Example sentences of "spend much [prep] the time [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His obsession with wiping surfaces had passed and he now spent much of the time sticking little stones to the wall instead . |
| 2 | He spent much of the time swerving and cursing other drivers . |
| 3 | Maggie had so little to do during the day that she spent much of the time chatting and gossiping with Rose . |
| 4 | How , for example , does one categorize the piety of an individual like the Restoration diarist , Samuel Pepys , who frequently attended several churches on a Sunday , but spent much of the time surveying the attractive women in the congregation ; and who regularly supervised the daily prayers of his household , but often in a state of extreme inebriation ? |
| 5 | For the production crew , filming the six-part series meant spending much of the time crawling around on the floor . |
| 6 | Douglas had spent much of the time explaining to the table the intricacies of the plot of his next novel ; Leon Brittan had been rather short with him . |