Example sentences of "more time [prep] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had split up because I wanted to spend more time with my mates . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I spend more time with my four dogs than anyone else because I am often alone writing . |
| 3 | But , having said that , as I got older and spent more time with my father I began to learn more about him . |
| 4 | I took to spending more time with my mother again , rather than shutting myself up in my caravan . |
| 5 | I am determined that I 'm going to spend far more time with my child , ’ says Richard . |
| 6 | ‘ I know it all sounds good , ’ she says , ‘ but what I want most of all is to spend more time with my little girl — and that 's the one thing I ca n't do at the moment . ’ |
| 7 | I spend more time on my face and skin than I do on my hair . |
| 8 | Since I retired I 've had more time on my hands and I pass it , you might say , in reading and reflection on my area of interest . |
| 9 | However , my contract with the club is up next May and then I will have more time on my hands , but I will still need help with the Irish job . |
| 10 | Maybe they 'll elope to Gretna Green if they ca n't find a vacant Martello tower , then it will leave me with more time for my Roman friend and dear Boudicca not to mention Dorothy Wordsworth 's Journals of which I have perused the first paragraph six times yet can not seem to recall it to mind . |
| 11 | When I lived right on the job it used to drive my wife round the bend — I 'd be at home on a weekend , perhaps in the garden , and I 'd think about something in the greenhouse across the road so I 'd go over there and disappear for an hour whereas perhaps I should have been giving more time to my family . |
| 12 | ‘ I needed a complete break from the game and wanted to devote more time to my family and business . |
| 13 | ‘ I needed a complete break from the game and wanted to devote more time to my family and business . |