Example sentences of "you spent the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Madame was our constant ; against the fact that she never changed her style or her outfit ( it was always the same dress , every night ) you could measure the changes in all the other faces and bodies that you spent the night scrutinising — faces subtly altered by a recent bitterness or passion , a body sagging under the pressure of losing a partner or made alert by the proximity of a new or potential one . |
| 2 | Ah you spent the night in a Holiday Inn great on a train you 're stuck on the train . |
| 3 | Now do n't tell me you spent the night sitting on the station , because they would n't let you , or parked in a stolen car , because you 're not that stupid , not quite . |
| 4 | ‘ You did not tell me , Master , that you spent the night down here in the hall playing cat's-cradle with Mistress Rachel ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ That you spent the night on the tiles ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ That you spent the night without the pleasure of my company was my decision , not yours . ’ |
| 7 | You 'll get the date you spent the money and the date it was billed to your account on Access statements . |
| 8 | you know there was I 've got a policy er here that I can take out and you took it and then that was it and you spent the rest of the time talking about this one policy whereas , because you 'd been thinking about that one , there may have been others that you may have been able to disturb her about or erm you know if she had other member of the family or education , whatever , there was , there was other areas that maybe you could 've brought up or gone back to anyway . |
| 9 | I 'm doubly grateful that you spent the time with me , Jenna , dear , when you were probably pining to get back to your fiancé . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Perhaps you will tell me something about last night , how you spent the evening , whether you noticed anything unusual . |
| 11 | ‘ You spent the evening in your bedroom ? ’ |