Example sentences of "have spend [art] [adj] night [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dark circles under his eyes suggested he might well have spent the entire night going through them on a tape recorder , but it had n't helped . |
| 2 | She had spent a sleepless night agonising over what had happened between herself and David and she found herself dreading what the atmosphere would be like between them . |
| 3 | He shuddered and replaced the glasses , before describing how he had spent a sleepless night worrying what he should do and in the morning had made up his mind to tackle MacQuillan again . |
| 4 | Believing me to be an intellectual , Beth had spent the previous night searching for suitable words to read before the laying-on of hands . |
| 5 | Things became so bad for the Charles Bal later on in the evening that she had to spend the entire night tacking back and forth south east of Krakatoa , probably remaining within twenty kilometres of it — the ash-fall from the eruption was so thick that Captain Watson could not see well enough to steer away to safety , but ironically , the glare from the volcano provided a weird and somewhat improbable lighthouse . |