Example sentences of "[pers pn] spend a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ At my age you do n't need much sleep by night , and I spend a good deal of time sitting by the bedroom window , smoking my pipe and watching the sea … |
| 2 | If I spend a good while looking at it and I ca n't find anything different can we , maybe we start doing some ringing ? |
| 3 | Because my plants are packed in so tightly I spend a great deal of time trimming and tying . |
| 4 | I spend a great deal of my time in the Community ; Brussels and Luxembourg for the most part . |
| 5 | I spend a great deal of time attempting to persuade such girls that rock climbing is a valid female choice for recreation and person development . |
| 6 | I spend a long time thinking about Marie and some of the things we done together . |
| 7 | I spend a long time with the Emergency Bed Service on the neighbour 's phone . |
| 8 | No , I mean I , cos I , you know I , i I spend a long time coarse fishing so I understand actual fishing for pleasure as opposed |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I do not feel as if I am well ; I 've got no energy , I 'm always cold , my fingers and toes are a weird shade of blue , and I know I spend a huge amount of time thinking about food . |
| 12 | ‘ I spend a fair amount of time there . ’ |
| 13 | The taxi driver speaks no English and I spend a fraught moment or two wondering whether he has understood that I do n't want to go to Keflavik , but after the shorter tour of Reykjavik we arrive . |
| 14 | — be prepared to tell him any particular things he should know ( e.g. you spend a long time travelling to and from work each day ; you have recently had a bereavement in your family ; you have to get up each night for the children , etc . ) . |
| 15 | I suggest you spend a long time thinking about what you really want . ’ |
| 16 | Contact lenses often get lost during competition , so bear this in mind before you spend a hefty sum on them . |
| 17 | At this point , it will pay dividends if you spend a few more seconds scanning the small print in the ads . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | We spend a great deal of time talking at children . |
| 20 | We spend a great deal of time arguing and going against these very simple instructions , but through practice we will find how much care and love is behind these messages . |
| 21 | Well I do want to come back in fact an and reassure er you that er in fact er we are very concerned about that and we spend a great deal of time talking about the A P C's erm statement policy of intent because it was intended to be modified in the way which we thought would and we spent quite a lot of time erm discussing and am re-amending the importance . |
| 22 | In addition , for every £1 we spend on food , we spend a further 50p on alcohol and 22p on cigarettes . |
| 23 | When you consider that we spend a third of our lives in bed , that hardly seems an extravagance . |
| 24 | Erm by , as many definitions we spend a third of our lives at work , whe where you spend the other two thirds ? |
| 25 | These creatures are the heavy armoured tanks of the insect world and they spend a great deal of their time on the ground , barging their way through the vegetable litter , scrabbling in the soil or gnawing into wood . |
| 26 | These are related , however , if the first is a matter of central belief to a person , as it often is with religion — what they spend a great deal of time and effort on , what makes them tick . |
| 27 | They spend a good quarter of an hour whistling for it , and then give up . |
| 28 | They spend a happy time in Venice , but eventually Martin departs . |
| 29 | They spend a short period at home full time while their children are small , then look for a job that will fit in with their family commitments . |
| 30 | The pursuit of happiness through developing rewarding emotional ties with other people is something most of us spend a good deal of our lives attempting . |