Example sentences of "lot of time [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of my friends will buy this album and we usually waste a lot of time discussing the merits of whatever record we have recently bought , so we may well have a few arguments on whether to eat meat or not . |
| 2 | We have to spend a lot of time learning the limitations of the amplifier versus the guitar we 're using , and the microphones and console … ’ |
| 3 | But it 's not at all a bad idea to have a quick guided tour on your first day to get an idea of the layout , saving a lot of time asking the way and taking the wrong turning . |
| 4 | The foreign students spent a lot of time having the meaning of that slogan explained to them . |
| 5 | Pilots do n't have to spend their waking hours obsessed with danger , but they do have to spend a lot of time rolling the word safety around their minds . |
| 6 | His parents lived on the Isle of Skye where they spent a lot of time observing the habits of the puffins on the beach . |
| 7 | Although they were all very different ( Boy spent a lot of time noticing the differences in their physiques , techniques , cars and living rooms ) , they were also all the same in one respect . |
| 8 | All this was a strong indication that the important weakening defects lay on the surface and around 1957 Margaret Parratt , David Marsh and I spent a lot of time examining the surface of glass . |