Example sentences of "[verb] spend a long [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or , if you like to spend a long time in the tub , you might like a wider one , which may well fit into the existing space . |
| 2 | Although the Laputans were kind to me , I did not want to spend a long time in their country . |
| 3 | I had spent a long day in the autumn bargaining with the previous owner over the furniture and carpets and ended up having bought most of it at a reasonable price . |
| 4 | The meeting was timely because Hamish Kidd , a Cambridge chemical engineer who had spent a long period in general management consultancy with P-E Consulting Group , had developed systems to introduce executive search into P-E when it was sanctioned as an allowable technique by the Management Consultants Association ( MCA ) . |
| 5 | Florence Ames was quieter about it , as though she had the measure of things because she had spent a long time in looking at them . |
| 6 | I personally and I 'm sure it goes for many here , have spent a long time in the private rented sector and if the opportunity existed to get into council housing we would have taken it . |