Example sentences of "[pron] have [verb] hour " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope you can help I have spent hours with Memax etc trying to understand this . |
| 2 | Determined to follow in the stellar footsteps of Paul Morley , Chris Bohn and Ian Penman , I had spent hours sculpting a live review of Mark Stewart And The Mafia at the then-vibrant Camden Electric Ballroom . |
| 3 | At times I had spent hours roaming around pastures looking for poisonous plants but that was pointless with Billings 's calves because they had never been out ; they were mere babies ofa month old . |
| 4 | I 've spent hours crouching behind plants watching birds and insects , hedgehogs , often frogs and toads and on one memorable occasion a young fox . |
| 5 | I 've spent hours listening to big time bullies , who like to saunter around clubs showing their bit-on-the-side exactly who they are , by demonstrating who they know , shaking every hand worth shaking . |
| 6 | I 've spent hours talking to friends , writers and non-writers about it . |
| 7 | I 've spent hours and hours and MORE hours helping him to learn to read … ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Only Ilsa , well , I 've spent hours chatting with her . |
| 9 | I 've spent hours , literally , dialling and re-dialling the place only to get the engaged tone every time . |
| 10 | I have waited hours here , usually on the north side , until called forward to the ferry boat and never regretted the delay ; anyone with an eye for impressive beauty will not regard time spent at Kylesku as wasted . |
| 11 | These figures suggest that where items are available at all times ( as in the case of items housed in the Main Building , which are accessible whenever the Library is open to the public ) and can be delivered relatively quickly ( as is again the case with items from the Main Building ) readers will tend not to make advance reservations , but where access is restricted ( as in the case of material from the Annexe and from the Advocates ' Library , both of which have restricted hours of service ) or where delivery may take some time ( as is particularly the case with Annexe materials ) advance orders will more frequently be placed . |
| 12 | Since she was fourteen months old she has spent hours in them . |
| 13 | She turned abruptly into the fitting-room and after a very short time reappeared , looking as perfect as if she had spent hours dressing instead of minutes . |
| 14 | After buying the house she had spent hours just walking through it , seeing in her mind 's eye just how it would all look eventually — but turning those dreams into reality was sheer hard graft , and she was n't halfway through yet . |
| 15 | There are in this force a number of young men who have fixed hours of duty — 8.30 a.m. until 5.30 p.m. with every Sunday off . |
| 16 | I would like to be able to attend a gathering with all the sporting greats who have provided hours and hours of exciting achievements . |
| 17 | Having healthy foods does n't always mean you have to spend hours on preparation — there are several convenience canned foods that not only taste good but are enriched with vitamins too . |
| 18 | Cos sometimes I think we 've got hours and we hear bell going as we 're coming up the hill and we think oh dear and then , you know , other times |
| 19 | They 'd waited hours to get a glimpse of a legend … |
| 20 | But since the school term had started they had spent hour after hour in intense , ill-informed conversations about who was who in seventh-century Medina . |
| 21 | Many speakers rose to say that this was the first time they had actually met so-and-so , although they had spent hours communicating with them electronically . |
| 22 | Friends say they have spent hours together discussing their marital problems . |
| 23 | Yet he had to spend hours of his time learning Greek iambic verse as a punishment for being rude to a master in a political debate . |
| 24 | What had happened hours ago , a lifetime ago , when he 'd kissed her , had been nothing but an aberration . |