Example sentences of "[pers pn] spend [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor do I spend much time listening to jazz . |
| 2 | Only in the evenings did I spend some time with Mr Rochester , and I was careful not to allow him to hold me in his arms or kiss me . |
| 3 | I was slightly built , and although I hated team sports and games , I spent much time in the school gym doing circuit training and fitness programmes . |
| 4 | I spent much time in that area and I know that brighter things are on the horizon for Manchester and Liverpool . |
| 5 | ‘ I spent much time in the States when I was a girl . |
| 6 | I spent little time at home now , so I was unable to be a detailed witness to the Great Love in the same account-keeping way as before . |
| 7 | I NEVER did find Mr Wright although , following the instructions I received at my briefing , I spent some time looking for him . |
| 8 | Friday I spent some time here , half a day . |
| 9 | Throughout 1969 I spent some time each month visiting schools , and attending yet more meetings in Curzon Street . |
| 10 | When I first came , I spent some time with Sue , she 's the manager . |
| 11 | I spent some time with him after he drove back into the pit-lane and he was very categorical about his decision : ‘ It is simply not worth it , ’ he said . |
| 12 | During the summer of 1971 , soon after the ‘ discovery ’ , for the second time , of my disability , I spent some time in hospital . |
| 13 | I spent some time with another elderly miner in Sunderland . |
| 14 | I spent some time every day looking after her , and the rest of the time with my cousins , listening to their plans for the future . |
| 15 | It is a particularly painful spot to be kicked and I spent some time hopping round the byre and cursing in a fervent whisper . |
| 16 | ‘ As I told you , I spent some time writing letters and when I 'd finished I thought it would be pleasant to get some fresh air so I went out and posted them — in the box outside the main post office — ’ |
| 17 | After finishing the course in June , I spent some time travelling within Eastern Europe and then spent two months in Austria to improve my German . |
| 18 | You may remember I spent some time in Paris — not the most pleasant of times freezing in the snow , chased by wolves and being half-hanged at Montfaucon . |
| 19 | I spent some time in discussion in Oman , not about the minesweepers but about the much more valuable corvette order that the Omanis are seeking to place , and I was given very satisfactory assurances by His Majesty the Sultan about those orders . |
| 20 | I spent some time in Japan . |
| 21 | I suppose while this is for me cos on the sponsorship issue is , would sponsorship have any impact in terms of what I might purchase so if I went to the Scottish Opera or the ballet or to the theatre and I bought a programme which I usually do and one of the things which is interesting about the evening that erm Alan and I spent last time at Scottish Council was that half the people attend Scottish Opera buy a programme and the programmes that I have sponsored always . |
| 22 | I spend some time extracting the following day 's tasking for my platoon and allocate teams to each task . |
| 23 | I spend more time on my face and skin than I do on my hair . |
| 24 | Sadly , mine is a sort of hole in the wall — not possible to move — so I spend more time running back and forth to fetch tools than I do using them . |
| 25 | ‘ I spend more time with my four dogs than anyone else because I am often alone writing . |
| 26 | ‘ I spend more time with me hand , it 's a lot less f—ing hassle , ’ claims Mark . |
| 27 | I do not merely spend time in Manchester — where I spend more time than anywhere else outside London and my constituency , which is my home town . |
| 28 | They seem to say I spend more time with reptiles than I do with them or some people are very scared so they do n't tend to come around . |
| 29 | It is a Did you spend much time on that ? |
| 30 | ‘ Did you spend much time there ? ’ |