Example sentences of "she [verb] spent a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mia , waking up to find her companion still sleeping , hardly gives the impression that she has spent a passionate night . |
| 2 | She is trying out exciting sports she has spent a lifetime wanting to try . |
| 3 | Florence Ames was quieter about it , as though she had the measure of things because she had spent a long time in looking at them . |
| 4 | Yes , she had spent a lot of time with Jack Butler and , yes , she had found him interesting , attractive even . |
| 5 | Despite her earlier fears , she proved to be an excellent subject , probably due in part to her desperation to be helped and partly to the fact that she had spent a week practising the relaxation technique and listening to my voice on cassette , so that she was comfortable with both . |
| 6 | She had spent a fear-filled night beneath a stone slab in the meat cellar and , what was more , completely alone . |
| 7 | She had spent a lifetime obeying the rule of her childhood never to give way to her feelings in public , and like many . |
| 8 | She had spent a total of twenty-two months in prison for a series of different offences , mainly theft and ‘ dipping ’ ( pickpocketing ) . |
| 9 | She had spent a year here once , working as an au pair for the family of one of the big industrialists . |
| 10 | She had spent a sleepless night agonising over what had happened between herself and David and she found herself dreading what the atmosphere would be like between them . |