Example sentences of "[vb infin] spend time " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do , however , need to spend time looking at some of the shortcomings of the ‘ props ’ . |
| 2 | After this , however , the child will need to spend time in consultation with the teacher and classmates , defining precise areas for subsequent investigation . |
| 3 | As she told me : ‘ I had no question about saying straight away after our first picture together that Kenneth Williams was the one I would choose to spend time with on a desert island . ’ |
| 4 | Here he entertained the celebrities of the day , Pope , Warburton , Richardson , Quin and Garrick , who would all have spent time with the local squire of Widcombe . |
| 5 | Before the visitor has had the time to see the baptistery ruins , the plaques or the crucifix he will have spent time near the door . |
| 6 | Now I suppose for most of us because of the very fact were here this morning they have been few and far between such experiences , perhaps what is more common is that we may have spent time with someone who was dying , their last few hours , their last few minutes , and if they were not unconscious I wonder what sort of conversation would be going on between us and them , what sort of things would we , would we of been saying , what would we be asking us , well in this passage that we have been reading we have just such a conversation , two men who are on the verge of death , death can only be hours away for both of them , and here they have this conversation , it was in that sense it was one of the strangest interviews any body ever had with Jesus not only is the , the account here of er a death bed conversion , but the one who is saving is also in the process of dying . |
| 7 | The owner will have spent time finding out about his territory ; where the best sites are for hiding , where the best food is to be found . |
| 8 | A national charity is claiming that many of the four thousand young Scots who become homeless this year will have spent time in care . |
| 9 | Perhaps , what is more common is that , we may have spent time with someone who was dying , their last few hours , their few minutes . |
| 10 | I can not think of any flower that does not press better for being taken apart , although of course you will have to spend time putting it back together again when you want to use it . |
| 11 | The snub comes after Diana arranged to be out of the country next Saturday so she does n't have to spend time with Charles on his 44th birthday . |
| 12 | Erm , even if you inherit some spreadsheets from this person that 's left , that 's useful knowledge because you do n't have to spend time searching for whoever might have created this spreadsheet . |
| 13 | I am pleased that whilst we have the ability to talk to most people , we do n't have to spend time with all of them . |
| 14 | I 'll have to spend time showing them how to use your machine . ’ |
| 15 | Because , because I 'm a complete stranger so I do n't have to spend time with you at all , so you know . |
| 16 | People keep writing letters to the Mercury saying how can we afford to spend time and money debating this , well they can afford the time and the money employing out of work newsreaders to produce videos and writers and photographers to produce their glossy magazines , their glossy leaflets I did n't need the R S P C A or the League to tell me that er , the fox photo , this fox photo was a fake , I mean that 's obvious to anybody I did n't need them to tell me that the video was suspect , that too is obvious . |
| 17 | They 'll want to spend time looking at equipment they ca n't afford or can only just run to and will be at some stage of agonising over whether to buy or not . |
| 18 | ‘ Why would anyone want to spend time with me ? ’ |
| 19 | One of my best-known remarks was when I was Chancellor and Geoffrey Howe was my opponent , and he made a rather damaging criticism of what I was doing and I did n't want to spend time on that . |
| 20 | you know they will have to do that sort of thing as part of a a job and they do n't really want to spend time doing it . |
| 21 | With the right kind of visual material you could do what we might call " skim viewing " of the bits you do n't want to spend time on . |