Example sentences of "i [verb] [num] hours [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | But I know enough about myself to know that as long as I get eight hours sleep I 'm alright ’ . |
2 | Linda and I spent two hours riding around Villa Maura later in the week trying to find the site . |
3 | I spent two hours responding to questions put to me by the Select Committee only a fortnight or so ago . |
4 | ‘ My mind was fixed on the tribunal most of the day , then I spent four hours travelling up for what I thought would be a place on the bench . |
5 | ‘ I was taken to Arrowe Park Hospital where I spent four hours having scans and the doctors said he seemed to be OK . |
6 | Nothing to do with me : in fact , I spent six hours fighting that decision in a totally futile meeting with Topaz and three top-level gorillas from Resource Deployment with cottonwool in their ears and Closed For Lunch signs on their brains . ’ |
7 | The final morning brought even more snow , so much so , that I spent 2 hours digging my car out . |