Example sentences of "spend [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You spend the whole time itching and scratching , and the wounds become infected . |
| 2 | ‘ And I know what they say about people who invite other people out to dinner and then spend the whole time trying to depress them and ruin their lives . ’ |
| 3 | I spend a long time thinking about Marie and some of the things we done together . |
| 4 | I spend a long time with the Emergency Bed Service on the neighbour 's phone . |
| 5 | — be prepared to tell him any particular things he should know ( e.g. you spend a long time travelling to and from work each day ; you have recently had a bereavement in your family ; you have to get up each night for the children , etc . ) . |
| 6 | I suggest you spend a long time thinking about what you really want . ’ |
| 7 | No , I mean I , cos I , you know I , i I spend a long time coarse fishing so I understand actual fishing for pleasure as opposed |
| 8 | All numerically computed trajectories eventually spiral into C+ or C but some spend a considerable time wandering near the strange invariant set ( which was produced in the bifurcation that occurred as r passed through its homoclinic value ) before doing so . |
| 9 | They spend a happy time in Venice , but eventually Martin departs . |
| 10 | If it can be claimed that the young men who spend a short time in a school before moving on provide the vitality , it is equally true that those who devote their whole lives to a single school give the continuity , tradition , and wisdom which are equally , if not more , important . |
| 11 | Rather spend a short time on several drills and come back to them another day , than a long . |