Example sentences of "he [verb] some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thought he welcomed some time alone . |
| 2 | He still has sufficient force , passion and reputation to get his way if he puts his case forcefully enough and yesterday he spent some time in conclave with Carrick , Neil Hartley and coach Doug Padgett . |
| 3 | He spent some time afterwards making a special metal umbrella . |
| 4 | He spent some time in Rome , later Florence and then , in 1923 or 1924 — he was n't quite sure — he ‘ fetched up ’ in Naples . |
| 5 | He spent some time expressing his preference , for tactical reasons , for smaller neutron bombs before developing his argument . |
| 6 | He spent some time climbing about and peering in all directions . |
| 7 | Hanna was very interested in our latest developments for vertical take-off and Mickie says he spent some time discussing this subject with her . |
| 8 | He spent some time actually living as a boarder in houses in the areas that he was studying , and making detailed studies of particular families . |
| 9 | He spent some time in Holland in the company of an Indian guru with whom he had long walks and conversations through which came the realization that he should build a new career around his two key interests : his satisfaction in working with children and his love of Art . |
| 10 | He spent some time in Calcutta where he came into contact with the Indian Communist Party . |
| 11 | After leaving the Dardanelles he spent some time in Salonika and Egypt , before being posted as brigadier-general ( November 1915 ) on the staff of the reserve corps led by Sir Hubert Gough [ q.v. ] on the western front . |
| 12 | Along with a representative from the drilling company and an interpreter , he spent some time with Sergei , a hunter , and his two wives in their autumn home . |
| 13 | It is said that his journey to America had taken him via Mexico , where he spent some time in discussion with Trotsky , on the issue of Negro involvement in the revolutionary movement . |
| 14 | He spent some time in Paris , where he taught Sanskrit , Gothic and Old High German . |
| 15 | He spent some time in the Navy , worked in light engineering and is a watchmaker to trade . |
| 16 | Most years he spent some time in Anagni or Segni , his home region ; otherwise Rome was his main place of residence . |
| 17 | I also heard He spent some time in charge of North East Counties side Tadcaster Albion but did n't last long . |
| 18 | Cec was a clever , goalscoring inside or centre-forward although , as his career records show , he took some time to come to terms with the standard required in Division Two of the Football League . |
| 19 | He took some time because he jacked up the chair on books to make good the missing leg , rather than have an unsuspecting colleague collapse . |
| 20 | He died some time between early February 1321 ( the end of Hilary term ) and 4 May 1321 ( the beginning of Easter term ) . |
| 21 | ‘ If somebody told me he disappeared some time on Friday night I would n't be surprised . ’ |
| 22 | He has been known to buy entire collections that please him , as he did some time ago with the modern Italian co-operative Memphis , or more recently with the furniture designer André Dubreuil . |
| 23 | He spends some time at school . |
| 24 | He said er we had a big hoo hah he said er I borrowed some money off him he said some time ago to do something with and I had n't got the money he said and when I sold the plot of land he said I paid him back what I owed him cos borrow the money . |
| 25 | and he said some time ago , he rung up one afternoon |
| 26 | It was the end of his working day , and although not exactly free of preoccupation ( he would be telephoning Paul Lane the moment he got in ) , he wanted some time to himself . |
| 27 | He retired some time ago ; had a stroke , I understand . ’ |