Example sentences of "[noun] of time [prep] his " in BNC.

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1 His nature had been over-mature and he had been focused so much on his career that he had never had a great deal of time for his family .
2 He spent a great deal of time in his efforts certainly for this trade union and in recruitment where he works , he 's made it not hundred percent , hundred and ten percent and is constantly , er , recruiting constantly recruiting .
3 He spent a good deal of time in his satires , presenting himself as a satirist — unplaced , unpensioned , no man 's heir or slave he proudly describes himself as he tells us that he 's willing to lash out at even the most eminent public figures .
4 Assumpsit to recover a remuneration for the plaintiff 's loss of time during his attendance upon subpoena as a witness in an action .
5 Despite all this external activity he spent long periods of time in his diocese , active in every facet of ecclesiastical administration , as is revealed by his register , the first to survive for the diocese of Winchester .
6 It was three weeks to the competition , five weeks to the end of his school career , long periods of time by his reckoning .
7 All a waste of time for his daughter , poor Bloody Mary , lost it to the French and died of a broken heart .
8 He was interrupted in the nick of time by his wife and he tried to cover up his tracks .
9 Belinda had been slightly unnerved to find that this man was Faye Hamilton 's obstetrician , and was rather alarmed at the prospect of spending a block of time in his elegant office , becoming familiar with the case history of her new patient .
10 Kriss Akabussi , World and Olympic finalist , when he was stationed in the Army in Germany brought a new car into Britain and was stopped a number of times on his way to Hampshire .
11 Most of Rory 's pals in London were in the International Marxist Croup , but here he was ; wandering the hills with an upper class dingbat who just happened to be married to his sister and who lived for huntin' , shootin' and fishin' ( and seemed to spend the absolute minimum amount of time in his castle with his wife ) , and who had just last year rationalised half the work force in the glass factory out of a job .
12 ‘ He spends a lot of time on his own , ’ Emily said in a brisk tone .
13 He has a lot of time on his hands .
14 Yet Michael Caine still manages to spend a lot of time with his wife .
15 Well he 's a ministerial servant at last he was just sitting there and nothing you know for years since I 've came into the truth , he was , he was n't doing at all nothing and then lately erm , because he did , he did have a business and then he had er some pigeons er racing pigeons and all he was all involved more in making money and er you know , and then gradually he 's got rid of er , of the things that will actually er took a lot of his time , so he spent a lot of time with his family and with in the
16 He spent a lot of time in his study engaged in the writing of some mysterious work .
17 He kept his ear to the ground and he spent a lot of time in his office after hours .
18 Joanna said , ‘ I had an uncle — he 's dead now , but I used to spend a lot of time in his surgery — and , apart from the essentials , he never went in for what he called expensive gimmicks .
19 Sir John knew it would only be a matter of time before his masters at the Guildhall or , worse still , the Regent at the Savoy Palace , asked for an account of his stewardship .
20 In the absence of Philip and Storie , George Reifer will open the batting with Bruce Patterson , Clydesdale 's new professional , and though Reifer has not had too much experience of going in first , he did open a couple of times during his 15-game spell with Barbados .
21 Grabbing a handful of fresh cartridges he began to reload the shotgun , fumbling a couple of times in his new-found haste .
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