I spent an hour chatting to the young mothers as they went about their chores, before they spontaneously invited me to lunch.

At his Great Neck practice, he spent hours chatting with them, remembering the details of their lives.

In the summer, Ms. Donaldson was a fixture on the building's stoop, where she spent long hours chatting with friends.

But unlike a Web site that might match people automatically, they often spend hours chatting with evacuees before placing them.

She spent an hour chatting to patients before tucking into melon, fish in white sauce and summer pudding.

As long as you buy one drink you can sit for an hour or more, chatting or reading.

'Jenny and I sat up until the early hours chatting.'

We spent the next hour chatting about the experimental gas-electric car he'd built in college.

The two spent hours chatting about old times.

They started spending hours chatting around the pool and soon became fast friends.