Example sentences of "[pron] time [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result , I was often wasting my time during our first few flying sessions . |
| 2 | A bite now is hardly ever missed and I am confident of landing even big fish on this gear if I take my time about it . |
| 3 | So , I went to have a shower , took my time over it , shaved and dressed again . |
| 4 | I divided my time between my hundreds of pet animals at home and the wild animals in the Wiltshire countryside . |
| 5 | Eventually he smiled again and said : ‘ As I say , I 'm not going to waste my time on our French friend over there . |
| 6 | Futch , who 's trained five world champions and who originally rejected Bowe , says : ‘ I was in my late 70s after Bowe 's Olympic defeat and I did n't want to waste a minute of my time on someone who was n't 100 per cent dedicated . ’ |
| 7 | Because I have wasted my time with something like that ? |
| 8 | I seemed fated to spend my time with them and it made me feel incomplete as though I were yet unborn . |
| 9 | The remainder of my time with him was spent picking up tips on desert survival . |
| 10 | I think it was my time with him which explains an incident which took place thirty years later . |
| 11 | Anyone who has ever sailed with Phil Andrews will agree that there is never a dull moment or lack of sea time , and my time with him on Valiant was certainly full of those ingredients . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , why should I always spend my time with you ? ’ she asked crossly . |
| 13 | ‘ If Father agreed , I 'd spend half my time with you . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't want to spend my time with you , any more than you want me at your side , so the sooner you tell me where Garry is , the sooner we can part company . |
| 15 | ‘ I am wasting my time with you . |
| 16 | ‘ As you see , I spend all my time with my glasses , but apart from me there 's the coastguard who does his patrol every morning , there are two gentlemen from the town who never miss walking out here for their morning constitutional and on Saturdays , there 's the children , off from school … |
| 17 | I spent much of my time with my father , watching him sketch , or fish for salmon in the Slaney . |
| 18 | and I do prefer to work on the er on a personal recommendations or referrals basis because that actually allows me to , to devote most of my time to my current clients without having to go out cold calling and looking for people . |
| 19 | Though they spend most of their time at their desks managing field work and consulting senior officials in headquarters , they are in frequent contact with their staff . |
| 20 | And last those who should probably be first — the experts who have the knowledge that enables them to evaluate books , records , stamps and other valuables professionally and are willing to put this skill and their time at our disposal . |
| 21 | In days past , when children did not have the delights of the mass media to occupy their time for them , diary keeping was regarded as a ‘ good thing ’ for the young , just as collecting things was regarded as keeping hands and minds occupied . |
| 22 | At its worst extreme , and particularly where the panel is a voluntary committee , all of whom are giving their time for nothing , the selection may well be made without all the panel having interviewed the candidate . |
| 23 | He and Victoria divide their time between their apartment in Manhattan and a luxury home in Beverly Hills , which houses an impressive collection of 20th Century art — his passion . |
| 24 | Here the bride and bridegroom received the guests with her parents Mr and Mrs John McTaggart , who divide their time between their Scottish castle and their home in Athens . |
| 25 | The men took their time about it . |
| 26 | In this group of 27 respondents , only two specifically noted that they were able to spend their full time on training , another two did not offer any estimate of time , and a further two indicated that their time plus their assistant 's time equalled one full-time post . |
| 27 | The philosophers debated ; St Paul was taken to speak at the Areopagus in Athens " for all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else , but either to tell , or to hear some new thing " ; the House of Commons clears the ground for legislation by public discussion ; and the speakers in Hyde Park orate . |
| 28 | For those with no knowledge of Russian , there is an intensive beginners ' course , known as Russian 1A1/1A2 , with a total of eight to nine contact hours weekly , which allows students to spend two-thirds of their time in their first year on Russian . |
| 29 | Students were known to spend their time in his lectures counting up the number of clichés which he used . |
| 30 | Two of the youngest and pleasantest of his guards began to spend their time in his cell with him day and night , watch and watch about . |