Example sentences of "[pron] spend a short time " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it can be claimed that the young men who spend a short time in a school before moving on provide the vitality , it is equally true that those who devote their whole lives to a single school give the continuity , tradition , and wisdom which are equally , if not more , important . |
| 2 | We spent a short time discussing how Sylvia now felt about that long-ago event and whether it caused her any distress to think about it . |
| 3 | After leaving school he spent a short time in his father 's office . |
| 4 | He spent a short time in Paris , studying French surgical methods , and then returned to Liverpool and joined his father 's practice in 1858 . |
| 5 | He spent a short time in conversation with Iris , who looked at him in a way that made Melissa want to shake her . |