Example sentences of "[vb pp] the whole day " in BNC.
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| 1 | have had the whole day . |
| 2 | He 's just spent the whole day talking to journalists . |
| 3 | Her husband would have spent the whole day cooking for the steady stream of customers in the small , steamy back kitchen below and she felt that he needed a break . |
| 4 | I 've spent the whole day with Piero , I 've read all about him , I 've stared at all the pictures in the book , I 've lived them . |
| 5 | She had spent the whole day , today , hoping it might happen again , but it had n't . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've spent the whole day searching for you . ’ |
| 7 | Having spent the whole day listening to the contenders , I did not want to look at the list — I felt certain that my name would not appear . |
| 8 | Because I have spent the whole day since six o'clock this morning working , and working hard , and this … painted maypole has done nothing all day long and will do nothing tomorrow , except complain about those who do work . |
| 9 | Jesus had been , with his disciples and he had spent the whole day in teaching and preaching to the people , he 'd been explaining to them what the kingdom of God was like , he 'd been telling them some of the parables that perhaps we 're familiar with , he 'd been telling them about the parable of the sewer and the seed , the man who went out and he sewed his seed and different things went wrong birds came and picked up the stuff that fell by the wayside , some fell on stony ground and it could n't put down any roots , some fell amongst thorns and they were quickly choked , but some did fall in good prepared soil and that grew . |