Example sentences of "[verb] spend [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Poet and painter Adrian Henri has spent much time in Dieppe and its environs . |
| 2 | Every Rentokil person in Water and Ventilation , Tropical Plants and Medical Services has spent much time and energy developing SSG & FQS this year and now they will really shoot us way into the lead . |
| 3 | Property expert Kevin Dibben said : ‘ It 's a nice house but he has spent more time and effort on the property than it is worth . |
| 4 | Over the past year Alastair has spent more time cycling , putting in up to 150 miles a week . |
| 5 | On the very day of the dinner Charlotte Poole was writing in her journal : ‘ We are shocked to hear that Mr. Thelwall has spent some time at Stowey this week with Mr. Coleridge , and consequently with Tom Poole . |
| 6 | Walter Last has spent some time developing a system for cutting the compound angles on the segments for his turning |
| 7 | Even where individuals have not been to the West Indies themselves , they often live in a household with an older person of the same generation ( e.g. an older sibling ) who either was born there or has spent some time there . |
| 8 | He says he wants to spend more time in his constituency . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Norman Lamont delivers his budget and tells the House he wants to spend more time with his family . |
| 11 | President Clinton wants to spend more time with Gennifer Flowers . |
| 12 | In addition they are expected to spend more time on Art and Design History and Theory and on Management and Administration . |
| 13 | For example , both student teachers and student nurses are being expected to spend more time in the professional setting , and are being encouraged to appraise their own actions and to be explicit and articulate about what they are doing and why . |
| 14 | Nevertheless every choreographer creating this kind of romantic ballet today has to spend much time creating the proper gestures to replace the words , which in such ballets are never spoken but must be understood . |
| 15 | With all due respect to his constituents , can anyone , particularly such a sophisticated European , honestly want to spend more time in Watford ? |
| 16 | I want to spend more time at home and in my constituency . ’ |
| 17 | Gee , formerly an official with the GMB trade union , said that : " I want to spend less time on administration and more on direct issues which affect people and the planet . " |
| 18 | This should be dealt with at an early stage , in case management needs to spend much time verifying facts and opinions in the report and making disclosures against them . |
| 19 | People arguing about whether black swans exist , for instance , do not need to spend much time agreeing first what a black swan is . |
| 20 | Do the learners need to spend more time in some areas than in others ? |
| 21 | Barraga ( 1976 ) claims that ‘ In order to stimulate interest in visual development , and in learning to see more things , many children may need to spend some time visually investigating objects in the classroom or in the natural environment to broaden their visual experiences . ’ |
| 22 | And if you 're wanting to spend more time on Johnson at any stage , this is sort of there 's something that I sort of do n't trust producing some er , you know a play to a load of boxes but erm , la la la , and sheets as well . |
| 23 | Among other things he plans to spend more time gardening at his home in Bookham , Surrey , where he lives with his wife Alison and two teenage daughters . |
| 24 | She also received a rose arbour for her garden where she plans to spend more time in her retirement . |
| 25 | It grieves me to say that the committee seemed to spend some time trying to denigrate the authority 's findings and to vindicate the tobacco industry . |
| 26 | Nicholas Roe , a writer who used to be a fishmonger , says : ‘ I seemed to spend more time sending fish back than selling it . |
| 27 | Funny that , because you seem to spend enough time here . |
| 28 | The former frequently ask ‘ Is this right ? ’ or ‘ What do I do next ? ’ , whilst younger pupils seem to spend more time showing him what they have found out . |
| 29 | Firstly , that I seem to spend more time out of the house than in it , and then more time away from home than at home , and finally but just as significantly , more time just watching the world go by then dashing around with it . |
| 30 | A fifty bed cottage hospital is under threat as G Ps have been told to spend more time in their surgeries . |