Example sentences of "[conj] spend [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 Or spend more time alone ?
2 Why not stay awhile and spend some time exploring the delights of this fascinating county .
3 The woman from Monte Samana sent a message asking her to go today and spend some time with her .
4 and , we can always go and spend some time at er , we 'll easy get a meal in Portsmouth anyway
5 And it may be that the Gardener Centre has a broader community function than previously realized , in that it might be a marvellous place for families and kids and mums and dads , as they did on the recent Gardener Open Day , to come up and spend some time in casual appreciation of the arts instead of what , traditionally , a university campus is supposed to do , which is a serious and intensive look at experimental and avant garde work .
6 Its owner , Antonio Greppi , had social aspirations and spent much time and more money creating a fine façade and rooms so luxurious , and so dedicated to rich parties , that the city nobles came in droves .
7 He bought a white 1964 Rover 2.6 Litre and spent much time speeding between Morrissey 's Kensington pad Manchester .
8 He had had a good idea for a story the previous lesson and spent much time preparing a detailed picture to start it off .
9 He continued his serious studies , and spent much time visiting the sick as usual .
10 He excused himself from diplomatic assignments on the grounds of ( often genuine ) ill health and the poverty of his bishopric , and spent much time improving episcopal residences , especially at Halling and Trottiscliffe .
11 As well as dedication to movement , Beryl had great concern for people and spent much time helping with problems large or small .
12 But , having said that , as I got older and spent more time with my father I began to learn more about him .
13 He did not feed this to the eagles but sat and ate it himself , and spent more time staring into the deserted depths of Minch 's cage than any other .
14 The local doc — the guy who 'd helped save Andy after he almost died under the ice all those years earlier — was on holiday at the time and there was a locum , a deputising doctor in charge of the practice , except from what the locals muttered later it seemed he 'd treated his stay in Strathspeld as a holiday , too , and spent more time on river banks with a rod in his hands than at bedsides toting a stethoscope .
15 In maths and language they were less distracted and spent more time on work and routine activities , although in art the pattern was reversed : older children were more often distracted and did less work .
16 In classrooms where there were two adults , children were generally less distracted and spent more time working than in classrooms where there was only one .
17 In this scenario , the Diet took a subordinate role only until the socialist and communist parties accepted the system of liberal democracy and spent less time arguing for an alternative .
18 I was more interested in the kittiwakes nesting on the window ledges , and spent some time photographing them .
19 Having suffered a breakdown , she gave up her job in 1907 and spent some time in Sussex .
20 During his first period in Spain he fell seriously and mysteriously ill , and spent some time in hospital .
21 In 1918 he was shot in the knee while on a bombing raid and spent some time in hospital before being awarded an army scholarship , which enabled him to complete his studies at the City and Guilds College , London .
22 No later Turkish author really deals with the problem except Ismail Belig , who , in his article on Molla Yegan , states that the latter succeeded Molla Fenari as muderris at the Manastir medrese in 771/1369–70 and as kadi of Bursa in 822/1419 when Molla Fenari went on the pilgrimage and spent some time in Egypt on his return .
23 When he left the house , he went down to the riverside , and spent some time considering the extent of the job they were about to tackle , the resources they were going to need , and the best way of setting about it .
24 And spent some time in an institution ? ’
25 The doctor came within the half-hour , and spent some time with Rebecca before deciding that an ambulance was needed to take her to the Marshes .
26 They carried out a survey monitoring our telephone techniques and spent some time listening to how we answered our phones .
27 She went upstairs and spent some time soaking in a hot bath .
28 On Monday morning he registered the death and spent some time with Shrimpton — the lawyer — his father 's accountant , and the bank manager .
29 At the weekend she had visited her parents ' home and spent some time with her sister , Jennifer , but she had found that she had been unable to tell them about David Markham .
30 Mrs Edwards 's former next-door neighbour , Ruth Duncan , called to see her every day and spent some time with her on Monday evening , leaving about 9pm .
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