Example sentences of "spent a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moran spent a long time composing the letter . |
| 2 | He spent a long time over these calculations and they appeared to soothe him . |
| 3 | I spent a long time photographing the falls , taken with their grace . |
| 4 | He spent a long time with her , talking , and making her feel better when she was crying and that .. |
| 5 | The girls spent a long time putting their new wardrobe together . |
| 6 | The 1988–89 Committee spent a long time agonising over the problem of how to keep the broadcasters at arms length , so that their editors would not be able to provide the signal in ways that might be journalistically attractive but would be repugnant to Members . |
| 7 | I spent a long time reading the advertisements . |
| 8 | Researchers investigating the causes of psychological depression spent a long time carefully documenting how severe , traumatizing events that happen to people , such as bereavement or job loss , can induce it . |
| 9 | Evolution Without Evidence is not a creationist broadside , but an interesting and well-written exercise on the theme that the young Charles Darwin became convinced of evolution but felt that he did not have the evidence to convince his contemporaries , and spent a long time getting it together and arranging it — so long that he was taken by surprise and had to get out the Origin prematurely ( as he always said himself ) . |
| 10 | One group spent a long time comparing the different notes or tones produced when tubes of different width and length were blown or spoken down . |
| 11 | Toby ( 4.5 ) had been playing with blocks , but then wandered away and the blocks were put away by two other boys , who spent a long time carefully fitting the different sizes of blocks into the two boxes . |
| 12 | The properly trained hypnotherapist has , like the successful doctor , lawyer or musician , spent a long time studying , practising and perfecting his craft . |
| 13 | Dad spent a long time talking to our Pastor afterwards . |
| 14 | He spent a long time listening , and then said , ‘ You know , George Dionisovich , you 've fallen into to the hands of the Mafia . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | She never for a moment thought of deserting French for Mrs Hill , having encountered amongst other things some nasty problems about the nature of electricity , but she did enjoy the sensation of flirtation : she spent a long time making her mind up , and finally was summoned by the headmistress , who told her she ought to stick to Sciences , because they offered better prospects . |
| 17 | Unfortunately , the driver spent a long time finding our house … ‘ |
| 18 | Unfortunately , the retired admiral spent a long time finding our house … ‘ |
| 19 | The driver , as it turned out , was a retired admiral , and unfortunately he spent a long time finding our house … ‘ |
| 20 | He and Claudia spent a long time talking to the police and to the accused man . |
| 21 | Alistair spent a long time on the covering note to Sixsmith — almost as long as he had spent on Offensive from Quasar 13 . |
| 22 | After all , Jones spent a long time getting the wording right , and you wo n't be able to improve on it . |
| 23 | They started in the Fabric Hall , and spent a long time fingering various swathes of cloth . |
| 24 | So I spent a long time trying to hide the place . |
| 25 | It was about five years later when I was going away for a weekend and knowing that space in the car would be limited , I spent a long time thinking what sketching materials to take which would not need much room . |
| 26 | I spent a long time diving frantically after them , jamming the sheet at a bunch only to see half of them streaking out the other end , and I might have gone on indefinitely had I not felt a gentle touch on my arm . |
| 27 | The Blancs , who have lived in the cottage seven years , spent a long time looking at many ranges before deciding on the white Miele kitchen with its terracotta trim . |
| 28 | The girl spent a long time wondering whether she could pluck up courage to mention she 'd thought of going to the Swimming Gala if her mother really felt there was nothing she could do . |
| 29 | Caroline Rigby , a consultant from Manchester , spent a long time introducing the features and benefits of the various services to the Home Office forensic science laboratories in Wetherby . |
| 30 | The shower was wonderfully soothing and afterwards she spent a long time drying her hair and putting on her make-up . |