Example sentences of "and they spent the " in BNC.

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1 Three days later Mrs Holt arrived in town , and they spent the next three days together before she left .
2 After the Carshalton accident in 1907 , the staff were evidently rather reluctant to use these cars on the Sutton route and they spent the rest of their working lives on the Croydon — Mitcham — Tooting section , which had no gradients .
3 ‘ He would , ’ Miss Hatherby chuckled , and they spent the next half hour discussing him .
4 Every week their sleep was rationed on two nights to between 0 and 7.5 hours , and they spent the subsequent days being tested in the laboratory on vigilance and adding tasks .
5 The weather was hateful , but Jessica had friends at Trinity , and they spent the afternoon chatting and drinking in people 's flats .
6 In the event it was too windy to fly on the Sunday so he came back early and they spent the day in his garden preparing an area of lawn for seeding .
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