Example sentences of "[pers pn] spent [adj] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , in the course of that hunt , I spent some of the time in … the place where Kokos comes from . ’ |
| 2 | He read English at Cambridge — ‘ actually I spent most of the time reading opera ’ and went on to become one of the first crop of the Arts Council 's pioneering Arts Administration course , which was ‘ a bit Heath Robinsonish then , but still a wonderful grounding ’ . |
| 3 | Maggie had so little to do during the day that she spent much of the time chatting and gossiping with Rose . |
| 4 | ‘ We took Laura to one evening reception where she spent most of the time entertaining folk in the kitchen . |
| 5 | We spent most of the time on the planet acid : the best place for us to be . |
| 6 | We spent most of the time on the Thames and Medway keeping observations on shipping . |
| 7 | Apart from offices , we spent most of the time outside . |
| 8 | He spent like four hours or something with the attorney general and with these three other staff over there … and they spent most of the time talking about all aspects of the Iran initiative and so forth , and then at the very end Meese pulled out that April memo … and said , ‘ what about this ? ’ |
| 9 | At a rally addressed by Labour 's Dennis Healey , they spent most of the time trying to avoid one of their school dinner ladies , who was forever shouting to the platform : ‘ You 're just feathering the beds for the Tories . ’ |
| 10 | Whatever the weather they spent most of the time waiting for fares , either at one or other of the Railway Stations or the cab ranks in Fisherton Street or Blue Boar Row . |
| 11 | He spent much of the time swerving and cursing other drivers . |
| 12 | He spent most of the time on the phone with his bookie . |
| 13 | In the event , the job proved a disappointment and , in his own words , he spent most of the time ‘ stacking shelves , pushing trolleys and sweeping floors ’ . |
| 14 | 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 . |