Example sentences of "to spend [det] time [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a London model and , since she is in Paris to spend some time with her girlfriend , she was n't into the idea . |
| 2 | Even Tony was anxious for Joe to spend some time with him and Helen , and to show off his new car . |
| 3 | It will be nice to spend some time with him too — often the week goes by and we hardly have a chance to talk . |
| 4 | I am going to spend some time with my family . ’ |
| 5 | I have to spend some time with my kid tomorrow , but I 'll be in and out . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I wanted to spend some time with you , and I rather doubted if you 'd be susceptible to an offer of a weekend in Paris . |
| 7 | I hope my duties will allow me to spend some time with you , but I will be attending this evening 's Red Rose Rally and I look forward to seeing you there . |
| 8 | ‘ But it is so naive that it seems unlikely the politicians will want to spend much time on it , ’ says Jean Rankine , the museum 's deputy director . |
| 9 | And reflecting this unease , the visiting valets and footmen appeared to regard one another with marked coldness and my own staff were rather glad to be too busy to spend much time with them . |
| 10 | Not long ago some highly placed career men resigned their jobs because , they said , they wanted to spend more time with their families . |
| 11 | She told the Herald that she would miss Le Court and probably be homesick for a little while but she wanted to spend more time with her husband and family . |
| 12 | Until last week , she worked as a cleaner at the local community centre , but colleagues say she 'd given up the job to spend more time with her sick mother . |
| 13 | Norman Lamont 's family says it does n't want to spend more time with him . |
| 14 | Instead of asking Robert to spend more time with her at the weekends , she blamed him for being absent when something quite minor happened to one of the children . |
| 15 | ‘ You ought , ’ said Emma softly , ‘ to spend more time with her . |
| 16 | I may plea with her to spend more time with me , but finally she chooses . |
| 17 | A male colleague of Perkins ' , working at the same grade , is also taking a day off a week to spend more time with his children and perhaps this is the most heartening news of all . |
| 18 | Still to come is the awful Ghost Dad , basically another attempt to get Bill Cosby 's TV act to work on the big screen ( Bill plays a workaholic dad who , once dead , gets to spend more time with his family ) . |
| 19 | Resigned as employment secretary in January 1990 to spend more time with his family . |
| 20 | Councillor Spencer Rosie , much to the loss of the community he served , resigned from Orkney Islands Council in April 1991 , due , he said to pressure of work , and the wish to spend more time with his own growing family . |
| 21 | He told Mr Major he will leave once the Maastricht Treaty is ratified by Parliament , adding that he wanted to spend more time with his family and pursue his interests in the art world . |
| 22 | ‘ He has told friends for months he wanted to spend more time with his family . ’ |
| 23 | The 32-year-old libero , regarded as one of the most accomplished and stylish defenders in world soccer , turned his back on the national team last month to spend more time with his family . |
| 24 | While the nation mourns ( not ) over the sudden cancellation of the SHAKESPEAR 'S SISTER mega-tour , it would seem that the reason behind the decision had little to do with SIOBHAN 's nervous exhaustion and more to do with the fact that hubbie DAVE STEWART wants to spend more time with his wife and less time on his Jack Jones , staring at his fibre-optic carpet . |
| 25 | Norman Lamont delivers his budget and tells the House he wants to spend more time with his family . |
| 26 | I know that one of his reasons for leaving is that he genuinely wants to be able to spend more time with his family . |
| 27 | Peter Walker , the Secretary of State for Wales , confirmed on March 4 that he intended to leave the government at a future point in order to be able to spend more time with his family ; it was subsequently announced on March 14 that he would be succeeded in late May by David Hunt , currently Minister for Local Government and Inner Cities , who would enter the Cabinet for the first time . |
| 28 | Gray explained his decision in terms of wishing to exert influence over the next generation of black leaders , to earn a higher salary , and to spend more time with his family and his local Baptist church . |
| 29 | The election of Sir Michael followed Namaliu 's decision to retire from politics in order to spend more time with his wife who was seriously ill . |
| 30 | Jack had recently taken early retirement from the dole in order to spend more time with his family . |