Example sentences of "spent [pron] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hitler , Gramsci , and Regis Debray had spent their time in prison writing political treatises . |
| 2 | ‘ Tiger ’ also had his victory confirmed and the A.A. batteries claimed another — four out of seven destroyed not a bad effort , we felt , particularly as the squadron had spent their time in a defensive circle ! ’ |
| 3 | He seems to have spent his time at Dunvegan listening to the winds and the women , and compares the waves off Dunvegan , even in a tempest , unfavourably with those on the coast of Sussex , and again finds no trees . |
| 4 | Speculation that he had turned his back on the fast world of Wall Street finance was fuelled by reports that he has spent his time in prison studying the Jewish religion . |
| 5 | John 's father had told him vague stories about a grandfather who was said to have spent his time in mysterious pursuits of his own , returning home at intervals to sire another child before disappearing again . |
| 6 | He had spent his time in a lodging house on the Strand , eking out the small amount of money Edward Morris had been able to lend him . |