Example sentences of "[pron] spent [pron] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | So perhaps , if I spent my time explaining how and why I found difficulty , that must be some sort of substitute . |
| 2 | At the Dixie Dude , I spent my time between riding in the hills and just sitting on the porch doing nothing . |
| 3 | It is a cruel sport at best , but the poor show the matadors and toreadors made by running for the outer rail and escaping over the fence when the enraged bull pursued them was not a creditable sight ; I spent my time , for as long as I stayed , cheering for the bulls . |
| 4 | I spent my time weeding , raking and sowing my vegetable patch . |
| 5 | Over the next two months I spent my time between staying at my boyfriend 's house at weekends and the LIFE house on weekdays . |
| 6 | I taught for a term at a crammer half a mile from my home , and instead of passing lazy days with charming children whose actively hatted mothers would smile , condescend and yet flirt during some endless pollen-spattered sports day , I spent my time with the son of the local bookmaker ( he lent me his bike : I crashed it ) and the daughter of the suburb 's solicitor . |
| 7 | My first step was to gather information on how I spent my time on school-related activities and attempt to create some form of time-analysis schedule . |
| 8 | I was not allowed to return to Bolivia , so I spent my time and energy denouncing what was happening and setting up solidarity networks . |
| 9 | The original plan was that Anita would do the cooking and her husband would serve the customers , but she did not enjoy being behind the scenes and eventually taught Gordon to be a fine cook while she spent her time out front chatting up the customers . |
| 10 | She spent her time shopping , reading women 's magazines , listening to pop music and watching television . |
| 11 | ‘ It was n't easy to make a fitting with her in LA and me in Paris , ’ says the designer , though at Christmas Madonna found time to visit him in Paris , where she spent her time ‘ jogging and pumping iron ’ . |
| 12 | She spent her time building the only defences she knew . |
| 13 | ‘ If you spent your time doing 25 laps with a thousand gear changes , sweating in a flame-proof suit and helmet then you 'd want to look a bit glamorous at the end of the day , ’ she said , The splendid lady in charge of raffle tickets for RUKBA seemed very knowledgeable about Washington . |
| 14 | Yolanda was a spotty , bespectacled girl from Barcelona who spent her time translating every word I said into Spanish for the benefit of Garcia , a missing-link anthropoid from one of your immediate neighbours . |
| 15 | While it was vital to be well turned out , the young gallant should beware of imitating those fops who spent their time building huge and elaborate turbans : men like Mirza Abu Said , a great amir under Shah Jehan , who was so fastidious in the construction of his head-wraps that the Imperial Durbar had usually finished by the time he had finished tying it all together . |
| 16 | Of particular interest here are the minority of notably active older people , like the man whose ‘ great hobby is making toys for his grandchildren and great-grandchildren ; ’ or the amateur painter always at his easel ‘ if the light is good enough ; ’ or the old sailor , disabled for fifty years , yet ‘ a very contented old man ’ , who spent his time cooking , cleaning , and reading ‘ either novels or the newspaper . ’ |
| 17 | We spent our time at Garrigues doing a lot of shooting , both with FA-MASs and pistols , and learning about explosives and mines . |
| 18 | They spent their time hiding behind low stone walls and leaping out at motorists travelling in bus lanes . |
| 19 | The Regiment was made up of five squadrons , each comprising 200 men , and they spent their time in tanks and armoured cars . |
| 20 | Eagles needed to witness the migrations of the smaller birds , or to fly afield to see the world beyond territories which at other times of the year they spent their time protecting and never left . |
| 21 | In a recent survey approximately 100 solicitors were asked how they spent their time . |
| 22 | He spent his time putting down on odd scraps of vellum his different thoughts on what he had learnt over the past few weeks . |
| 23 | He spent his time looking for a Jewish homeland that was not Palestine . |
| 24 | Because he was so far ahead in his first year , he spent his time on other things . |
| 25 | That he very rarely said he loved you rang a warning bell , as did the fact that you appeared to think he spent his time alone if he was n't with you . |
| 26 | He spent his time in bed , lying on his left side as it was the only position in which the pain was slightly eased . |
| 27 | His weight increased as he spent his time at the club in conversation , and occasionally at Lord 's for matches and dinner gatherings . |
| 28 | And off she went , driving carefully , through South London , and east , and under the river , and north , and up the A113 , towards the Garfield Centre , thinking of Brian frying up the cold boiled potatoes for himself and their son Sam , chopping parsley , frying eggs and bacon , delicious ; Brian handled the frying pan as confidently as he handled the car , eggs never broke for Brian , he had a firm grasp of the material world , of pan handles and gear levers and of her own warm body , of garden spades and wayward boilers , of carving knives and power drills and saws and scissors and invisible screws ; he treated all these things as his friends and allies , an Ideal Husband , she sometimes teased him : and yet , and yet , he spent his days and his nights teaching abstractions , he spent his time with words , words , words . |
| 29 | He has given very little account of how he spent his time , but he has said he spent the majority of that time with a travelling circus , both in this country and in the Irish Republic . |
| 30 | He spent his time thinking sadly about his friends in Pentonville . |