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 .
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