Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] spend [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes I continue yesterday 's painting or I start a new work , often it is an idea I have thought about from the studio , or I might spend some time looking through sketch books . |
| 2 | There 's no job in the industry I covet above my own , but I dearly wish I could spend more time designing and less on paperwork . |
| 3 | Well I promised our our Sarah I 'd spend some time with her I ai n't gon na say too much but she does get a bit upset at times |
| 4 | I would spend more time in Aunt Emily 's except that Dora does n't like it . |
| 5 | She supposed that she ought to spend more time at the place , but was always thankful when she was once again on the road back to London . |
| 6 | You may forget about this entirely , or you may spend some time exploring possibilities in a rather inconsequential way . |
| 7 | It is an old piece of advice that if you want to work in an area ( insurance , real estate or food ) you should spend some time working in that area . |
| 8 | ‘ You should spend less time contemplating your navel and more time studying human nature , sonny . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've told her she must spend less time in the prop room . ’ . |
| 10 | A microwave oven could be a lifesaver this Christmas and it means you 'll spend less time slaving over a hot stove . |
| 11 | She could spend more time by the pool , thanks , perhaps , to a long-forgotten act of collaboration with the Nazis . |
| 12 | ‘ When you worked with Directors like Christopher Barry or Douglas Camfield , initially you 'd spend endless time in discussions , working out the best way to shoot a script . |
| 13 | After the lectures and discussions she would spend extra time ensuring anyone with language difficulties had grasped the important points . |
| 14 | She would spend some time with Mathilde . |
| 15 | In this way you will spend more time on the important part , i.e. finding the lift and getting centred quickly . |
| 16 | If you do your own surveying and/or conveyancing you will spend some time at the Council offices checking with the building and planning officials . |
| 17 | MICKEY ROURKE 'S wife CARRIE OTIS has turned down a £500,000 cosmetics deal so she can spend more time with her hubby … |
| 18 | Er , and you can spend some time looking at it in your own time , I E , going at your own pace , over the problems . |
| 19 | What , what we need to do we 've got a handout for you on this so you can spend more time looking at yourself , or what you need to do is you need to compare your scores against those rather than just take the highest one . |
| 20 | You better take , we 're spending , we 'll be , yeah , you can spend more time there . |
| 21 | Athletics is the most successful sport in Britain and we should spend more time talking about that . ’ |
| 22 | We should spend more time trying to bring whatever expertise we may have to bear on the subject in question . |
| 23 | If possible we must spend that time at Coate [ where Edward then was ] , and now I long to go to Horsmonden , for every place where you have lived and been happy , is to me dearer than any others . |
| 24 | With older children we might spend some time discussing this ( perhaps wondering if the giant would ever let us get near enough to open his mouth and clean his teeth for him ) ; with this age group , however , I immediately enthuse about the idea : " Right , that 's really good . |
| 25 | Well , the thing is what 's happening , I thought we might spend some time on if wanted , what I wanted to do was to be sure in my own mind that by the second week I could put up a master sheet with all the headings of what you were doing , that 's got ta be done . |
| 26 | We could spend much time analysing the possible reasons for the failure of classroom multimedia in the 1970s . |
| 27 | ‘ And I thought you were glad because we could spend some time together . ’ |
| 28 | Then we could spend some time together . ’ |
| 29 | Given the way the literature has developed , we shall spend more time here on the idea of value-based pricing — charging prices in proportion to value of the service to the user on a multiproduct basis . |
| 30 | When people adept at hypnosis sit quietly with their eyes closed , they may spend more time sending out alpha waves than people who are ‘ bad ’ hypnotic subjects . |