Example sentences of "time [v-ing] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Continuing through the scattered little climatic resort the road leads to the Heiligenschwendi Klinik , a large hospital originally treating respiratory diseases but in more recent times catering for a wide variety of patients . |
| 2 | We have been told that it would be a waste of time applying for a permit for any other foreign rider . |
| 3 | He spent his time looking for a Jewish homeland that was not Palestine . |
| 4 | Equally , St Paul 's , Shadwell , was at the same time looking for a £6 fee for each iron or lead coffin deposited within a brick-lined grave in the churchyard , though their most expensive intramural location commanded a charge of only £4 18s . |
| 5 | Too many people spend too much time looking for a reason , and fail to take advantage of the simple pleasures that life offers . ’ |
| 6 | Third , the motorist did NOT ( contrry to The Scotsman 's report ) spend any time looking for a parking space or walking from it to his destination . |
| 7 | Sal continued her job as a waitress in the Commercial Road and spent all her spare time looking for a husband , while Kitty had no trouble in finding any amount of men who were happy to satisfy her every need . |
| 8 | I spent a little precious time searching for a telephone , but could n't find one . |
| 9 | Bayern Munich , Tottenham , Aston Villa , Chelsea and Everton were all linked with Hughes — as Fergie spent his time searching for a new goal star . |
| 10 | You spend less time searching for a place to work and more time actually working . |
| 11 | Rather than waste much time searching for a single , unambiguous statement specifying multimedia on which everyone will agree , we will aim instead for a working understanding of the term . |
| 12 | They are often allowed ( and expected ) to spend part of their time studying for a higher degree . |
| 13 | In order to do this , he or she has to have considerable experience of the advertising business , and may well have spent some time working for a client company . |
| 14 | It was bad enough , he felt , to be cast out by your family , be stuck working in ffeatherstonehaugh 's , and be spending all your spare time working for a degree , without additionally having the stress of falling over dead bodies : the boy needed his sleep . |