Example sentences of "spent the whole [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zvi Lipsky , the Burial Society Treasurer , had spent the whole afternoon trying to rid his mind of the annoyance of Arnold Wine 's advertisement in that morning 's Cork Examiner and now there was Wine himself , as bold as brass , sitting up in the front seats if you please , instead of at the back where he should be . |
| 2 | He 's just spent the whole day talking to journalists . |
| 3 | Her husband would have spent the whole day cooking for the steady stream of customers in the small , steamy back kitchen below and she felt that he needed a break . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She had spent the whole day , today , hoping it might happen again , but it had n't . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've spent the whole day searching for you . ’ |
| 7 | Having spent the whole day listening to the contenders , I did not want to look at the list — I felt certain that my name would not appear . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 10 | She 'd spent the whole evening trying half-heartedly to fight the inevitable attraction she felt for him . |
| 11 | But whatever had happened to unsettle their dignity , they had spent the whole episode in usual fashion ( along with Blake , Jeff , Adam , Sammy Jo , Fallon , Monica and Sable and the rest ) all scheming away , trying to get each other 's money , destroying each other 's reputation and jumping into bed with those they had no right to . |
| 12 | He stared at Morris disapprovingly , as if Morris had spent the whole morning in idleness . |
| 13 | While some infants may go uncomplaining through the night without feeding by the age of two months they will not have spent the whole time asleep . |
| 14 | Poor Martinho , almost his portly self again , had spent the whole time with at least one gun in his back . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've spent the whole time trying to convince myself it could never work between us , ’ he went on , as though she had n't spoken . |
| 16 | Having spent the whole summer denying any link between its policies and the riots , the Government had to tread warily in responding to the economic and social policy proposals of the Scarman Report when it was published in November 1981 . |
| 17 | Well I could have spent the whole week . |
| 18 | Oh I could have spent the whole week , I just , I just , I could of spent five afternoons in Ipswich , would of done or Norwich |