Example sentences of "i spend the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I spent the first eighteen months working in all the factory departments , so I started with a good knowledge of precisely how the product was made and did all the jobs that then existed in the production of confectionery . |
| 2 | I could n't find the entrance to the restaurant that night for a start , and I spent the first half hour of the evening circling the outside of the building looking for a way in — in full view of all the diners . |
| 3 | My wife and I spent the first days of our married life at Abbey St Bathan 's , on Whiteadder , when we stayed with a remarkable lady , Miss Gillon , in her gardener 's cottage . |
| 4 | ‘ I spent the first nineteen years of my life in England . |
| 5 | Cos I spent , I spent the first week of the holiday mainly with Shelley . |
| 6 | So once you get towards , take a clock in , make sure you pace yourself , and say at the end of that just put in a sort of sentence to make it look as if it 's been finished off Erm , what I usually do when I do an exam is I spend the first five minutes actually looking at the questions because initially you look for the ones that you 've revised and you see but there may be others there , there 're you can do in a slightly different way than the way that they first appear and that might help you quite a bit , although there are no trick questions in this . |