Example sentences of "spend a long time in " in BNC.
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| 1 | She spent a long time in the bathroom . |
| 2 | He was certainly in Italy before Narses died in 574 , and he subsequently spent a long time in Constantinople . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Although the Laputans were kind to me , I did not want to spend a long time in their country . |
| 8 | WHATEVER its origin , groundwater spends a long time in an aquifer . |