Example sentences of "[vb past] a [noun sg] of time with " in BNC.
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| 1 | During that period , I spent a lot of time with Calvin Mark Lee , basically because he was Lou Reisner 's assistant , and he and I got on really well . |
| 2 | On one memorable occasion , Mac came to one of the dances and spent a lot of time with me , even escorting me back to the Waaf site afterwards , making intelligent conversation about his home in Canada and shaking hands gravely as he said goodnight — so different from the smash and grab tactics I was usually treated to when trying to bring an evening to a satisfactory close . |
| 3 | We spent a lot of time with different amps and different pickups and different guitars , because if you 're playing a major chord on a guitar with a lot of distortion it is n't going to sound good — it 's going to sound like a big mush . |
| 4 | Well , Richard and I knew the Duke and Duchess of Windsor quite well , and spent a lot of time with them in Paris , and this was our favourite piece of jewellery . |
| 5 | Clinton spent a lot of time with the trio in Leckford Road . |
| 6 | He spent a lot of time with the Dodger and Charley , and often played the handkerchief game with them . |
| 7 | Not a serious rival , of course , but you knew she spent a lot of time with me , and part of you resented that . |
| 8 | I spent a lot of time with him . |
| 9 | Zeinab spent a lot of time with this shopkeeper . |
| 10 | I mean , I know we spent a lot of time with the former clerk , |
| 11 | ‘ I spent a lot of time with Phil Silvers talking about his family away from the others , ’ Anita Harris now recalls . |
| 12 | John Lahr spent a lot of time with Ken when working on his Orton books . |
| 13 | Well he 's a ministerial servant at last he was just sitting there and nothing you know for years since I 've came into the truth , he was , he was n't doing at all nothing and then lately erm , because he did , he did have a business and then he had er some pigeons er racing pigeons and all he was all involved more in making money and er you know , and then gradually he 's got rid of er , of the things that will actually er took a lot of his time , so he spent a lot of time with his family and with in the |