Example sentences of "spend a [adj] week " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it not an absolute absurdity that that person should spend an extra week in prison and my elderly pensioner couple should not get compensation for the damage that they suffered as a result of the burglary ? |
| 2 | ‘ I could spend an entire week shopping in Manchester for clothes and come back empty-handed , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Ideally , the shadow should spend an uninterrupted week or fortnight with his opposite number , but if that is impracticable , a regular visit of one day a week throughout the term would be satisfactory . |
| 4 | She wondered why John had not been more open with her but now she felt that she understood his situation better and they spent a blissful week together before he left . |
| 5 | We spent a wonderful week together and have agreed we wo n't leave it another eight years before we meet again . |
| 6 | She also spent a hellish week in a Swiss blizzard . |
| 7 | Traditionally , her top class has spent a residential week at Paignton Zoo and she is determined that , given the restriction on charging for activities within school hours , the tradition will be maintained ad infinitum . |
| 8 | She gazed at it for some moments in silence , thinking about a flat in Manchester where she and John had spent a ghostly week one winter before they were married . |
| 9 | Boy was of course no virgin , but he had never spent a whole week with one man before . |
| 10 | After spending a futile week there , he returned to Petrograd where he found lodgings . |
| 11 | Cunningham had spent an agreeable week in the country with his friend Van Cheele . |
| 12 | Once they had spent an enjoyable week in Bath and on another occasion he had suggested going to Cornwall so that she could show him the house where she was brought up . |