Example sentences of "spent the [num ord] [adj] minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | They spent the first ten minutes talking about Thomas Hardy , because Roger came from Dorset , and then Mr Baker read passages from the Kingman Report , which was still unpublished , and asked if Roger agreed . |
| 2 | The constable spent the next 10 minutes fighting for his life . |
| 3 | He spent the next 40 minutes telling MPs how he plans to reverse the appalling situation . |
| 4 | He spent the next few minutes wondering how much more of Henri 's ungiven advice he would be following . |
| 5 | Leith spent the next few minutes in accepting that somehow she was going to have to pay her brother 's share of the hefty monthly repayment as well as her own for the next seven months minimum . |
| 6 | Leith spent the next few minutes in a panic . |
| 7 | They spent the next few minutes getting themselves and the canoe off the water . |
| 8 | Spent the next ten minutes itemising all aforesaid so-and-so 's deficiencies . |