Example sentences of "[pron] spend a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 I spent a few moments in thought .
2 Luckily , the rain had stopped and I spent a few minutes baling out , thinking once again that I must do something about drainage , but never seem to get round to it as the weather clears up and everything dries out very quickly .
3 So then I spent a few hours quietly relaxing , until finally Posi reached the rendezvous point , reduced speed and gave the ’ spacecraft sighted ’ warning .
4 I spent a few hours at house in Delhi , before leaving on Sunday 28th November to catch the 03.45 flight to London .
5 I spent a few years on The Scotsman and then to Thomson House to join The Guardian soon after it dropped the ‘ Manchester ’ from its title and started printing in London .
6 Because the panic attacks had become a habit with her , I spent a few sessions with Eileen teaching her how to overcome them .
7 Dana and I spent a few days in London again before travelling to Spain .
8 Shortly before moving to London , I spent a few days visiting ancient and mystical sites in Cornwall .
9 Before I left for San Francisco I spent a few days wandering the considerable length and the decidedly inconsiderable breadth of the Canal , newest of the major approaches to Balboa 's ocean .
10 As a soldier stationed on the South Coast at the time of D- Day , I spent a few days in London where I attended the Proms .
11 The first weekend I spend a few hours in a boat making a note of the various depths , the location of weedbeds , and any shelves or basins which could prove attractive to fish .
12 The thing about Kennedy is that every time I hear he has done something outrageous I think ‘ Oh God ! ’ , but then I spend a few hours working with him and leave thinking what a good heart he has and how serious he is as a musician .
13 On leaving school , she spent a few years working in the British Transport Police .
14 So you spent a hundred pounds more ?
15 You spend a few minutes in a classroom and you find there 's budding farmers , policemen , bank clerks , bus drivers , mothers , harlots , fortunate and starved .
16 So this evening , as we come to the end of one year and prepare for the next , can we spend a few minutes doing a spiritual work-out and look at the consequences of what John wrote about the uniqueness of Jesus .
17 Now this is in his key messages , and towards the back , there are two pages , where he complains that many promises were made for the facilities management contract , and in particular , erm , he says it is still the case that work to take advantage of the development faci facility has not yet been identified , now I think this is the thing we spent a million pounds on it , and are not using it .
18 We spent a few days talking about our friends in Moscow and Leningrad .
19 We spent a few days on manoeuvres .
20 After the atmosphere that sparked between them whenever they spent a few hours together … !
21 He spent a few minutes making polite , nondescript conversation , then he proceeded to devote the remainder of the meal to Alyssia .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 I wanted us to spend a few hours together , just talking and relaxing . ’
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