Example sentences of "he [vb past] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wasted little time in finding a replacement , choosing the widowed Mary of Guise . |
| 2 | So in his first major speech as leader in parliament he wasted little time on the customary compliments and warned the government that he intended to play hard . |
| 3 | It was wonderful to be so close to him again , to feel no barriers between them , and he wasted little time before possessing her with such quick , hot urgency that she was left behind . |
| 4 | Once free of these troubles he wasted little time in turning his attention to England . |
| 5 | By adopting this method of study he wasted less time and it also enabled him to learn more efficiently . |
| 6 | and he got same time as I did . |
| 7 | He tried several times . |
| 8 | He tried several times without success . |
| 9 | He tried several times to talk to his sister Laetitia on the telephone , but she continued to be elusive . |
| 10 | Incidentally , Ron Atkinson was today praising Gary Speed , and saying how he is the most versatile player in the country since Paul Madeley , and how he tried several times this summer to sign him but was told no by Wilko every time . |
| 11 | He phoned several times — thank god I was out . ’ |
| 12 | He referred several times to " our network " . |
| 13 | He decided that although the Prime Mover had granted his wish , it was up to him how he used that time ; but with his badly broken body there was little he could do . |
| 14 | He shouted this time , and tugged harder . |
| 15 | The floor was made of bamboo strips laid haphazardly side by side , and he staggered several times as his feet slipped between the round poles . |
| 16 | He started young , encouraged by his father , and reached international level in 1976–8 when he played several times for his native France . |
| 17 | He came several times a year to have a glass of sherry with my mother and I always felt awkward in his presence , fearing that instead of ‘ Would you care for an olive ? ’ |
| 18 | He banged several times . |
| 19 | Gerstner told the IBM Corp meeting in Tampa , Florida that he does not intend to ‘ lay out a grand scheme ’ for the company : ‘ There has been a lot of speculation , ’ Reuter reports him saying , ‘ that I am going to unveil some great plan , ’ Gerstner said ; ‘ You will see actions , and our actions will speak for themselves , ’ but added that some actions will not emerge until 1994 ; he described it as not entirely accurate to describe IBM 's strategy as ‘ splitting it up into a bunch of little pieces , ’ and added that the dividend may change based on IBM 's performance and outlook ; ‘ We ca n't expect quick fixes , ’ Gerstner told more than 3,000 shareholders at the meeting , ‘ But I do dare to ask your patience , ’ he said ; his top priority is to get IBM 's layoffs completed and ‘ rightsize ’ the company — ‘ I want to get it behind us so we can say to those remaining , ‘ You are are our team , ’ ’ he said ; he acknowledged several times that IBM 's bureaucracy had hampered the company , and elsewhere it was reported that he has ordered managers to dispense with the customary slides and flip charts when they address him — ‘ IBM has changed but some would say not fast enough , ’ but ‘ We can bring IBM back , ’ Gerstner said . |
| 20 | She thought he welcomed some time alone . |
| 21 | True , there was Crown prince Tupouto'a waiting in the wings , but he spent little time in Tonga and had a reputation as a playboy — a Farouk-like figure given to white suits and expensive lady friends . |
| 22 | Mr X found the sound of running water reduced his tinnitus ; on bad days he spent much time in the bathroom . |
| 23 | He spent much time visiting most states of the Union and acting as a super salesman for Iran . |
| 24 | From 1883 he spent much time abroad , especially in areas of active volcanoes . |
| 25 | He spent much time today and yesterday denying that he would increase from 14 to 20 per cent . |
| 26 | In his early years in Edinburgh , he spent much time in reorganising and rationalising the pathology service in the Royal Infirmary and associated hospitals and he laid a sure foundation of academic pathology in the Medical School . |
| 27 | The chancellor would do well if he spent more time worrying about whether New York 's children are learning the three Rs — subjects in which they are sadly deficient . ’ |
| 28 | He spent more time hanging out at Jacqueline 's flat . |
| 29 | And Tucker was saying , ‘ He spent more time in the islands these past years than ever before . |
| 30 | He spent more time on the Vibrancy at Mandru than he ever had in Por Tanssie . |