Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is an old piece of advice that if you want to work in an area ( insurance , real estate or food ) you should spend some time working in that area . |
| 2 | ‘ He looked at me with one of those amiable stares of his , said I was overworked and I should take some time off . |
| 3 | That should save some time . |
| 4 | But I 'll need some time . |
| 5 | Otherwise , the patient might spend some time in a private nursing home , possibly paid for by the State . |
| 6 | Sometimes I continue yesterday 's painting or I start a new work , often it is an idea I have thought about from the studio , or I might spend some time looking through sketch books . |
| 7 | With older children we might spend some time discussing this ( perhaps wondering if the giant would ever let us get near enough to open his mouth and clean his teeth for him ) ; with this age group , however , I immediately enthuse about the idea : " Right , that 's really good . |
| 8 | Well , the thing is what 's happening , I thought we might spend some time on if wanted , what I wanted to do was to be sure in my own mind that by the second week I could put up a master sheet with all the headings of what you were doing , that 's got ta be done . |
| 9 | So , a P E P is erm er introduced by er Mr Lawson , who you might remember some time ago had er a job as the Chancellor and is now working part-time in the City . |
| 10 | ‘ I have a nasty feeling that getting anywhere might take some time . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Although that might take some time , of course . ’ |
| 12 | The historian of the future might be able to reconstitute all the documents mentioning a particular subject in an automated PRO but the manner in which they inter-relate might take some time to unravel . |
| 13 | Yeah , oh , well April is Easter , April nineteen , twenty , twenty one , twenty two , and it looks like your father he said he might take some time in n it ? |
| 14 | I do n't think we 'll be straight into it , though ; I think we 'll have some time off . |
| 15 | I ordinarily rise by six ; I will allow you to lie half an hour after me then you 'll have some time you may call your own . |
| 16 | ‘ It 'll take some time , not today , ’ said Mr Reichmann following the briefing of bankers in Toronto on Monday afternoon . |
| 17 | ‘ Next year we 'll take some time off and go to Italy together , ’ her mother had said . |
| 18 | At the end of the meditation , towards the end of the meditation , I 'll ask you three questions and I 'll leave some time of silence between each question . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'll come some time early on St Stephen 's Day , ’ she said instead . |
| 20 | Estimates suggest that between a fifth and a quarter of children may spend some time in a one-parent family . |
| 21 | A key worker may spend some time with her or his clients , listening , asking simple questions and rehearsing facts like the day , the month and the weather . |
| 22 | You may forget about this entirely , or you may spend some time exploring possibilities in a rather inconsequential way . |
| 23 | How the Other Half Lives A divorced woman rings her ex-spouse : Perhaps you could spare some time to see the children on Saturday … |
| 24 | Well I promised our our Sarah I 'd spend some time with her I ai n't gon na say too much but she does get a bit upset at times |
| 25 | He was consumed with desire for the possession to come and whenever he could he tried to add to the 45/ in the Post Office Savings Bank so that they could spend some time away together with Dad Uzzell . |
| 26 | Have you got a close friend or relative who could spend some time just talking with you , or who might be able to take the children out to give you a break ? |
| 27 | ‘ And I thought you were glad because we could spend some time together . ’ |
| 28 | Then we could spend some time together . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You 'd like some time on your own with Laura , would n't you ? ’ |
| 30 | The parents were glad of a helping hand so them could have some time to themselves . |