Example sentences of "more time [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I know it all sounds good , ’ she says , ‘ but what I want most of all is to spend more time with my little girl — and that 's the one thing I ca n't do at the moment . ’ |
| 32 | They spent more time on their feet than they did sitting . |
| 33 | On the next point , what initially appeared to have been an ace down the middle by Forget was shown to be no more than wishful thinking by spectators now spending more time on their feet than in their seats . |
| 34 | Since then she had tended to spend more time on her own in the flat and to stay with her parents at weekends . |
| 35 | I spend more time on my face and skin than I do on my hair . |
| 36 | Since I retired I 've had more time on my hands and I pass it , you might say , in reading and reflection on my area of interest . |
| 37 | However , my contract with the club is up next May and then I will have more time on my hands , but I will still need help with the Irish job . |
| 38 | With more time on your hands you may have to find more things to occupy your time : day trips , hobbies , societies . |
| 39 | Now 65 , he says he is looking forward to spending more time on his hobbies , including helping out at his local church . |
| 40 | George says he will miss the many contacts he has made in BNFL and URENCO over the years but is looking forward to spending more time on his hobbies , particularly gardening , walking and amateur dramatics . |
| 41 | now hopes to spend more time on his hobby of gardening and growing plants in his greenhouse , and left us with these final few words … |
| 42 | Now she spends more time at her aunt 's house than at her own home nearby , as she did when she grew up with Suzanne . |
| 43 | But today , with more time at her disposal , she could no longer resist the adventure , and in a moment she was out of her own plain black Sunday dress , with its detachable white collar and cuffs , and into the sumptuous white silk which had clothed her dead mother once and for just a few short hours . |
| 44 | The CNAA would have to take account of the different rates of institutions ' development , but a move in this direction would enable committees and boards to have ‘ more time at their disposal to explore new developments and policy ’ . |
| 45 | Alan Shearer and Ian Wright need more time for their partnership to mature . |
| 46 | Maybe they 'll elope to Gretna Green if they ca n't find a vacant Martello tower , then it will leave me with more time for my Roman friend and dear Boudicca not to mention Dorothy Wordsworth 's Journals of which I have perused the first paragraph six times yet can not seem to recall it to mind . |
| 47 | Pöhl said that his decision had been made to give himself more time for his family and private interests and was prompted by " neither resignation nor frustration " . |
| 48 | Now he will have more time for his hobbies of hiking , photography and writing books on archaelogy |
| 49 | The programme is time-tabled over three years , with the option of an accelerated 2-year programme for those who are able to devote more time to their studies . |
| 50 | Now she is retiring to devote more time to her family . |
| 51 | Why do over 35% of his increasing clientele return a second or more time to his school ? |
| 52 | Cedric Humphreys , 65 , wants to retire as clerk to St Osyth Parish Council to devote more time to his interests in amateur dramatics and music . |
| 53 | Mr. Wharton is a founding partner of the multi-national High Point plc consultancy organisation , and has moved into a non-executive role as Deputy Chairman of the group in order to devote more time to his Presidential activities . |
| 54 | At his farewell , received various gifts from the company and workmates , and said that he plans to devote more time to his allotment and to his duties of vice-chairman and bar-chairman at the Ipswich Conservative Club . |
| 55 | A prime requirement , whether you are thinking of paid or unpaid work , or for that matter simply planning to devote more time to your hobbies , is to remain fit and healthy . |
| 56 | When I lived right on the job it used to drive my wife round the bend — I 'd be at home on a weekend , perhaps in the garden , and I 'd think about something in the greenhouse across the road so I 'd go over there and disappear for an hour whereas perhaps I should have been giving more time to my family . |
| 57 | ‘ I needed a complete break from the game and wanted to devote more time to my family and business . |
| 58 | ‘ I needed a complete break from the game and wanted to devote more time to my family and business . |
| 59 | She spent more and more time off her eggs , parading about the yard , cackling as if demented and taking sudden rushes in whatever direction she happened to be facing when each fit of frenzy overcame her . |
| 60 | She also received a rose arbour for her garden where she plans to spend more time in her retirement . |