Example sentences of "his time over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this climate , the academic in English and other subjects in the humanities , who is busy , who publishes a lot , who goes to conferences , can not but be preferred to the quiet scholar , who keeps a low profile , even seems rather idle , but is taking his time over a major piece of scholarly writing that may involve many years ' work and which he does not intend to give to the world until he is ready . |
| 2 | del Mar takes his time over the more languid and sensuous passages , but never allows them to drag . |
| 3 | He was not expected at Bramshill until after luncheon and had planned to take his time over the journey to north Hampshire , visiting churches at Sherborne St John and Winchfield and lunching at a pub near Stratfield Saye before arriving at Bramshill in time for the usual courtesies with the Commandant before his two-thirty lecture . |
| 4 | Obispal had certainly taken his time over the cleansing , even protracting the process . |
| 5 | Harry broke the seal and unfolded it , taking his time over the reading of it , for although he could read adequately well , Sir Gregory 's handwriting was not easy to decipher and there were a number of peculiarly spelt words . |
| 6 | Roman seemed to be taking his time over the comparatively short trip , lowering the throttle so that they chugged sedately . |
| 7 | The hon. Member for Dunfermline , East ( Mr. Brown ) has spent much of his time over the past few months telling industry about his policies . |