Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adj] [prep] his time " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Instead , he 'd spend much of his time penning captions and headlines . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 … |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He must devote some of his time to administrative , consultative or post-operative duties too . |