Example sentences of "[vb past] spend the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I determined to spend the first part of my prison leisure working out my reasons for knowing I was right . |
| 2 | He decided to spend the last hour at the local pub . |
| 3 | When , at last , some nasty little spots began to appear , and he had spent the last night of the year sitting up in bed and holding his pyjama jacket away from his afflictions , Joan put her foot down . |
| 4 | Hans and he had spent the last winter in Nice and it was the only place he wanted to avoid ; the memories were still too painful . |
| 5 | The recent spell of warm weather was holding and Julie Murchison was feeling good in spite of the fact that she had spent the last hour in her Mother 's sick room . |