Example sentences of "time [v-ing] to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Polybius had spent the greater part of his time explaining to Greeks and Romans why the Romans were bound to win . |
| 2 | I spent a lot of time listening to records and just hanging out with friends . |
| 3 | Claims which ought to be settled rarely improve with delay , the passage of time leading to awards increased by inflation , interest and expenses . |
| 4 | Mr Tarry said he had devoted a lot of time going to meetings and discussing what to do next . |
| 5 | He was busy with his work , and her mother , who was very beautiful , spent all her time going to parties . |
| 6 | ‘ I did n't waste any time getting to grips with him , ’ joked Sandy , now slimmed down to a comfortable 14 stone . |
| 7 | Common to all though , is an initial induction of maybe four to six weeks , during which all trainees spend time getting to grips with the nuts and bolts of every aspect of branch operations , which they can then discuss with their peer group at an induction day at the Area Office . |
| 8 | Today they spend much of their time flying to conferences , of which there are an unending supply , particularly those associated with the environment . |
| 9 | Erm Ray raised an interesting point , loading for management time , for example Ray would argue that he spends a disproportionate amount of time travelling to meetings , more than any of the other members |
| 10 | Mr Culley is said to be having a hard time coming to terms with what has happened . |
| 11 | Not so rugged as they once were , America 's oilmen spend more of their time moaning to politicians and colleagues at seminars about imports , environmentalists and taxes , and less drilling for oil and gas . |
| 12 | The scale of their operations and their expertise enable them to provide lenders with easily marketable paper claims , denominated in small units and with relatively low yield , whilst at the same time lending to borrowers on a long-term higher-yield basis ( e.g. Certificates of Deposit bought by companies with excess funds from the banks ) . |
| 13 | Deciding they had n't spent enough time talking to industrialists ( Marks and Spencer was the favoured analogy ) , she killed it off in 1983 . |
| 14 | Other researchers , such as Clarricoates ( 1978 ) and Stanworth ( 1981 ) , found that teachers tend to spend more time talking to boys , and that they have more difficulty remembering girls ' names . |
| 15 | I can be a normal , family man before and after a race , I can spend time talking to fans or whatever . |
| 16 | Spend time talking to patients and carry out the care which is entrusted to you thoroughly . |
| 17 | Farmers should spend time talking to retailers in order to build up a much closer dialogue between all the links in the country 's chain |