Example sentences of "[pers pn] spend [art] [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | I spent a happy time in Mavhinje . |
2 | I spend a long time with the Emergency Bed Service on the neighbour 's phone . |
3 | She spent a long time in the bathroom . |
4 | She spent a long time near the gate these days , but the snow had driven her indoors at last . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | They spend a happy time in Venice , but eventually Martin departs . |
8 | He spent a long time with her , talking , and making her feel better when she was crying and that .. |
9 | He spent a long time over these calculations and they appeared to soothe him . |
10 | After leaving school he spent a short time in his father 's office . |
11 | He spent a short time in Paris , studying French surgical methods , and then returned to Liverpool and joined his father 's practice in 1858 . |
12 | He spent a short time in conversation with Iris , who looked at him in a way that made Melissa want to shake her . |
13 | ‘ Another thing which caused me to spend a long time on the story was that prostitution is a black and whit story , but the business side of photography usually wants colour . |