Example sentences of "he [verb] more time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He does sometimes get into a ‘ delayed ’ mood where he thinks he has more time than he does … the reason for the square/back passes I reckon is noone moves into space for him or looks for it up front . |
| 2 | Now he has been promoted and says he needs more time . |
| 3 | Hart has formally been nominated by the Auckland union , but he has informed Auckland and several other unions who support him that he wants more time to decide whether he really wants the toil and trouble of being the All Black coach . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | He spent more time hanging out at Jacqueline 's flat . |
| 6 | And Tucker was saying , ‘ He spent more time in the islands these past years than ever before . |
| 7 | He spent more time on the Vibrancy at Mandru than he ever had in Por Tanssie . |
| 8 | Soon Gabrielle learned to leave him alone in his despair , and he spent more time playing darts and billiards at a Battersea pub . |
| 9 | Since the Congress Kingdom of Poland was only one of a number of outlying parts of the empire which required his attention , and since he could hardly afford a forward policy in western Europe or the Balkans until his own peripheries were fully integrated into the imperial structure , he spent more time in the 1830s and 1840s on his own non-Russian subjects than on dealings with foreigners . |
| 10 | He felt that Balbinder needed to work slowly and not be pushed — he needed more time and specific help to speak in sentences . |
| 11 | Officially he had recovered nicely from the shock of his experience , but his sister thought he needed more time : she was mothering him . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Perhaps he spends more time with his wife when he 's ashore these days . ’ |
| 14 | From what I gather he spends more time in the hay loft with young Mabel from the village than he does in his church . |
| 15 | ‘ And this is Ron , viola , but he really should have been playing the cornet , he spends more time on it . ’ |
| 16 | Meanwhile he spends more time indoors than he did before — and never ventures into Swindon alone late at night . |
| 17 | Well , he spends more time there than me . |
| 18 | He seeks more time and he has asked for a year or more . |
| 19 | As a result his writing becomes less concerned with immediate political concerns and he had more time for reading and research . |
| 20 | Chapman came back the next year , he said , because he had more time , not because the finances were in a muddle . |
| 21 | He wanted more time and the rebels gave him it . |