Example sentences of "and spend [art] long " in BNC.
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1 | Evolution Without Evidence is not a creationist broadside , but an interesting and well-written exercise on the theme that the young Charles Darwin became convinced of evolution but felt that he did not have the evidence to convince his contemporaries , and spent a long time getting it together and arranging it — so long that he was taken by surprise and had to get out the Origin prematurely ( as he always said himself ) . |
2 | They started in the Fabric Hall , and spent a long time fingering various swathes of cloth . |
3 | And so Willi was squeezing himself into his best suit , the one he wore for daytime ceremonial occasions , and had spattered himself lavishly with aftershave cologne , and spent a long time arranging the frill of curls round his bald crown . |
4 | He bought some rocks and stones , and spent the long summer evenings building a rock garden over the grave . |
5 | He is absent yet meticulous , paying for a missing drink-shop teaspoon which has nothing to do with him , and spending a long time in the ‘ interesting occupation ’ of trying to catch a fly . |