Example sentences of "spent a long [noun sg] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She spent a long evening working with Philip , as his assistant , handing him tools , holding steady the beam of a powerful torch . |
| 2 | The 1988–89 Committee spent a long time agonising over the problem of how to keep the broadcasters at arms length , so that their editors would not be able to provide the signal in ways that might be journalistically attractive but would be repugnant to Members . |
| 3 | The Blancs , who have lived in the cottage seven years , spent a long time looking at many ranges before deciding on the white Miele kitchen with its terracotta trim . |
| 4 | Dad spent a long time talking to our Pastor afterwards . |
| 5 | He and Claudia spent a long time talking to the police and to the accused man . |