Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] spent a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then he thought : I 've spent a long time doing things for everybody 's sake . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've spent a long , long time thinking about this . |
| 3 | I 'VE SPENT a long time cultivating this dour image , I 'm not going to spoil it now . |
| 4 | It is a tribute not only to the management at Yarrow but to the workers , who have spent a long time removing ill-considered demarcation practices — and it is as a shipbuilder that I say that . |
| 5 | If you have spent a long day on the airfield , it will be difficult to refuse your turn to fly , even if you are tired . |
| 6 | In other words , if you have spent a long time writing programs to carry out tasks , you will have to start again from scratch . |