Example sentences of "spend [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | I spend a long time thinking about Marie and some of the things we done together . |
| 2 | I spend a long time with the Emergency Bed Service on the neighbour 's phone . |
| 3 | — 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 . ) . |
| 4 | I suggest you spend a long time thinking about what you really want . ’ |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | For as a girl , she herself had been taken through the world , as through a series of doors , by her young husband , each door opening on to fresh joys and colours and perspectives , and she had exclaimed in delight , followed him , learned , and even afterwards , when the final door had shut , she could retrace her steps , spend a longer and longer time in each place , as in a series of gardens , and gratefully . |