Example sentences of "[verb] time [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was disconsolate in consequence , and seemed to find time hanging heavily on her hands . |
| 2 | Nasmyth does fine for clients , but already needs new software — he loses time travelling between borrowed studio suites . |
| 3 | The rotary encoder makes light work of selecting the various effects and parameters and the keypad 's addition of ‘ Patch Recall ’ is useful in the studio ( you can dial a patch number on the keypad , thus saving time running through the encoder ) . |
| 4 | As you gain experience some of the checking can well be done by listening to the recording , thus saving time working with the LH . |
| 5 | He passes time gossiping , fingering worry beads and sipping ouzo . |
| 6 | The representative who comes to help you will normally spend time taking details of your problems . |
| 7 | well I 'm a bit puzzled why , why you want to know all this and you think because I have n't given , given a good benefit that 's why a good temporary benefit , that 's why I 'm puzzled , say well let me just take you back to why I 'm h why I 'm here , let me get out of our meeting you 're gon na find this extremely valuable , perhaps for the first half we will spend time looking at your financial put you on the path to achieve financial . |
| 8 | ‘ Some may find it easier and quicker to give out a simple number rather than spend time asking about diet and so on . ’ |
| 9 | You must spend time preparing the content of your talk . |
| 10 | But I think you do need to plan a bit , you know in spite of the fact you 've got the degree to do , if , if you can spend time going to see these people . |
| 11 | He gave it me to spend , presumably so he could spend time making love to you , sister , dear , ’ Dana said when Claudia asked her that question after Roman had gone to his room . |
| 12 | Roland had never been much interested in Randolph Henry Ash 's vanished body ; he did not spend time visiting his house in Russell Street , or sitting where he had sat , on stone garden seats ; that was Cropper 's style . |
| 13 | Alicia says you should spend time talking to a breeder before diving in to buy one , to be sure it is the breed for you . |
| 14 | I can be a normal , family man before and after a race , I can spend time talking to fans or whatever . |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | my holiday was later as usual and longer so , you know and there was a couple of other things not related to this which I 'd thought of doing and it 's sort of they evaporated , but erm , we did spend time talking to Ingy earlier in the year , you know , about publicity and I gave her lists of well such as things obvious things like Playback and Newsbeat |
| 17 | The civil service , again composed of volunteers on Community Tax Service , will spend time un-making regulations and shortening forms . |
| 18 | Mum had done lots of cooking beforehand so we were n't tied to the kitchen and could spend time doing other things and just sitting around chatting . |
| 19 | That is to say , for the purposes of the calculation one must measure time using imaginary numbers , rather than real ones . |
| 20 | Meanwhile they have become involved in the bureau and staff have invested time introducing them to procedures . |
| 21 | I took her advice but , still not a skilled cook , and reluctant to waste time queuing for the use of the small gas-ring in the basement of the pavilion at the Cité Universitaire , I lived on bread and fruit , and on eggs , which could sometimes be bought , hard-boiled , from stalls in the streets . |
| 22 | He predicted the Conservatives would hit back with personal attacks on Labour leaders , by ordering civil servants to waste time trying to ‘ cost ’ the party 's programmes and then , next week at Blackpool , with ‘ the Team ’ . |
| 23 | Some of the tapes we receive arrive on dodgy cassettes , have various bits and pieces of other music on them , and we have to waste time trying to find the relevant bit of the tape . |
| 24 | When a film has only three minutes to sell itself , at least you can be sure it 's not going to waste time trying to sell you anything else . |
| 25 | Stick with a non-Windows solution and you 'll be maximizing your existing investment — without having to waste time converting your data , and without having to relearn or reprogram . |
| 26 | Otherwise he was forced to waste time giving the whole paper a wash of flat tone each time . |
| 27 | Annunziata agreed that Anthony was unlikely to waste time going out to dinner with the others even if he did return in time and promised to cook something quickly for him if he appeared wanting a meal . |
| 28 | Since breeding success declines through the season , females simply can not afford to waste time checking to see whether a particular male is paired or not . |
| 29 | Once the system has established what is being asked of it , the request is stored so that the next time it comes up there is no need to waste time asking the same questions over again . |
| 30 | Something about the look on his face told me not to waste time asking questions . |