Example sentences of "time [v-ing] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I prayed to every saint I knew and , when I reached Harfleur , spent a great deal of my time resting in a seaside tavern . |
| 2 | We have been told that it would be a waste of time applying for a permit for any other foreign rider . |
| 3 | Their generosity was appreciated being so willing to give some time explaining to a fellow enthusiast the intricacies of steaming a locomotive for the first time and the difficulties which had been experienced in the rebuilding process . |
| 4 | In fact , assuming that the time elapsing between a subject 's decision to respond and the actual pressing of the button was about 75 milliseconds , subjects on average identified the target after having heard only the first 200 milliseconds of it . |
| 5 | It had been a long time living in a hole in the ground , let's hope things get better . |
| 6 | They were ill-informed in the sense that the conceptual basis for understanding such meaning was not carefully theorised , as well as in the more obvious sense that the travellers often simply did not know the language and did not spend enough time living in a particular society . |
| 7 | She went upstairs and spent some time soaking in a hot bath . |
| 8 | He spent his time looking for a Jewish homeland that was not Palestine . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Too many people spend too much time looking for a reason , and fail to take advantage of the simple pleasures that life offers . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I spent a little precious time searching for a telephone , but could n't find one . |
| 14 | Bayern Munich , Tottenham , Aston Villa , Chelsea and Everton were all linked with Hughes — as Fergie spent his time searching for a new goal star . |
| 15 | You spend less time searching for a place to work and more time actually working . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | But no , you have spent enough time writing to a poor ignorant serving girl . |
| 18 | But here I am Elsie spending more time writing about a fish than about people . |
| 19 | There 's only one person at a time listening in a certain way , in a purest existential way . ’ |
| 20 | If a customer wants to spend time deciding on a holiday we are prepared to spend that time . |
| 21 | People tend to invest more time deciding on a house purchase or what car to buy than deciding what to do with their lives and how to develop themselves . |
| 22 | We spent some time going through a whole heap of magazines with a girl from the Costume Department , picking out a design here and there and saying , ‘ Yes , that sort of thing would be a good idea for her , would n't it ? ’ |
| 23 | The second item of research was that undertaken by Morrison and MacIntyre ( 1969 , also quoted in Georgiades and Phillimore , 1975 ) who had found that ‘ changes in sensitivity towards pupil/ teacher relationships developed during initial training were reversed as a result of full time teaching within a relatively short time ’ . |
| 24 | After a time teaching in a Scottish school , Fettes , the degree got him a fellowship in mathematics at his own college of Magdalene ; where he remained the rest of his long life — teaching mathematics , holding various college offices , going every week to Emmanuel Congregational chapel , and becoming after a time one of its deacons or church officers . |
| 25 | These Articles , confirmed by Acts of the Scottish and English Parliament ( Union with England Act 1706 ; Union with Scotland Act 1706 ) , were to ‘ be held and observed in all time coming as a Fundamental and Essential Condition ’ of union . |
| 26 | The Portuguese Social Democrats have recently won for the second time running with a slightly increased majority and 50.7 per cent of the votes cast . |
| 27 | This translates in reality into the use of time charging plus a mark-up for the profit element and for the care and conduct of the matter . |
| 28 | Dig the soil to the depth of a spade or fork , and clear out the rubbish as you go large stones , glass , china , bottle tops , sticks , wire , plastic and so on — at the same time mixing in a thin layer of rotted garden compost , especially if the soil is shallow and only a few cm ( in ) deep on top of chalk subsoil . |
| 29 | Sometimes in darkness you can find light and Deran Dwyer prove the point , concentrating densely on moody atmospherics but at the same time bristling with a blazing guitar which illuminates like a firework display . |
| 30 | Sometimes in darkness you can find light and Deran Dwyer prove the point , concentrating densely on moody atmospherics but at the same time bristling with a blazing guitar which illuminates like a firework display . |