Example sentences of "he spend [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He died in his studio ; did he spend much time there ? ’ |
| 2 | True , there was Crown prince Tupouto'a waiting in the wings , but he spent little time in Tonga and had a reputation as a playboy — a Farouk-like figure given to white suits and expensive lady friends . |
| 3 | Mr X found the sound of running water reduced his tinnitus ; on bad days he spent much time in the bathroom . |
| 4 | He spent much time visiting most states of the Union and acting as a super salesman for Iran . |
| 5 | From 1883 he spent much time abroad , especially in areas of active volcanoes . |
| 6 | He spent much time today and yesterday denying that he would increase from 14 to 20 per cent . |
| 7 | In his early years in Edinburgh , he spent much time in reorganising and rationalising the pathology service in the Royal Infirmary and associated hospitals and he laid a sure foundation of academic pathology in the Medical School . |
| 8 | The chancellor would do well if he spent more time worrying about whether New York 's children are learning the three Rs — subjects in which they are sadly deficient . ’ |
| 9 | He spent more time hanging out at Jacqueline 's flat . |
| 10 | And Tucker was saying , ‘ He spent more time in the islands these past years than ever before . |
| 11 | He spent more time on the Vibrancy at Mandru than he ever had in Por Tanssie . |
| 12 | Soon Gabrielle learned to leave him alone in his despair , and he spent more time playing darts and billiards at a Battersea pub . |
| 13 | Since the Congress Kingdom of Poland was only one of a number of outlying parts of the empire which required his attention , and since he could hardly afford a forward policy in western Europe or the Balkans until his own peripheries were fully integrated into the imperial structure , he spent more time in the 1830s and 1840s on his own non-Russian subjects than on dealings with foreigners . |
| 14 | If he spent less time jetting around on EC business and more solving Britain 's problems , perhaps a lot more people would have jobs , too . |
| 15 | He spent less time there than he meant to : it was a cell , cool and enclosed , whereas from the terrace in front of the sunlit house one could see , sipping wine , the valley of the Rhone away below , lavender fields , olives , vines . |
| 16 | He still has sufficient force , passion and reputation to get his way if he puts his case forcefully enough and yesterday he spent some time in conclave with Carrick , Neil Hartley and coach Doug Padgett . |
| 17 | He spent some time afterwards making a special metal umbrella . |
| 18 | He spent some time in Rome , later Florence and then , in 1923 or 1924 — he was n't quite sure — he ‘ fetched up ’ in Naples . |
| 19 | He spent some time expressing his preference , for tactical reasons , for smaller neutron bombs before developing his argument . |
| 20 | He spent some time climbing about and peering in all directions . |
| 21 | Hanna was very interested in our latest developments for vertical take-off and Mickie says he spent some time discussing this subject with her . |
| 22 | He spent some time actually living as a boarder in houses in the areas that he was studying , and making detailed studies of particular families . |
| 23 | He spent some time in Holland in the company of an Indian guru with whom he had long walks and conversations through which came the realization that he should build a new career around his two key interests : his satisfaction in working with children and his love of Art . |
| 24 | He spent some time in Calcutta where he came into contact with the Indian Communist Party . |
| 25 | After leaving the Dardanelles he spent some time in Salonika and Egypt , before being posted as brigadier-general ( November 1915 ) on the staff of the reserve corps led by Sir Hubert Gough [ q.v. ] on the western front . |
| 26 | Along with a representative from the drilling company and an interpreter , he spent some time with Sergei , a hunter , and his two wives in their autumn home . |
| 27 | It is said that his journey to America had taken him via Mexico , where he spent some time in discussion with Trotsky , on the issue of Negro involvement in the revolutionary movement . |
| 28 | He spent some time in Paris , where he taught Sanskrit , Gothic and Old High German . |
| 29 | He spent some time in the Navy , worked in light engineering and is a watchmaker to trade . |
| 30 | Most years he spent some time in Anagni or Segni , his home region ; otherwise Rome was his main place of residence . |