The symphonies were composed over a 'span of' eight years.
It's a 'span of' a few hundred miles to cross the state.
Her academic interests 'span' a wide variety of topics.
(..) No, you don't. Listen, you know what he's like. From the time he could crawl, he's been... different. He doesn't listen. He has the attention span of a sparrow. I take him fishing and he goes hunting for trolls! Trolls exist. They steal your socks. But only the left ones. What's with that? (..)2010 How to Train Your Dragon