Example sentences of "i [verb] spent the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I 'd spent the intervening three years elsewhere , writing for a fun pop paper and then polishing turds in the press office of a hateful record company . |
| 2 | After I 'd spent the last two days setting it up ? ’ |
| 3 | As a consequence I really wish that I had spent the extra money and bought a slightly better machine . |
| 4 | Just as before , I had spent the intervening three months ‘ supporting ’ myself and this time I was so confident I was able to march into the hospital and into the consulting room certain that whatever I had or had had I was now on top of it . |
| 5 | I never have properly recalled how I had spent the larger part of my time in Préfleur when Jean-Claude was away . |
| 6 | I had spent the few months before brimming over with excitement and anticipation for when my time would come to leave what had been my place of education for the previous four years . |
| 7 | And as a kid , you live very Technicolour experiences , and it all influences how you live the rest of your life , and so since all that horror , I 've spent the major part of my life making a safe place for myself . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've spent the whole day searching for you . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 've spent the whole time trying to convince myself it could never work between us , ’ he went on , as though she had n't spoken . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've spent the last year asking the public to write something , anything , and then be photographed . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've spent the last seven months among people who can speak only the most rudimentary English . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 've spent the last four years trying to pick up the pieces ! ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 've spent the last four years learning how to forget it , ’ she retorted edgily . |
| 15 | I 've spent the last two years converting this place in my spare time ; it 's only recently been habitable enough to live in . ’ |
| 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 last year of my life caring for the wrong person . ’ |
| 18 | I 've spent the last 40 years protesting about all sorts of things and now I 'm protesting for my railway , not theirs , ours . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 22 | I have spent the last couple of weeks visiting garages with my husband attempting to exchange our shared vehicle . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . |