Example sentences of "spent long [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite all this external activity he spent long periods of time in his diocese , active in every facet of ecclesiastical administration , as is revealed by his register , the first to survive for the diocese of Winchester . |
| 2 | During the period of his studies , he was laid low by tuberculosis , and spent long periods in the sanatorium undergoing treatment . |
| 3 | After this he spent long periods in Madeira until his death in 1907 . |
| 4 | He trained as a painter in Vienna , spent long periods in Russia and France and became one of Hungary 's leading Romantic painters and illustrators . |
| 5 | He spent long hours in the House of Commons and he was skilful at the quiet conduct of minor business . |
| 6 | We spent long hours in stationary trains in railway-sidings , in grey towns under greyer skies . |
| 7 | For reasons not apparent he had become a reformed character : he worked diligently and spent long hours in the laboratory . |
| 8 | Those MPs who succumbed to the pressures of Party democracy brought their golf clubs with them and spent long days on the sandy links of Southport and elsewhere , returning to their hotels in the evening to take part in an entertainment such as the Agents ' dinner and dance . |