Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Formal nursing courses reflect these concerns , but there is at present no mechanism for updating the knowledge of those who qualified some time ago . |
| 2 | But the most ingenious theory is from Bishop Auckland historian John Land , who devoted much time to the Eden Theatre 's history and particularly its links with Stan Laurel . |
| 3 | It had disintegrated ( in despair , one assumed ) many years ago , but Dorothy continued to bawl furiously at passing vehicles and to write letters to the commanding officer of the local airbase , who returned each time the same duplicated reply of infinite courtesy and obscurity . |
| 4 | He has fittingly been given a measure of local immortality by Mrs Lavinia Mary Thwaites , who spent much time in the man 's jovial company . |
| 5 | With her was her bit on the side , one John Bryan , a financial wizard , all the way from Texas , who spent much time in close proximity , valuing her assets . |
| 6 | It had been too easily assumed that strong representation by teachers through their unions ( which usually meant representation by powerful and semi-professional members who spent little time in class-rooms ) would somehow guarantee the active interest and participation of large numbers of ordinary teachers . |
| 7 | The poorest families who spent more time at home , like the unemployed , were having anything up to £35 per week from their Social Security Benefits deducted and paid direct to the fuel companies to cover fuel debts . |
| 8 | One regular was just thankful there was someone who spent more time in the pub than him . |
| 9 | It was Barnard who called this time . |
| 10 | Lady Onslow befriended Littlejohn , who lost little time in asking her to arrange a meeting between a Government minister and his brother Kenneth , who , he said , had some important intelligence about the IRA to pass on . |
| 11 | He was probably very frustrated too as his bride , who had little time to be with him , was struggling to keep two homes running . |
| 12 | Fowler , who had little time for him , was mildly surprised at his erudition . |
| 13 | Grunte , who had little time for the Third World , said that as far as he was concerned , most of it seemed to have moved to Birmingham . |
| 14 | In fact , Kitty was the only one of the three who had enough time off during the day to help out on the barrow , but as she never got up until the sun rose and slipped away long before it had set , she still was n't what Granpa would have called an asset . |
| 15 | Experienced volunteers thought that they should help with in-bureau tutoring ; among the few who knew what social policy work was , there were some who wanted to take more part in it and others who wanted more time to read in order to keep up to date . |