Example sentences of "spend the early " in BNC.
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1 | Maggie spent the early part of the evening putting together her persona — scarlet lipstick and nail varnish , pale face , sheer black tights , a brief black dress with a bustier top , a black cloche hat , flat lace-up boots , long green earrings and finally a huge , spiky , green cat brooch pinned to her belt . |
2 | Bachelor Mr Wickins , who lived alone in a flat in Chelsea 's trendy King 's Road , in London , spent the early part of Thursday evening with friends . |
3 | Born in Huddersfield , Mike , 40 , spent the early part of his career wandering between journalism and PR , always promising himself one day he would sit down and write that book . |
4 | Only eight at the time of his brother 's accession in 1461 , he spent the early years of Edward IV 's reign in relative obscurity , overshadowed by his elder brother George duke of Clarence . |
5 | Cumming ( he changed his name in 1889 after marriage ) spent the early 1890s largely as a country gentleman on his second wife 's Morayshire estate . |
6 | It accounts in fact for the new facial type which begins to make its appearance in his work during this year , l and which reached its most precise definition in the work executed by Picasso on his return from Gosol ( a village in the province of Lerida in Spain , where he spent the early part of the summer of 1906 ) , notably in the Portrait of Gertrude Stein . |
7 | He spent the early part of his short career at the Mater Hospital but eventually was involved in locum work throughout the province . |
8 | Only eight at the time of his brother 's accession in 1461 , he spent the early years of Edward IV 's reign in relative obscurity , overshadowed by his elder brother George duke of Clarence . |
9 | CLIVE DID NOT like the idea of spending the early evening with Amelia Dorf 's crowd of goat rapists and rich sickies , but as an entrepreneur he knew the importance of maintaining a personal relationship with his best customers . |
10 | Tonight , with Marlin working until nine and a late dinner planned , she 'd decided to spend the early evening assigning and wrapping the presents she 'd accumulated on her various Fifth Avenue sorties , sweetening her labours with wine and music . |
11 | Diane always tried to keep her weekends for spending with Jed , but because of the rain they had to spend the early part of the day in their own below-stairs lounge , watching the Saturday morning cartoons on television . |