Example sentences of "[verb] as [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's the kind of thing that a busy expanding company like Rothmans ca n't always give as much time to as it would like . |
| 2 | All food , but especially meat , poultry , fish and milk , should spend as little time as possible at temperatures between 5°C ( 41°F ) and 63°C ( 145°F ) . |
| 3 | Though EIGHT may read well , he may not spend as much time at reading by himself as he did at seven and he again likes very much to be read to . |
| 4 | Michael Short , the director of the National Association for Gifted Children , says prodigies should spend as much time as possible with their peer group . |
| 5 | He would spend as much time as he could at Hillmarden , but the strain was beginning to tell and , guiltily , he came to look on the nights when he was able to stay at the London flat as a blessed escape . |
| 6 | The strangest point came from Steve the sculptor : ‘ At least you do n't spend as much time rushing to the loo as when you drink lemonade , and you burp less . ’ |
| 7 | I only wish and I mean this very sincerely I only wish we could spend as much time and as often as is spent discussing fox hunting on the county 's homeless , on abused children , on the handicapped , on the increasing crime and on unemployment and I only wish that the media and the public and even members of this council would take as much notice of that as they do about this debate on fox hunting . |
| 8 | They say they will spend as much time as they can together in the interests of their children . |
| 9 | The new owners , Richard Rowlands , a solicitor , and Derota Rees-Lik , do not intend to live on the island but have said they will spend as much time there as possible . |
| 10 | In the lakes so , they 're gon na spend as much time as they can round the |
| 11 | But you 'd be hard pressed to find someone who takes as much time and care with a musical instrument as Tony Zemaitis . |
| 12 | It 's far from intuitive , and galling to waste as much time as it takes . |
| 13 | I have done my best to give as much time as possible to the debate yesterday and today , including making my answers to business questions as short as possible so that we can get on with the debate . |
| 14 | For a week after his punishment Endill spent as much time as he could lying down . |
| 15 | Both she and Dr Leitch spent as much time as they could spare talking to the young parents who would come to collect these patients on discharge . |
| 16 | After that , since she now spent as much time as possible on deck keeping out of the way of her cousins , with whom she felt a constraint , Ruth saw the woman for several days in a row . |
| 17 | For the next 2½ years we spent as much time as we could at the melin . |
| 18 | I spent as much time wondering how the dome was held together as I did actually climbing . |
| 19 | The opening pitches of Spartan yielded to a steady , workmanlike approach , but doubts began to creep in as we were delayed by the American and his partner , who spent as much time conversing as climbing . |
| 20 | Anthony spent as much time with Julia as he could , but there were patients at the hospital who were iller even than she and at times he had to leave her with Comfort and Annunziata . |
| 21 | She spent as much time as possible with him and Anne . |
| 22 | That is why he spent as much time as he possibly could outside the ring , talking about anything but the council tax . |
| 23 | People spent as much time watching films on TV each week as they did in the cinema each year , the report said . |
| 24 | They spent as much time decorating the table as they did making the food . |
| 25 | I spent as little time with Syl as I possibly could . |
| 26 | Aurangzeb spent as little time as possible in the city , preferring to continue his campaigns from Aurangabad , his own foundation in the Deccan . |
| 27 | His skin was bronzed , his thinning hair was bleached by sun and sea , and Wycliffe felt sure that he spent as little time as possible away from boats , the sea , and the club bar . |
| 28 | Er , but clearly I I will commit whatever time I have available , and I shall make as much time as available , I have the support of Ross , my wife , this is all fully discussed before I even went through the panelling process . |
| 29 | An artist has perhaps given as much time to a single major work as a composer might have given to a sonata or whatever it may be . |
| 30 | If you would rather wait I could come back later , but it is , of course , important to lose as little time as possible . ’ |