Example sentences of "spend a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you feel , for example , that your appearance lets you down , perhaps you could spend a little time studying magazine features to see where you could make some changes . |
| 2 | T. D. There were men on the opposite beat and sometimes you could spend a little time talking to them as long as you were n't caught . |
| 3 | But before I talk in more detail about how we hope to raise this money let me spend a little time explaining why I feel that this appeal is so vital to children everywhere . |
| 4 | In New York they were called an hour before the show opened , and once they had done their face make-up , they only had to put on tights rather than spend a long time carefully using wet white , which gave them longer to gossip . |
| 5 | Erm I do n't think we can spend a long time considering them , it 's just if people bear me whisking through them our brains . |
| 6 | Today , several men would spend a considerable time erecting steel scaffolding before such a job would be attempted . |
| 7 | Accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh , she will spend a short time in the town on Wednesday , 30 June . |