Example sentences of "to spend [art] long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 For every year at midwinter the sun grows weak and pale , and he sinks down into the marshes to spend the long winter night there , and Mokosh , the old witch , his foster-mother , nurses him until he is strong again , with herbs and spells and incantations .
2 She and David planned to spend the long weekend alone in Bristol .
3 So for a little over £100 it is easy to spend a long weekend in Paris in the spring , summer or whenever .
4 There really is no better way to spend a long weekend , or indeed an entire week , during winter , than in the warm sun of Portugal 's Algarve , Spain 's Costa del Sol or the cooler — though still very comfortable — French region of Calais .
5 It was a little bit awkward , because she wanted to spend a long weekend there in July , and I had to sort out the dates with Alex to make sure they did n't clash .
6 to develop from a small beginning in manageable steps rather than to spend a long period identifying ‘ all ’ institutional needs and all required data items followed by software development of a ‘ complete ’ system on an unmanageable scale ;
7 ‘ Another thing which caused me to spend a long time on the story was that prostitution is a black and whit story , but the business side of photography usually wants colour .
8 Or , if you like to spend a long time in the tub , you might like a wider one , which may well fit into the existing space .
9 Although the Laputans were kind to me , I did not want to spend a long time in their country .
10 ‘ People have to spend a long time with robot animals first .
11 If I really had to spend a long time hurting someone slowly , I 'd have to use a blindfold : them or me , one of us would have to have their eyes hidden .
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