Example sentences of "[pers pn] spend a [adj] [noun pl] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Shortly before moving to London , I spent a few days visiting ancient and mystical sites in Cornwall . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | On leaving school , she spent a few years working in the British Transport Police . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | We spent a few days talking about our friends in Moscow and Leningrad . |
| 8 | He spent a few minutes making polite , nondescript conversation , then he proceeded to devote the remainder of the meal to Alyssia . |