Example sentences of "want [verb] his time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may come in for a steak , but he wants to take his time and enjoy a leisurely meal . |
| 2 | It was only because his employer did not want to waste his time in court proceedings that Willy escaped probation and a possible jail sentence . |
| 3 | ‘ Why does Van want to waste his time showing a car as expensive as that to a kid like Hank ? ’ wondered Mr Frizzell irritably . |
| 4 | He would n't want to waste his time chasing that story if I 'd already done it , and I can get a story into print more quickly than the British magazines he supplies . |
| 5 | He said he wanted to devote his time to developing ‘ tool kits for the elderly ’ . |
| 6 | I was about to say that , looking back at his record , I could not understand why the Home Secretary wanted to relive his time as Conservative party chairman , because that was hardly his finest hour . |