Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] spend [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once he is safe , let him spend some time alone . |
| 2 | From what I gather he spends more time in the hay loft with young Mabel from the village than he does in his church . |
| 3 | Nor do I spend much time listening to jazz . |
| 4 | If you have a family that you care for , and your job is to be a carer , do you spend any time on yourself ? |
| 5 | Whether there is any social morality or justice in such a system is not a matter which the detectives are given to question ; nor do they spend much time in reflecting on why some dubious property acquisition is outside their terms of reference , or what the relationship is of such practices to the maintenance of position and power . |
| 6 | What have we spent this time ? " |