Example sentences of "they spent the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The royal couple found that seclusion at Broadlands , Earl Mountbatten 's home in Hampshire , where they spent the first three days of their honeymoon , followed by a leisurely Mediterranean cruise on board the royal yacht Britannia which they joined at Gibraltar . |
| 2 | They spent the first ten minutes talking about Thomas Hardy , because Roger came from Dorset , and then Mr Baker read passages from the Kingman Report , which was still unpublished , and asked if Roger agreed . |
| 3 | They spent the next few minutes getting themselves and the canoe off the water . |
| 4 | ‘ He would , ’ Miss Hatherby chuckled , and they spent the next half hour discussing him . |
| 5 | Three days later Mrs Holt arrived in town , and they spent the next three days together before she left . |
| 6 | Amid chants of ‘ Get the beasts ’ and ‘ You 're going to die ’ , they spent the next several hours dragging their victims from their barricaded cells , humiliating them and beating them up . |