Example sentences of "[Wh pn] spend a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Linden Joseph , the lithe Guyanese who spent a disappointing season with Hampshire in 1990 , might well have won Test selection as well but injury , consistently his nemesis , struck him down during the A series . |
| 2 | It seemed to have the knack of attracting some of the most bizarre characters who spent a great deal of the inter-war years building up little empires for themselves with scant regard for any overall espionage policy . |
| 3 | Englishmen who spent a great deal of their time on horseback around 200 hundred years ago liked to bathe and change before dining . |
| 4 | Jill Ireland renewed her cuddling relationship with Williams and Donald Sinden , Donald Houston and Andrew Ray were among those who spent a great deal of their time wearing bathrobes and dressing gowns , hopping in and out of bed — for strictly medical reasons , of course . |
| 5 | And that was someone from Nottingham University who spent a great deal of time grumbling about the bus service from Mansfield to Edwinstowe . |
| 6 | Toby ( 4.5 ) had been playing with blocks , but then wandered away and the blocks were put away by two other boys , who spent a long time carefully fitting the different sizes of blocks into the two boxes . |
| 7 | Thanks are due , in no small measure , to those on the list of arbitrators appointed by the Chairman , who spend a great deal of their time dealing with these disputes . |
| 8 | If it can be claimed that the young men who spend a short time in a school before moving on provide the vitality , it is equally true that those who devote their whole lives to a single school give the continuity , tradition , and wisdom which are equally , if not more , important . |