Example sentences of "spending the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ Well John Major says I 'm a bit of a bastard , and I 've been spending the first part of this conference checking my birth certificate ’ . |
| 2 | After spending the second night in a hotel in Bristol , she awoke to find the streets and rooftops covered in snow . |
| 3 | It will certainly be a dramatic change of scenery after spending the last few weeks in the reserves . ’ |
| 4 | Some felt he owed his life to spending the last ten months of the war in Stalag Luft 3 at Sagan near Breslau . |
| 5 | Norman also got up and down from another bunker for a 69 and 277 , spending the next 30 minutes waiting , watching and keeping himself loose with a few twists and turns for the play-off that never happened . |
| 6 | They had booked a Toyota camper van and told the hire company they intended spending the next three weeks touring New Zealand . |
| 7 | ‘ Some swine stole her and ran her on to a coral reef , ’ I said , ‘ and I 'm spending the next two months mending her . ’ |
| 8 | Colt would have liked his father to know how he was spending the next few days . |
| 9 | A former governor of Georgia with no national reputation to speak of and , unlike other candidates , unencumbered by office at the time , Carter began his campaign in December 1974 , spending the next two years criss-crossing the country seeking name familiarity and the approbation of local and state party officials . |
| 10 | I ai n't spending the next three nights on an airbed at your place . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It 's either that or I 'll be spending the next million years in a coal measure . |
| 12 | The simplest proposition seemed to call for endless repetitive explanation ; her steaks had become increasingly rare , and , most tiresome of all , whenever they made love , be it after breakfast , lunch or tea , she would leap from the marital bed and turn on the vacuum cleaner , spending the next twenty minutes cleaning an already spotless house . |
| 13 | will be spending the next few months at her home in Italy while she recovers from an attack of shingles . |