Example sentences of "lot of time [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He spends a lot of time on his own , ’ Emily said in a brisk tone . |
| 2 | He has a lot of time on his hands . |
| 3 | Yet Michael Caine still manages to spend a lot of time with his wife . |
| 4 | Well he 's a ministerial servant at last he was just sitting there and nothing you know for years since I 've came into the truth , he was , he was n't doing at all nothing and then lately erm , because he did , he did have a business and then he had er some pigeons er racing pigeons and all he was all involved more in making money and er you know , and then gradually he 's got rid of er , of the things that will actually er took a lot of his time , so he spent a lot of time with his family and with in the |
| 5 | He spent a lot of time in his study engaged in the writing of some mysterious work . |
| 6 | He kept his ear to the ground and he spent a lot of time in his office after hours . |
| 7 | Joanna said , ‘ I had an uncle — he 's dead now , but I used to spend a lot of time in his surgery — and , apart from the essentials , he never went in for what he called expensive gimmicks . |