Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [det] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , like Amy , Chelsea has little time for affairs of state . |
| 2 | As the record company , and its revenue from worldwide licensing deals , became more important , so Branson spent more time with Simon Draper and less and less with Nik Powell . |
| 3 | Rangers ' Stuart McCall spent more time on the ball than all of Hibs ' midfield put together and never wasted a moment , either . |
| 4 | Molly spent more time with the Corduroys and was introduced to the Tapscotts , a white-haired couple : Nicholas , who had been the British Consul in Florence , and his wife Connie . |
| 5 | Moreover , Corbett loved this time of the year and realised how much he missed Maeve and the serenity of his own manor house . |
| 6 | With entire responsibility for teaching and discipline , Hill had little time for original work ; but his edition ( 1816 ) of Artis Logicae Compendium by Henry Aldrich [ q.v. ] proved an acceptable university textbook , reaching a sixth edition in 1850 . |
| 7 | Not that Bobby had much time for sea-bathing . |
| 8 | This desire , Hilton says , is the " love of Iesu " which is the ground of salvation whether or not man experiences the joy and love in the kind of illuminated understanding which is the special gift of the contemplative : Hilton spends some time at this stage of the book finding imaginative ways of pointing to the goal of contemplative discipline — the finding of Jesus who is lost in man 's soul as a treasure buried in a field ( c.49 ) but who also is a joy beyond all that desiring can encompass ( c.46 ) . |
| 9 | Alan Shearer and Ian Wright need more time for their partnership to mature . |
| 10 | Mercifully , by the third day Nigel got some time on his own and was able to go out and buy a meal . |
| 11 | In nineteen seventy four , Reg spent some time at the National Circus School in Paris , where he learnt , amongst other things , that the life of a circus performer was not for him . |
| 12 | Pupils at S5/S6 spent less time on health education than any other group of pupils . |
| 13 | Pammy Jane spent some time with her parents after the split before moving to the Highgrove estate near Tetbury , Glos . |
| 14 | Berenson appears many times in the book — thinly disguised as ‘ Somberen ’ , when Joni has a particularly barbed comment to make about him . |
| 15 | Ireland represented this time by Christy O'Connor Jnr and Ronan Rafferty were champions back in 1958 while Wales won five years ago through Ian Woosnam and David Llewellyn . |
| 16 | Heath went some time in March , I think . |
| 17 | He and Goodell met several times with the Shah to discuss other possible destinations . |
| 18 | Instead of asking Robert to spend more time with her at the weekends , she blamed him for being absent when something quite minor happened to one of the children . |
| 19 | They enjoy being at home together : she attends keep-fit classes and meets her former colleagues for coffee once a fortnight , while Tom spends more time on gardening and playing whist . |
| 20 | To use such language under Cromwell 's government was to court persecution , and Taylor spent some time in the Tower of London as a result . |
| 21 | Bernard spent little time at home . |
| 22 | There are many historic and archaeological sites to visit including Osborne House , owned by the English Heritage , where Queen Victoria spent much time after the death of her beloved Albert . |
| 23 | International : Yeltsin wins more time for reforms |
| 24 | In the summer of 1721 , Freville Lambton spent much time at Seaton Delaval , the grandest house in Britain , which Vanbrugh was building . |
| 25 | Post-war Victor spent some time with Aviation Traders before moving to his current employment . |
| 26 | After leaving 617 , J. spent some time with the Canadians in 6 Group , and then on to 4 Group at Marston Moor , before the war ended . |
| 27 | The Wessex Group is hoping to start again this year and there will be another lunch and garden party at Langton Matravers some time during the summer . |
| 28 | Elena Rozhukaite arrived in Cleveland on Sunday to spend some time with Mr and Mrs Chris Challenger of Garbutt 's Lane , Hutton Rudby , while undergoing plastic surgery . |
| 29 | He was a London model and , since she is in Paris to spend some time with her girlfriend , she was n't into the idea . |
| 30 | Baker lost little time in accepting the majority of Lygo 's recommendations , announcing in March 1992 that the Prison Service for England and Wales would become an agency from 1 April 1993 . |