Example sentences of "i [verb] spend [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After I 'd spent the last two days setting it up ? ’ |
| 2 | I determined to spend the first part of my prison leisure working out my reasons for knowing I was right . |
| 3 | My year between school and university was about as creative as the period Terry Waite spent in captivity staring at a concrete wall with only his postcard of John Bunyan for reading matter , but I did spend the first few weeks of it in the typing class of a comprehensive school in Hackney . |
| 4 | That is why I had to spend the last half an hour intervening and telephoning both Departments to try to deal with the problem . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've spent the last year asking the public to write something , anything , and then be photographed . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've spent the last seven months among people who can speak only the most rudimentary English . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 've spent the last four years trying to pick up the pieces ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 've spent the last four years learning how to forget it , ’ she retorted edgily . |
| 9 | I 've spent the last two years converting this place in my spare time ; it 's only recently been habitable enough to live in . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 11 | I 've spent the last year of my life caring for the wrong person . ’ |
| 12 | I 've spent the last 40 years protesting about all sorts of things and now I 'm protesting for my railway , not theirs , ours . |
| 13 | This is the world that I enjoy , and that I have spent the second half of my life so far in exploring and learning about . |
| 14 | ‘ I have spent the last six months investigating Free People , and what they have asked for constitutes the first stage of their long-term programme . ’ |
| 15 | I have spent the last couple of weeks visiting garages with my husband attempting to exchange our shared vehicle . |
| 16 | Or maybe I am in the perfect position to write it , as I have spent the last week slumped on the sofa , watching the war . |
| 17 | ‘ Lady Blaine , I have spent the last week debating whether or not to ruin your father Hiram , and his syndicate , and provide the information to send them , and him , to prison for stockmarket fraud . |