Example sentences of "great [noun sg] of time [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He spent a great deal of time on the telephone and he was often out of the house on various missions , not returning until late at night . |
| 2 | Her father had always had a great deal of time for the Sally Ann . |
| 3 | Wolfgang spent a great deal of time in the company of J C Bach , with whom he struck up a friendship , and who was delighted to engage in amicable improvisation contests on the keyboard . |
| 4 | Marrying the widowed sister of Henry I , he was created Earl of Huntingdon , and before becoming king spent a great deal of time in the land and company of his brother-in-law . |
| 5 | He spent a great deal of time in the yard below with the carpenters and masons who were making the pageant cart for the coronation procession . |
| 6 | Will my right hon. Friend and his Department therefore spend a great deal of time in the next six months talking to our friends the Portuguese through the Portuguese presidency , so that they may adopt a sensible policy which we can then follow ? |
| 7 | Tithonus spends a great deal of time in the poem reflecting on the past . |
| 8 | It was an appointment , as William Adam pointed out , which ‘ often follows at a great distance of time after the application & entring on the list ’ . |