Example sentences of "having more time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some will revel in having more time for themselves ; others will feel lost . |
| 2 | My research indicates a variety of routes to class , trade union and gender consciousness and the probability of interaction between several factors : hardships experienced in a working-class childhood ; changes in household structure , such as taking over the ‘ man 's ’ role of breadwinner ; becoming involved in industrial action ; developing a new awareness of how social life is organised through contact with political or trade union ideologies ; and just growing older and having more time free from actual and ideological family constraints . |
| 3 | He was most anxious to know the result of his investigation and whether the cause of his pain could be treated without his having more time off work . |
| 4 | An exhausted Miranda found that instead of having more time , she had almost a full-time job keeping present and future shareholders informed and happy : she prepared official reports , gave institutional and pension-fund presentations , attended city lunches , and made time in her overfilled schedule for the financial press . |
| 5 | Sammy is already an accomplished player of the electric organ and looks forward to having more time for this and volunteer work . |
| 6 | Mrs Grove-Stephensen is leaving the post at the age of 60 and is looking forward to having more time to devote to church work . |
| 7 | In retirement Mr Hewitt is looking forward to having more time for reading , preferring biographies and works of historical interest , with French literature his main love . |
| 8 | I have a definite sensation of making a better turn and of having more time in which to make the hit . |