Example sentences of "more time [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not long ago some highly placed career men resigned their jobs because , they said , they wanted to spend more time with their families . |
| 2 | She told the Herald that she would miss Le Court and probably be homesick for a little while but she wanted to spend more time with her husband and family . |
| 3 | Larissa , 40 , became a teacher so that she would have more time with her children , but she spends most of her spare time in queues . |
| 4 | MICKEY ROURKE 'S wife CARRIE OTIS has turned down a £500,000 cosmetics deal so she can spend more time with her hubby … |
| 5 | Even after all these years , Laura knew that it would have taken a paragon of virtue not to feel viciously jealous of the svelte , sophisticated woman who had seemed to spend far more time with her husband than she did . |
| 6 | Until last week , she worked as a cleaner at the local community centre , but colleagues say she 'd given up the job to spend more time with her sick mother . |
| 7 | Eleanor Pitman ( Kent ) one of the first Qualified Teachers , Eleanor looks forward to spending and enjoying more time with her family . |
| 8 | With a new film , The Hard Way , now showing at the cinema , it 's hard to believe that Michael J Fox resolved last year to give up being a film star and spend more time with his wife , Tracy Pollan , and their son , Sam , who 's three this week . |
| 9 | A male colleague of Perkins ' , working at the same grade , is also taking a day off a week to spend more time with his children and perhaps this is the most heartening news of all . |
| 10 | Still to come is the awful Ghost Dad , basically another attempt to get Bill Cosby 's TV act to work on the big screen ( Bill plays a workaholic dad who , once dead , gets to spend more time with his family ) . |
| 11 | Perhaps he spends more time with his wife when he 's ashore these days . ’ |
| 12 | Resigned as employment secretary in January 1990 to spend more time with his family . |
| 13 | Councillor Spencer Rosie , much to the loss of the community he served , resigned from Orkney Islands Council in April 1991 , due , he said to pressure of work , and the wish to spend more time with his own growing family . |
| 14 | The normally outgoing Garel-Jones has been looking tired lately , say his friends , who believe he genuinely wants to bow out of the spotlight and spend more time with his family . |
| 15 | He told Mr Major he will leave once the Maastricht Treaty is ratified by Parliament , adding that he wanted to spend more time with his family and pursue his interests in the art world . |
| 16 | ‘ He has told friends for months he wanted to spend more time with his family . ’ |
| 17 | Despite his business commitments , Mr Branson now spends more and more time with his second wife Joan and two children at home in the village of Kidlington , Oxon , where the garden contains a Balinese pavilion . |
| 18 | The 32-year-old libero , regarded as one of the most accomplished and stylish defenders in world soccer , turned his back on the national team last month to spend more time with his family . |
| 19 | While the nation mourns ( not ) over the sudden cancellation of the SHAKESPEAR 'S SISTER mega-tour , it would seem that the reason behind the decision had little to do with SIOBHAN 's nervous exhaustion and more to do with the fact that hubbie DAVE STEWART wants to spend more time with his wife and less time on his Jack Jones , staring at his fibre-optic carpet . |
| 20 | Norman Lamont delivers his budget and tells the House he wants to spend more time with his family . |
| 21 | I know that one of his reasons for leaving is that he genuinely wants to be able to spend more time with his family . |
| 22 | Peter Walker , the Secretary of State for Wales , confirmed on March 4 that he intended to leave the government at a future point in order to be able to spend more time with his family ; it was subsequently announced on March 14 that he would be succeeded in late May by David Hunt , currently Minister for Local Government and Inner Cities , who would enter the Cabinet for the first time . |
| 23 | Gray explained his decision in terms of wishing to exert influence over the next generation of black leaders , to earn a higher salary , and to spend more time with his family and his local Baptist church . |
| 24 | The election of Sir Michael followed Namaliu 's decision to retire from politics in order to spend more time with his wife who was seriously ill . |
| 25 | Jack had recently taken early retirement from the dole in order to spend more time with his family . |
| 26 | We had split up because I wanted to spend more time with my mates . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I spend more time with my four dogs than anyone else because I am often alone writing . |
| 28 | But , having said that , as I got older and spent more time with my father I began to learn more about him . |
| 29 | I took to spending more time with my mother again , rather than shutting myself up in my caravan . |
| 30 | I am determined that I 'm going to spend far more time with my child , ’ says Richard . |