Example sentences of "good deal of [pos pn] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leapor and Freemantle spent a good deal of their time talking about poetry and religion . |
| 2 | Surfers are said to be as exclusive in their manners as the upper classes they have replaced , talking only among themselves and inevitably spending a good deal of their time incommunicado offshore . |
| 3 | These differences led to differing perceptions of their role by the two development officers — in Ipswich the development officer was a little unsure of how she was going to ‘ work in with the existing multi-disciplinary team ’ , whereas in Newham the development officer said she felt she was probably going to spend a good deal of her time negotiating between the different services and ‘ getting them to talk to each other ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm afraid I 've taken up a good deal of your time for no purpose Mr. Preston . |
| 5 | To correct the curve it was necessary to stretch the concavity and contract the convexity — in furtherance of which he spent a good deal of his time moving across the floor in a peculiar creeping posture , which Doctor Staples referred to as ‘ Klapp 's crawl ’ . |
| 6 | Nicholson , who was spending a good deal of his time in the new BBS offices , which he hoped would be the starting point of his own aspirations towards directing , chipped in with the observation that his biker pictures had all grossed respectable money and made very handsome profits from a low outlay . |
| 7 | Finchie , meanwhile , was spending a good deal of his time at Oblatz , a bar-restaurant just across the street from the studio . |
| 8 | On that thought , a streak of fairness smote Fabia and she became guiltily aware that , since he must spend a good deal of his time cooped up in his office , it was no wonder that he wanted to enjoy his walks without any prying journalist asking the ‘ whys and wherefores ’ of everything . |
| 9 | ‘ A good deal of my time is naturally devoted to such a big client — ‘ |