Example sentences of "[pron] spent [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I spent a little time ‘ fishing ’ these to the back and either tying off , or sewing in . |
| 2 | I spent a long time photographing the falls , taken with their grace . |
| 3 | I spent a long time reading the advertisements . |
| 4 | So I spent a long time trying to hide the place . |
| 5 | It was about five years later when I was going away for a weekend and knowing that space in the car would be limited , I spent a long time thinking what sketching materials to take which would not need much room . |
| 6 | I spent a long time diving frantically after them , jamming the sheet at a bunch only to see half of them streaking out the other end , and I might have gone on indefinitely had I not felt a gentle touch on my arm . |
| 7 | I know it sounds thin , sir , but I spent a long time getting no further than that and I do n't think we shall do better until we have an angle — some sort of leverage . ’ |
| 8 | From the time that I was about eight , the Boxing Booth acted as a magnet to me and I spent a considerable time gazing in awe as the boxers paraded on the small stage outside the tent , ready to take on all corners . |
| 9 | I spent a happy time in Mavhinje . |
| 10 | I spent the whole time trying to explain the family connection . ’ |
| 11 | She never for a moment thought of deserting French for Mrs Hill , having encountered amongst other things some nasty problems about the nature of electricity , but she did enjoy the sensation of flirtation : she spent a long time making her mind up , and finally was summoned by the headmistress , who told her she ought to stick to Sciences , because they offered better prospects . |
| 12 | The shower was wonderfully soothing and afterwards she spent a long time drying her hair and putting on her make-up . |
| 13 | She spent a long time in the bathroom . |
| 14 | She spent a long time near the gate these days , but the snow had driven her indoors at last . |
| 15 | Toby ( 4.5 ) had been playing with blocks , but then wandered away and the blocks were put away by two other boys , who spent a long time carefully fitting the different sizes of blocks into the two boxes . |
| 16 | Louise came again , towing Suzanne , who spent the entire time shuttered off within the earphones of her Walkman ; if spoken to she smiled with bland and tolerant self-absorption , like the very old . |
| 17 | Yesterday evening we had a courtesy visit to our rooms from Comrade Wong , Vice-Chairman of the Institute 's Revolutionary Committee , Comrade Chang our cadre organizer , and the luckless Comrade Interpreter Wong , who spent the whole time interpreting , so that he did n't even have a chance to drink his tea or to eat a biscuit . |
| 18 | We spent a long time on the sofa that evening , and I would have stayed the night if he 'd asked me but he did n't . |
| 19 | We spent a short time discussing how Sylvia now felt about that long-ago event and whether it caused her any distress to think about it . |
| 20 | The world would be a more stable and therefore a better place if we extinguished ourselves in the same place where we first saw the light of day , and if we spent the intervening time in as small a circumference as a day 's walking permits . |
| 21 | He spent a long time over these calculations and they appeared to soothe him . |
| 22 | He spent a long time with her , talking , and making her feel better when she was crying and that .. |
| 23 | He spent a long time listening , and then said , ‘ You know , George Dionisovich , you 've fallen into to the hands of the Mafia . |
| 24 | The driver , as it turned out , was a retired admiral , and unfortunately he spent a long time finding our house … ‘ |
| 25 | After leaving school he spent a short time in his father 's office . |
| 26 | He spent a short time in Paris , studying French surgical methods , and then returned to Liverpool and joined his father 's practice in 1858 . |
| 27 | He spent a short time in conversation with Iris , who looked at him in a way that made Melissa want to shake her . |
| 28 | Alejandro was so staggered by Fantasma 's progress that he decided to waive his prejudice against greys ; not so much that he was prepared to get on her back , but he spent a considerable time wondering how he could flog Fantasma to a rich patron without them finding out how vicious and unmanageable the mare could be when she was away from Luke . |