Some of these artists have spent time in mental institutions.

I've spent all my life from the age of eight in institutions.

She spent the rest of her life in mental institutions.

He also spent time in institutions, as a child with polio.

Then again, having spent much of their lives in institutions, most are used to not asking questions.

He has spent 15 of the last 20 years in mental institutions.

Unless someone had been prepared to take the risk, she might have spent her childhood in institutions.

He spent the rest of his life in secure mental institutions.

Her two younger children also spent time in various institutions.

Years ago, these people might have spent their lives in institutions.