Example sentences of "[adv] much time [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We ended up spending so much time listening to people that it ended up diluting what we wanted to do , ’ Adamson concludes . |
| 2 | They spend so much time thinking about mathematical problems that they do not notice what is happening around them . |
| 3 | They had to walk down the long straight street past Shea 's pub with its sour smell of drink coming out on to the street from behind its dark windows , past Birdie Mac 's sweet shop where they had spent so much time choosing from jars all their school life . |
| 4 | To pick and choose which plants they were going to eat would put them at a disadvantage since they would waste so much time looking for food , rather than eating it . |
| 5 | It was no coincidence , perhaps , that its president was the Marquess of Salisbury , married to Mollie Salisbury who had spent so much time helping with the garden at Highgrove . |
| 6 | And once again , it brings into focus the curious contradiction of Europe where , when it comes to the final analysis , countries like France , which spend so much time preaching about European unity , find themselves unable to act in the mutual interest of the community . |
| 7 | Like the one you spent so much time talking to . |
| 8 | They spent so much time talking about gay things that they did n't actually have much time to do many gay things — which is why I think the really crucial thing that happened in the seventies was not the liberation of a particular sexuality but actually the liberation of a particular set of relationships through which people could enjoy sex , or not have sex , as the case may be . |
| 9 | One wasted so much time arguing with the body , urging it through the laborious and uncomfortable routine of physical existence — getting up , washing , shaving , even moving . |
| 10 | This process would continue indefinitely , with reversals taking place at intervals of as little as 100,000 years or as much as one million years , but with the overall result that the compass spent about as much time pointing in one direction as it did in the other . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | The report shows that these small farmers and their spouses spend almost as much time working on the farms as they do at their other jobs , yet farm profits are almost non-existent . |
| 13 | We ca n't we devise publishing concepts which capture children 's imaginations in such a way that they are confident to spend as much time talking about what they have been reading as they are about last night 's episode of ‘ Neighbours ’ ? |
| 14 | Increasingly , stars are accused of disloyalty to the hometown team for ‘ callously ’ seeking transfers to teams in higher leagues ; or perceived as just ‘ another member of the Establishment ’ for spending too much time haggling over pay and fringe benefits . |
| 15 | Too many people spend too much time looking for a reason , and fail to take advantage of the simple pleasures that life offers . ’ |
| 16 | They actually do n't spend too much time looking at the screen , they 're actually using dumb terminals to enter data very quickly . |
| 17 | ‘ It was too easy to let the mind wander and I spent too much time looking at the leaderboards instead of concentrating on my own game . |
| 18 | The worry takes two main forms : that American managers spend too much time thinking about short-term earnings rather than making long-term investments ; and that American firms face a higher cost of capital than Japanese or German rivals and so reject investment projects that others eagerly accept . |
| 19 | As an avid reader of Hot Press and several other music mags , I recently decided that I was spending too much time reading about music and not enough time listening to the stuff . |
| 20 | Or — as is very common — do you spend too much time worrying about what other people think of you ? |
| 21 | And they say that the camera spends too much time focusing on her taut buttocks and perfectly sculpted breasts , and not enough on proper instruction . |
| 22 | Mr Cordial has been a member of the health authority since 1990 when he decided his previous duties with Yorkshire Regional Health Authority were taking up too much time travelling from his home in Barton . |
| 23 | Many runners spend far too much time fretting about what pace they hope to run , or whether to wear gloves , while ignoring more basic details which could eventually affect their even getting to the start . |