Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adj] time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He spent much time visiting most states of the Union and acting as a super salesman for Iran . |
| 2 | He spent more time hanging out at Jacqueline 's flat . |
| 3 | The chancellor would do well if he spent more time worrying about whether New York 's children are learning the three Rs — subjects in which they are sadly deficient . ’ |
| 4 | Soon Gabrielle learned to leave him alone in his despair , and he spent more time playing darts and billiards at a Battersea pub . |
| 5 | If he spent less time jetting around on EC business and more solving Britain 's problems , perhaps a lot more people would have jobs , too . |
| 6 | He spent some time expressing his preference , for tactical reasons , for smaller neutron bombs before developing his argument . |
| 7 | Hanna was very interested in our latest developments for vertical take-off and Mickie says he spent some time discussing this subject with her . |
| 8 | He spent some time climbing about and peering in all directions . |
| 9 | Lacking political support , Collor turned to the courts to question the legality of the impeachment process while claiming that he needed more time to prepare his defence against the corruption charges . |
| 10 | Cec was a clever , goalscoring inside or centre-forward although , as his career records show , he took some time to come to terms with the standard required in Division Two of the Football League . |
| 11 | What he saw this time surprised him . |
| 12 | He had little time to see them , to know them ; like others ' children , they were left to a nurse and Mrs Gracie . |
| 13 | In any event he had little time to give careful immediate consideration to the letter ; he merely wrote a short reply pressing Balfour to reconsider his position . |
| 14 | He reckoned he had enough time to see Maidstone , then get down to the pensione and change before making his way back up to the Vomero again . |
| 15 | , because unusually he had sufficient time to compose and measure his shot . |
| 16 | From his youth , says Bishop Buckeridge , ‘ he was totally addicted to the study of good letters ’ , and at Merchant Taylors School ‘ he accounted that time lost that he spent not on his studies , arising at four o'clock in the morning , and studying late into the night ’ . |