Example sentences of "he spend some " in BNC.
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| 1 | He still has sufficient force , passion and reputation to get his way if he puts his case forcefully enough and yesterday he spent some time in conclave with Carrick , Neil Hartley and coach Doug Padgett . |
| 2 | At his own expense he spent some months in England attached to units of the British Army for training . |
| 3 | He spent some time afterwards making a special metal umbrella . |
| 4 | He spent some thirty years in an obscure village , and only three short years in his public ministry , which was misunderstood by the great majority of the people who saw and heard him . |
| 5 | He spent some time in Rome , later Florence and then , in 1923 or 1924 — he was n't quite sure — he ‘ fetched up ’ in Naples . |
| 6 | This meant that for six weeks he was on a special bed that could be turned so that he spent some hours on his back and some on his front , never getting off the bed at all . |
| 7 | He spent some time expressing his preference , for tactical reasons , for smaller neutron bombs before developing his argument . |
| 8 | He spent some time climbing about and peering in all directions . |
| 9 | Though Marje believed that Phillip was living a bachelor life at a London hotel between trysts with her , he spent some of the time , at least , with Meli in her apartment over a hairdresser 's shop and a prostitute 's flat in London 's Kensington . |
| 10 | Hanna was very interested in our latest developments for vertical take-off and Mickie says he spent some time discussing this subject with her . |
| 11 | He spent some quite considerable time bent over long time — and when he straightened he looked both puzzled and thoughtful . |
| 12 | He spent some time actually living as a boarder in houses in the areas that he was studying , and making detailed studies of particular families . |
| 13 | He spent some weeks on the island in 1905 and , with the help of an islander , George Stout , kept up regular observations , including a complete diary of the year 1908 . |
| 14 | But they failed to do so , and when Henry returned to France he was able to clear the enemy from strongholds which they still held near Paris , including the formidable town and fortress of Meaux , before which he spent some seven months in 1421–2 . |
| 15 | He spent some months hiding in the Western Isles and perhaps in Ireland . |
| 16 | He spent some time in Holland in the company of an Indian guru with whom he had long walks and conversations through which came the realization that he should build a new career around his two key interests : his satisfaction in working with children and his love of Art . |
| 17 | He spent some time in Calcutta where he came into contact with the Indian Communist Party . |
| 18 | Goodricke succeeded as fifth baronet 21 July 1738 ; left with an encumbered estate , he spent some difficult years in attempting to restore the family fortune . |
| 19 | After leaving the Dardanelles he spent some time in Salonika and Egypt , before being posted as brigadier-general ( November 1915 ) on the staff of the reserve corps led by Sir Hubert Gough [ q.v. ] on the western front . |
| 20 | Partly educated by a Jesuit , he spent some years in Rome , and rendered services to Pope Gregory XVI , but later he left the Roman Catholic Church . |
| 21 | Along with a representative from the drilling company and an interpreter , he spent some time with Sergei , a hunter , and his two wives in their autumn home . |
| 22 | It is said that his journey to America had taken him via Mexico , where he spent some time in discussion with Trotsky , on the issue of Negro involvement in the revolutionary movement . |
| 23 | He spent some time in Paris , where he taught Sanskrit , Gothic and Old High German . |
| 24 | He spent some hours in the United Kingdom on May 18 , visiting a plant of Royal Ordnance , a British Aerospace subsidiary , to review the development of a multiple rocket artillery system which had been the subject of a contract signed in September 1990 by Royal Ordnance and the Chilean firm Famae . |
| 25 | He spent some time in the Navy , worked in light engineering and is a watchmaker to trade . |
| 26 | Most years he spent some time in Anagni or Segni , his home region ; otherwise Rome was his main place of residence . |
| 27 | I also heard He spent some time in charge of North East Counties side Tadcaster Albion but did n't last long . |
| 28 | He spends some time at school . |