Example sentences of "spend a great " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally he would spend a great deal of time in preparing people for membership and in visiting members although here he could be helped by the deacons and stewards . |
| 2 | A qualified homoeopath will have studied for at least three years and will spend a great deal of time in compiling a detailed history of the patient , including character , antecedents , likes and dislikes and so on . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's very difficult to replace that sort of quality , particularly by clubs who do n't spend a great deal of money . |
| 4 | ‘ You work all over the place , and you must spend a great deal of time away from home . ’ |
| 5 | He would spend a great deal of time trying to fit in fresh pieces only to find that most of them did n't belong to his picture . |
| 6 | ‘ Other cities ’ experience show conferences are an excellent way of bringing in visitors who will spend a great deal of money in the city . |
| 7 | I could spend a great deal of time extolling the history of the two countries . |
| 8 | Where I could also spend a great deal of time talking about our common enemies , our mutual friends and some of the similarity and our aims for world peace and again , I 'm gon na leave that for the statesmen and the politicians . |
| 9 | Yes , he 's always jumping on me to tell me to do more for local radio and get South East Arts and South East Arts clients more regularly in contact with local radio , and I must admit on the latter case I do think that many of our clients do spend a great deal of time and erm want to be active with local radio . |
| 10 | Soon this mood of despair evaporated under the influence of serene letters from Helen , who flourished among the intimate circle of artistic Bohemian young people — including the poet Charles Dalmon and the actor Franklin Dyall — who lived in Hammersmith and spent a great deal of time at Mrs Logan 's large house which had been furnished and decorated in William Morris style . |
| 11 | I spent a great deal of time and study on it , over half a year , before I was ready to conduct it . |
| 12 | We spent a great deal of time familiarizing ourselves with the music by playing it at subscription concerts and youth concerts . |
| 13 | It seemed to have the knack of attracting some of the most bizarre characters who spent a great deal of the inter-war years building up little empires for themselves with scant regard for any overall espionage policy . |
| 14 | In its initial year the new department spent a great deal of time and energy intervening in the private sector to try to save jobs , especially in the cutlery and engineering sectors . |
| 15 | As my transsexual obsession deepened I was prone to bouts of morbid depression and I spent a great deal of time thinking about suicide ; suicide was almost a twin obsession at times . |
| 16 | He also spent a great deal of time strolling around New York 's back streets observing down-and-outs to see if he could steal anything from them — for the role , that is . |
| 17 | A gentle , flower-garlanded goddess , Lakshmi spent a great deal of her time in contemplating the universe and bestowed gifts of calm and wisdom upon those mortals who sought to emulate her through transcendental meditation . |
| 18 | Arguably the most turbulent priest in the Anglo-Saxon experience , Wilfrid spent a great deal of his mature life entering into and returning from exiles imposed by English kings with whom he had quarrelled . |
| 19 | Wolfgang spent a great deal of time in the company of J C Bach , with whom he struck up a friendship , and who was delighted to engage in amicable improvisation contests on the keyboard . |
| 20 | And while she always spent a great deal of time and money on their Christmas presents , they only ever sent her a packet of scented drawer liners or a box of soap . |
| 21 | ‘ She met all our residents and spent a great deal of time chatting with them . |
| 22 | It was always good , the more so because he spent a great deal of time trapped indoors by his choice of work , a choice governed by his wish to acquire a useful little nest-egg in a relatively short time . |
| 23 | They both spent a great deal of their time and energy maintaining the primatial claims of Canterbury , and neither ever mentioned the papal privileges in support of their claim . |
| 24 | Rembrandt spent a great part of his life in Amsterdam and many of his works were painted in the city . |
| 25 | Englishmen who spent a great deal of their time on horseback around 200 hundred years ago liked to bathe and change before dining . |
| 26 | Karl Llewellyn spent a great part of his life seeking to reconcile legal doctrine and commercial activity . |
| 27 | Marrying the widowed sister of Henry I , he was created Earl of Huntingdon , and before becoming king spent a great deal of time in the land and company of his brother-in-law . |
| 28 | He spent a great deal of time on the telephone and he was often out of the house on various missions , not returning until late at night . |
| 29 | ‘ He spent a great deal on you , I imagine . |
| 30 | Being unmarried and childless she was unaware that many quite normal women spent a great deal of time talking to and feeding people whom they would not , themselves , have chosen to entertain . |