Example sentences of "much time [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What people tend to do is they answer a question that they 've revised well and they can easily answer and they spend an hour and a half on it and then they fi they do , I mean you know you see them answering they write you pages and pages and pages and it 's a perfect answer and they get maybe ninety percent but had they spent about half as much time they 'd have got seventy percent anyway because they knew most of the important bits . |
| 2 | The er the er it has to be said on this side I suspect that the brevity of that speech was quite welcome , only because er I think er a number of us were n't altogether sure how how much time we would , we would get in this er debate after the front bench speaks , speeches . |
| 3 | She says it is coming on slowly — it 's a long-term job … an awful lot of work … we never envisaged how much time we 'd spend weeding the gravel and general tidying up all the time . |
| 4 | But I 've also laid down strict guidelines on how much time he can spend at the screen . |
| 5 | If you use a marketing department for any reason , you will need to prepare a proper brief which includes what you want , when you need it by , the reasons for the request , and how much time you may think fitting for them to spend on your request . |
| 6 | You can tell the Volunteer Co-ordinator or a specific charity exactly how much time you can give them . |
| 7 | When intervening in this way with a small group working on their own in the play corner you 'll need to think through how much time you can afford to give them . |