Example sentences of "she spend a good " in BNC.

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1 This was not quite so convenient for her , and she spent a good deal of time travelling back and forth in her carriage .
2 She spent a good deal on the house ; well , it was his house , she kept it up for him , even afterwards .
3 She spent a good deal — she always did that .
4 She spent a good deal of time in the kitchen and bullied Dora into showing her how to make bread and pastry ; she would take cookery books up to her room and study the methods of jam making and preserving fruit and vegetables .
5 Both the local people and the expatriate community had been happy to befriend the pretty blonde newcomer and her infant son , with the result that whenever Ashley came down to the village she spent a good proportion of her time chatting .
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