Example sentences of "we [verb] some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | That worried us as there were several great skuas working the sky above the bog , and we spent some time waiting for the goose to return before setting off again . |
| 2 | ‘ We spent some time in there when we were kids , did n't we Yant ? ’ |
| 3 | We spent some time away from each other just to do our own things , but now we 're looking forward to getting back to how things were , lock ourselves away and work . |
| 4 | We spent some time going through a whole heap of magazines with a girl from the Costume Department , picking out a design here and there and saying , ‘ Yes , that sort of thing would be a good idea for her , would n't it ? ’ |
| 5 | We spent some time discussing the operation of the traditional or discount market because , we said , it was in that market that the Bank of England tried day by day to influence monetary conditions in the domestic economy . |
| 6 | The process of reform upon which we embarked some time ago runs against some ingrained attitudes in public sector management , but they are beginning to change . |
| 7 | Then a long time after that , it was May , and I 'd been the night before , but he was out ( or in bed with someone ? ) and that evening he was in and alone , and we talked some time ( he was telling me about John Minton ) and then he put on an Indian record and we were quiet . |
| 8 | In the last two chapters we took some time to reach the chosen texts . |
| 9 | In spite of the garden we took some time to get accustomed to our new way of living . |
| 10 | I said , I 'm afraid erm , you know , that so he , he had to take some time , er , we ha we took some time to find the book of the words which |
| 11 | I had had nothing to read for three months , and now that we had some time to ourselves reading was a good way of distracting myself from the immediacies of life around me . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought perhaps things would be better if we had some time away from each other , so I agreed , even though it meant her taking time off from school before the end of term . |
| 13 | Oh no I we had some time off did n't we ? |
| 14 | But we have some time before the treasure is found , and there are some honest men among the crew . |
| 15 | Cou could I ask , before we go too deep into the issue , that if we are gon na use this er er make proper use of it , that we have some time to analyze the |
| 16 | It 's alright , leave it in the we need some time . |