Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] little time [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I spent as little time with Syl as I possibly could . |
| 2 | The daily routines of most working class wives left conspicuously little time for leisure . |
| 3 | ‘ Rejoicing in their newly found freedom from school discipline and with more surplus cash than they will ever again possess ’ , one of the contributors to Whitehouse 's Problems of Boy Life ( 1912 ) believed that youths were ‘ tempted to spend as little time at home as possible … the street , rather than the sleeping place , is the home of the average youth ’ . |
| 4 | However , you will also learn that a major cause of sexual dissatisfaction is allowing too little time for foreplay . |
| 5 | Peter 's situation illustrates the fact that patients who spend very little time in hospital or have minor procedures performed still have anxieties and may need a great deal of help both before and after discharge . |