Example sentences of "spent the time " in BNC.

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1 I spent the time before it boning up on things like Troops Out .
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 They spent the time there swimming and walking , and when the holidays were over they used to return home .
4 He spent the time thinking about that place in Earl 's Court Square , where screenplay writers read from their screenplays and drank biting Spanish red wine and got stared at by tousled girls who wore overcoats and no make-up and blinked incessantly or not at all .
5 Instead of this , Morita spent the time taking clocks apart , listening to Western classical music and preferring to study physics to putting himself into business .
6 Television cameras were covering the bill and a number of those opposite the prying lenses spent the time waving at the cameras .
7 She met John frequently now by arrangement but always they spent the time where they were not likely to be seen .
8 Felicity had come out in a severe facial rash and spent the time either screaming or staring fixedly at the paperknife on her desk .
9 She probably spent the time it took her to get to Alès working out her story .
10 I 'm doubly grateful that you spent the time with me , Jenna , dear , when you were probably pining to get back to your fiancé . ’
11 Not having to visit Fleet Street meant that her afternoon and evening off could be genuinely relaxing , and she usually spent the time knitting , sewing or reading , with only the occasional foray up West .
12 I spent the time making the house look nice ; I wanted him to know just what a lovely home I could build for us .
13 After twenty years , George still could n't decide whether they spent the time thinking or it was just to show they need n't really answer anything .
14 She found it impossible to settle after his visit , and spent the time until she went to bed silently reviling him .
15 But as the promised storm broke , and they sheltered in the café eating more ice-creams , Shelley spent the time trying to imagine anyone setting their cap at her silent and uncommunicative boss .
16 Teri was a high fashion catwalk model for 10 years , and spent the time between shows talking to and watching her fellow models .
17 ‘ We spent the time avoiding bombs , ’ he said .
18 Pouring out of thanks for the young Timothy who spent the time in prayer if you wish to say a short simple prayer of thanks do so end it thank you God and we 'll all join in thank you God .
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