Example sentences of "spend a long time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He spent a long time over these calculations and they appeared to soothe him . |
| 3 | We spent a long time on the sofa that evening , and I would have stayed the night if he 'd asked me but he did n't . |
| 4 | Alistair spent a long time on the covering note to Sixsmith — almost as long as he had spent on Offensive from Quasar 13 . |
| 5 | He spent a long time with her , talking , and making her feel better when she was crying and that .. |
| 6 | She spent a long time near the gate these days , but the snow had driven her indoors at last . |
| 7 | She spent a long time in the bathroom . |
| 8 | He was certainly in Italy before Narses died in 574 , and he subsequently spent a long time in Constantinople . |
| 9 | Florence Ames was quieter about it , as though she had the measure of things because she had spent a long time in looking at them . |
| 10 | I personally and I 'm sure it goes for many here , have spent a long time in the private rented sector and if the opportunity existed to get into council housing we would have taken it . |
| 11 | He is absent yet meticulous , paying for a missing drink-shop teaspoon which has nothing to do with him , and spending a long time in the ‘ interesting occupation ’ of trying to catch a fly . |
| 12 | ‘ People have to spend a long time with robot animals first . |
| 13 | ‘ Another thing which caused me to spend a long time on the story was that prostitution is a black and whit story , but the business side of photography usually wants colour . |
| 14 | Or , if you like to spend a long time in the tub , you might like a wider one , which may well fit into the existing space . |
| 15 | Although the Laputans were kind to me , I did not want to spend a long time in their country . |
| 16 | WHATEVER its origin , groundwater spends a long time in an aquifer . |
| 17 | I spend a long time with the Emergency Bed Service on the neighbour 's phone . |