Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] spend [art] [adj] day " in BNC.

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1 When my oldest son Blair said farewell sadly to the Outer Hebrides and came to work in Aberdeenshire , my wife Ann and I arranged to spend a few days there , fishing and exploring a country that neither of us knew .
2 But we forgot to dispose of the discarded furnishings , and six months later when I went to spend a few days with a senior Burmese colleague , he showed me with great satisfaction his small-town church , furnished with the discarded pews , pulpit , litany desks , with the collection bags being changed according to the ecclesiastical season !
3 I had spent a long day in the autumn bargaining with the previous owner over the furniture and carpets and ended up having bought most of it at a reasonable price .
4 And then of course er when I got to New York we were quite friendly with all the people on the boat you know that made great friends with some of them and er I had two or three places to go , I had spent a few days at the World Fair and then I flew down to Washington and er then I came back again .
5 I 've spent the whole day with Piero , I 've read all about him , I 've stared at all the pictures in the book , I 've lived them .
6 I 've spent the whole day searching for you . ’
7 ‘ Because I 've spent the last day or so watching you with other people , and frankly , Fran , it 's obvious to anyone that when you 're with me you act far differently . ’
8 Because I have spent the whole day since six o'clock this morning working , and working hard , and this … painted maypole has done nothing all day long and will do nothing tomorrow , except complain about those who do work .
9 ‘ After two weeks away , I wanted to spend an extra day at home with my wife and three children , ’ said Smyth .
10 Everyone else has gone home , except the poor wretches who are spending the hols at school , and we three are independent citizens whom she invited to spend an extra day .
11 Opt for a self-drive car only if you want to spend the whole day struggling to get off Hong Kong Island .
12 ‘ But you did spend the previous day with the King ? ’
13 She had spent the entire day with him .
14 She had spent the previous day helping Janet to prepare Aunt Emily 's room for her mother .
15 She had spent the whole day , today , hoping it might happen again , but it had n't .
16 If you have spent a long day on the airfield , it will be difficult to refuse your turn to fly , even if you are tired .
17 I think he got on er , quite well down there , because he 'd spent a few days up here he had a better idea of what he wanted to ask , and what he wanted to talk about and so on , but erm , only because his deadline 's and
18 During dinner Sir Henry told us that he had spent a dull day and evening on his own .
19 The creator of the evening 's culinary triumphs emerged unshaven from a cavernous kitchen where he had spent the entire day cooking over a wood fire .
20 Jesus had been , with his disciples and he had spent the whole day in teaching and preaching to the people , he 'd been explaining to them what the kingdom of God was like , he 'd been telling them some of the parables that perhaps we 're familiar with , he 'd been telling them about the parable of the sewer and the seed , the man who went out and he sewed his seed and different things went wrong birds came and picked up the stuff that fell by the wayside , some fell on stony ground and it could n't put down any roots , some fell amongst thorns and they were quickly choked , but some did fall in good prepared soil and that grew .
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