Example sentences of "spare the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did this to spare the city 's civilians from artillery barrages . |
| 2 | The mayor appealed to both sides to spare the city 's Turkish-era centre as terrified residents prepared for a long night in cellar shelters . |
| 3 | Howell has taken up a job in Aberdeen and feels he may no longer be able to spare the time to travel back to Edinburgh each weekend . |
| 4 | The top reporters may not be able to spare the time and you could end up with the story being written by someone rather less familiar with the subject , whereas a quick telephone call or fax could mean that the story gets to the person you want . |
| 5 | They are in the mainstream of evolution , and we shall be swept along in the current , but we can at least try to spare the floods . |
| 6 | Why Brunel should have agreed to spare the time to become involved with the competition is not clear , except that his brother-in-law and close friend was Sir Benjamin Hawes , who had framed the War Department 's accommodation schedule . |
| 7 | The Pilgrims of Grace , who planned to march to London to compel Henry VIII to spare the monasteries , went to Jervaulx to ask the abbot to join them . |
| 8 | Animal-lover Carla , 57 , who created TV hits Bread and The Liver Birds , was in court to support an appeal to spare the dog . |
| 9 | ‘ Thank you , Charlie , ’ Hari said , ‘ there 's good of you to spare the time to come to help us out . ’ |
| 10 | But if you are prepared to spare the time , settle down in an armchair and explore among the oldies in a good descriptive catalogue like David Austin 's Handbook of Roses ( see Bibliography ) , who knows what nuggets of gold you might find to fit into your garden ? |
| 11 | Their horses were fresher , and gradually closed on Sharpe who , to spare the mare 's strength , tried to avoid the worst hills , but he eventually found himself trapped in a long valley and was forced to put the mare at a steep grass slope which led to a bare skyline . |
| 12 | She left him lying there and went down to say good night , treading on the paint at the side of the stairs to spare the carpet as Mr Evans had told her to do . |
| 13 | Er that help is , there are fewer to draw from , i it 's also far more difficult for them to spare the time , the pressures on the academics are considerable nowadays . |
| 14 | And so a couple of hours later , it was Burkett who drove the coach and four to the top of Dunmail Raise while Hope and Sylvia walked behind to spare the horses the effort , even though , as Burkett had pointed out , two passengers were light work for four horses . |
| 15 | Whereupon the partying Ninevites , just like Jonah inside the whale , repented ; whereupon God decided after all to spare the city ; whereupon Jonah became incredibly irritated , which was only normal in one who 'd been put to a lot of trouble to bring the message of destruction , only for the Lord , despite a well-known , indeed historic taste for wrecking cities , to turn round and change his mind . |
| 16 | It may have been dropped during the run-in to opening in 1692 , to spare the first-night audience too long a wait for the music they had paid to hear in this long-expected opera ; for it can perfectly well be done without . |
| 17 | Maybe he wo n't be able to spare the time . |
| 18 | ‘ I said a suite ; there are two bedrooms , though if you want to spare the maids some work we can share . ’ |
| 19 | I hope that you will be able to spare the time to complete this form . |
| 20 | With seconds to spare the two girls were plucked to safety by firemen wearing breathing apparatus . |
| 21 | The oesophagus was ligated flush with the wall to spare the vagi . |
| 22 | Neil , bring cup of tea in here and we 'll talk about it and I did n't really want to spare the time because you could imagine that I wanted to get ready to come away but I I made myself sit and really give him time |
| 23 | TO THE WOODS KEVIN MY GOOD MAN AND DO N'T SPARE THE HORSES ! ! |
| 24 | If others took the same decision it would spare the North selectors some uncomfortable choices . |
| 25 | ‘ Do you think you can spare the day ? ’ |
| 26 | There is a feeling that if the wording were changed to ‘ seeking to interfere with play ’ it would spare the player who is in an offside position but making a genuine attempt to stay onside by , for example , running back towards the halfway line . |
| 27 | I would love to hear from you again , if you can spare the time . |
| 28 | The election result will spare the NHS further reorganisation and will entrench the key aspects of the reforms . |
| 29 | It has been the starting-point for many a vintage Sherlock Holmes adventure — ‘ London Bridge Station , cabby , and do n't spare the horses ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ Ca n't spare the water , but by the time I 've finished cooking they 'll be sterile . ’ |