Example sentences of "[noun] spend a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The seal spent a long time underwater , thinking . |
| 2 | The girl spent a long time wondering whether she could pluck up courage to mention she 'd thought of going to the Swimming Gala if her mother really felt there was nothing she could do . |
| 3 | The 1988–89 Committee spent a long time agonising over the problem of how to keep the broadcasters at arms length , so that their editors would not be able to provide the signal in ways that might be journalistically attractive but would be repugnant to Members . |
| 4 | On the morning of the day when Therese Aschmann was due to arrive in Hochhauser , Willi spent a long time getting ready before he went to meet her at the station . |
| 5 | One group spent a long time comparing the different notes or tones produced when tubes of different width and length were blown or spoken down . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , the driver spent a long time finding our house … ‘ |
| 7 | Unfortunately , the retired admiral spent a long time finding our house … ‘ |
| 8 | He and Claudia spent a long time talking to the police and to the accused man . |
| 9 | WHATEVER its origin , groundwater spends a long time in an aquifer . |
| 10 | After all , Jones spent a long time getting the wording right , and you wo n't be able to improve on it . |
| 11 | The girls spent a long time putting their new wardrobe together . |
| 12 | Alistair spent a long time on the covering note to Sixsmith — almost as long as he had spent on Offensive from Quasar 13 . |
| 13 | Researchers investigating the causes of psychological depression spent a long time carefully documenting how severe , traumatizing events that happen to people , such as bereavement or job loss , can induce it . |
| 14 | Dad spent a long time talking to our Pastor afterwards . |
| 15 | Moran spent a long time composing the letter . |