will spend much of their time working in the college library , study centre or some other room set aside for quiet study ( i.e. not the refectory or student union ) .
9 Domestic cats left to fend for themselves in the wild would still spend much of their time asleep , and conserve their energy for hunting at dawn and dusk .
10 Instead , he 'd spend much of his time penning captions and headlines .
11 In a typical week , the field man will spend much of his time in routine inspection and monitoring by sampling river water , industrial and farm discharges and occasionally groundwater supplies .
12 Not only will the Yorkshireman spend much of his time getting to know his charges , he also expects to play the odd game or two and his experience should prove invaluable .
13 ‘ I do n't spend much of my time with the other caddies , Inspector .
14 These are necessary and you can not spend all of your time studying .
15 Now , as the rather skimpy Consciousness and Behaviour outlines , psychologists are having to face the fact that most people do n't spend most of their time behaving like witless rats .
16 Thus children in a primary school will spend most of their time with the same teacher in any one year , while secondary school pupils will be taught by a variety of different teachers .
17 In any case , she would spend most of her time on deck .
18 Cos she 's gon na spend most of her time with Dave and the people living with
19 You must spend most of your time commuting ? ’
20 Right , do n't spend most of your time trying to come to grips with something that you just do n't understand .
21 if it is considered that the information content is of paramount importance then it is valid to so construct a resource centre that every student may spend most of his time wired up to a dial-access system so that all he need do is dial a number , press a button and then sit passively absorbing what he sees on a screen and hears in his headphones …
22 Freddie took my few belongings up to the garret where I was to sleep and spend most of my time until the baby was born .
23 Playing a leading role in all aspects of new production developments — from conception through to commissioning and post-operational servicing — is the project engineering department , which will this year dedicate much of its time and expertise to the installation of capital plant and equipment .
24 From April 1987 ( after a year in which he acted as Deputy Director of the Polytechnic ) he was redeployed as Assistant Director and Dean of the Modular Course on the assumption that he would have half of his time from September 1987 available for Course administration .
25 ‘ We sha n't take much of her time , ’ David promised .
26 You did n't get that in my time .
27 He must devote some of his time to administrative , consultative or post-operative duties too .
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