Example sentences of "they [verb] all [pron] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They should neither remain aloof from what goes on in life , nor should they spend all their time solving industrial problems . |
| 2 | ‘ They served all their time and then there was just no future for them . |
| 3 | As far as the organisation of their work was concerned , only four said that they spent all their time with the ‘ named ’ child , half worked with other special needs children or undertook general duties and 92 per cent said they also worked with normal children . |
| 4 | They spent all their time travelling round the British Isles , visiting auctions and antique shops , following hints and rumours , searching for more and more relics of their idols . |
| 5 | They spent all their time together , as country people do once they are engaged . |
| 6 | In our half-hour chat , I meet Little Brother ( ‘ He always comes in when you want to shag your girlfriend ’ ) ; the Gits ( ‘ They like looking through the obituaries and camping out next to accident black spots ’ ) ; Lee and Lance ( ‘ a couple of garage owners , they spend all their time putting Garfield stickers on cars ’ ) ; and Euro-Man ( ‘ as far as he 's concerned , the Euro-Parliament is just one big Amsterdam squat ’ ) . |
| 7 | They spend all their time surrounded by nature and the one thing nature does n't do is lie . |