Example sentences of "have spent [art] [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think he got on er , quite well down there , because he 'd spent a few days up here he had a better idea of what he wanted to ask , and what he wanted to talk about and so on , but erm , only because his deadline 's and |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 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 | During dinner Sir Henry told us that he had spent a dull day and evening on his own . |
| 5 | I had spent a long day in the autumn bargaining with the previous owner over the furniture and carpets and ended up having bought most of it at a reasonable price . |
| 6 | The evening had turned fine in the past hour or so , although there were still dark clouds massed in the west , over where Ireland lay , but Karen had spent a useful day revising , and felt virtuous . |
| 7 | And then of course er when I got to New York we were quite friendly with all the people on the boat you know that made great friends with some of them and er I had two or three places to go , I had spent a few days at the World Fair and then I flew down to Washington and er then I came back again . |
| 8 | Caro had spent the preceding day cleaning and tidying , but her mother had come determined to disapprove and did so easily . |
| 9 | She had spent the entire day with him . |
| 10 | The creator of the evening 's culinary triumphs emerged unshaven from a cavernous kitchen where he had spent the entire day cooking over a wood fire . |
| 11 | She had spent the whole day , today , hoping it might happen again , but it had n't . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | D Company had spent the previous day digging a line of trenches to cover a series of vehicle checkpoints on all the main roads , and were just settling down for their first day 's occupation of the trenches . |
| 14 | The Princess had spent the previous day reading Love and Pain , Sandra 's book on violent relationships , and was able to speak with some understanding about domestic violence . |
| 15 | She had spent the previous day helping Janet to prepare Aunt Emily 's room for her mother . |
| 16 | ‘ Because I 've spent the last day or so watching you with other people , and frankly , Fran , it 's obvious to anyone that when you 're with me you act far differently . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've spent the whole day searching for you . ’ |
| 19 | If you have spent a long day on the airfield , it will be difficult to refuse your turn to fly , even if you are tired . |
| 20 | 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 . |