Example sentences of "he spend a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For if he considers himself in some small way a specialist , not only can he spend a good proportion of his time teaching what he likes and probably , therefore , understands better , but he also has more of a chance of keeping up to date on his chosen subjects , particularly if he has support , as many of the teachers I observed had , from local subject advisers , associations or selective in-service programmes . |
| 2 | To correct the curve it was necessary to stretch the concavity and contract the convexity — in furtherance of which he spent a good deal of his time moving across the floor in a peculiar creeping posture , which Doctor Staples referred to as ‘ Klapp 's crawl ’ . |
| 3 | Although he spent a good part of each year in England , he ruled in the personal manner of his father and great-uncle . |
| 4 | He spent a good deal of time in his satires , presenting himself as a satirist — unplaced , unpensioned , no man 's heir or slave he proudly describes himself as he tells us that he 's willing to lash out at even the most eminent public figures . |
| 5 | It was always good , the more so because he spent a great deal of time trapped indoors by his choice of work , a choice governed by his wish to acquire a useful little nest-egg in a relatively short time . |
| 6 | He spent a great deal of time on the telephone and he was often out of the house on various missions , not returning until late at night . |
| 7 | ‘ He spent a great deal on you , I imagine . |
| 8 | He spent a great deal of time in the yard below with the carpenters and masons who were making the pageant cart for the coronation procession . |
| 9 | He spent a great deal of time in similar situations , seeking gold or demons or distressed virgins and relieving them respectively of their owners , their lives and at least one cause of their distress . |
| 10 | He spent a great deal of time in his efforts certainly for this trade union and in recruitment where he works , he 's made it not hundred percent , hundred and ten percent and is constantly , er , recruiting constantly recruiting . |
| 11 | He spent a great deal of time inexpertly milking complaining cows , only to feed most of the milk to the pigs . |
| 12 | Invalided from the RAF in 1940 , having been rejected for flying training , he spent a frustrating war as a special constable . |
| 13 | What seems abundantly clear is that even if there were not the three months ' residence requirement in the case of Northern Ireland , it would still be necessary , in order to qualify to vote , for a person to have there a ‘ residence ’ in which he spent a substantial part of the year . |
| 14 | And provided that he did have a ‘ residence ’ ( or ‘ abode ’ , the concept used in other contexts ) there , in which he spent a substantial part of the year , it would not be necessary for him to be physically present there for the whole three-month period prior to the qualifying date . |
| 15 | He spent a long time over these calculations and they appeared to soothe him . |
| 16 | He spent a long time with her , talking , and making her feel better when she was crying and that .. |
| 17 | He spent a long life as a rector and was a Canon of St Patrick 's , Armagh . |
| 18 | He spent a long time listening , and then said , ‘ You know , George Dionisovich , you 've fallen into to the hands of the Mafia . |
| 19 | The driver , as it turned out , was a retired admiral , and unfortunately he spent a long time finding our house … ‘ |
| 20 | He spent a further two years perfecting his technique at Colorado University . |
| 21 | Back inside , he spent a further two hours talking with Mr Patten before coming out , minus jacket , to see him off . |
| 22 | He spent a further two hours in the water . |
| 23 | He spent a whole year over that clever toy . |
| 24 | Between the two examinations he spent a few necessary days of recuperation at Swindon , spending some time with Dad Uzzell . |
| 25 | Although he knew it was to soothe himself rather than a.i. ’ he spent a few last minutes communing with Thoth by neural link , explaining yet again how grieved he was to have to ask it to give its ‘ life ’ for him . |
| 26 | In August one year he spent a few days holiday at Saxon-les-Bains in the Rhone Valley , where he had an interest in a fruit preserving factory . |
| 27 | Cheyney passed from Sandhurst into the army , buying a commission in a regiment which was ordered to India , where he spent a few years in inactive service . |
| 28 | He spent a few minutes making polite , nondescript conversation , then he proceeded to devote the remainder of the meal to Alyssia . |
| 29 | After leaving school he spent a short time in his father 's office . |
| 30 | He spent a short time in Paris , studying French surgical methods , and then returned to Liverpool and joined his father 's practice in 1858 . |