Example sentences of "[conj] spend the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Weigh up the pros and cons ; decide if it is better to accept such invitations or to spend the time doing your own thing , perhaps sharing a mutual interest with one friend . |
| 2 | He stayed in Paris for a week , and spent the time looking at paintings and collecting souvenirs — a stone from the Bastille , for example ; yet on his arrival in Orleans he met officers and members of Royalist clubs . |
| 3 | Felicity had come out in a severe facial rash and spent the time either screaming or staring fixedly at the paperknife on her desk . |
| 4 | She found it impossible to settle after his visit , and spent the time until she went to bed silently reviling him . |
| 5 | Teri was a high fashion catwalk model for 10 years , and spent the time between shows talking to and watching her fellow models . |
| 6 | There was nothing he wanted to see at any of the nearby cinemas , he 'd be irritable company in the local pub where he was a contender in a small bar-billiards school , so there was nothing for it but to spend the time watching television with the other sinners . |