Example sentences of "he [vb past] a [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He spent a long time with her , talking , and making her feel better when she was crying and that .. |
| 2 | He spent a long time over these calculations and they appeared to soothe him . |
| 3 | After leaving school he spent a short time in his father 's office . |
| 4 | He spent a short time in Paris , studying French surgical methods , and then returned to Liverpool and joined his father 's practice in 1858 . |
| 5 | He spent a short time in conversation with Iris , who looked at him in a way that made Melissa want to shake her . |
| 6 | He began a third time with Abraham and the miracle of his son Isaac . |
| 7 | Tromsø was huddled and silent below and he took a long time over his last look . |
| 8 | ran away from it you see and then when he came back he came to us and he growled a few times at it , so , but erm , backed off you know |
| 9 | The tsar was well aware that the legislation left much to be desired and delayed publishing it until 5 March , the first day of Lent : " alarmed by the prospect of riot , " wrote an admittedly hostile contemporary , " he hesitated a long time before choosing a day for promulgating the sham freedom and eventually chose the day when it was least of all expected " . |
| 10 | And he had a good time with the assembled newshounds , especially when one got him off and running with a question about how he felt about winning a national championship . |
| 11 | He had a fine time on the subcontinent , taking a total of 175 wickets over the two visits . |
| 12 | He had a happy time in the town . |
| 13 | He waited a long time for her response . |
| 14 | The world champion elect , seeking his first victory in Australia in his final Formula One race before switching to Indycar racing in the United States next year , dominated the session as he clocked a best time of one minute 13.732 seconds on the 3.78km track in his Williams Renault car . |