Example sentences of "i spent [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Linda and I spent two hours riding around Villa Maura later in the week trying to find the site . |
| 2 | I spent two hours responding to questions put to me by the Select Committee only a fortnight or so ago . |
| 3 | I spent two years helping a friend catalogue her husband 's art collection which was hard because he was a very difficult person . |
| 4 | All black it was , I spent two days cleaning it up . |
| 5 | I told no one , not even Méli , about my visit to Conchis , but I spent many hours conjecturing about the mysterious third person in the house . |
| 6 | My colleagues and I spent many hours discussing this issue , when we first sat down to decide how we were going to approach the running of our company . |
| 7 | I spent many hours hidden in the bushes , silently watching one pair of bulbuls make their nest from beginning to end . |
| 8 | Weeks passed , and I spent many hours studying Flint 's map and dreaming of treasure . |
| 9 | I did then go about the task Mr Farraday had set me with some dedication ; I spent many hours working on the staff plan , and at least as many hours again thinking about it as I went about other duties or as I lay awake after retiring . |
| 10 | I spent many hours working out patterns and ‘ staggering ’ rows so that they knitted correctly . |
| 11 | I spent many hours contemplating ( as we fishkeepers do ) the fact that I would like an extra pond to separate my goldfish from the Koi . |
| 12 | ‘ I spent many years driving in London , when I was stationed there . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ I was taken to Arrowe Park Hospital where I spent four hours having scans and the doctors said he seemed to be OK . |
| 15 | Inevitably I spent long periods sitting in the staff room waiting for staff to find time for an interview . |
| 16 | Do n't let's go there again though , cos I spent all day making coffee . |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | I NEVER did find Mr Wright although , following the instructions I received at my briefing , I spent some time looking for him . |
| 19 | ‘ As I told you , I spent some time writing letters and when I 'd finished I thought it would be pleasant to get some fresh air so I went out and posted them — in the box outside the main post office — ’ |
| 20 | It is a particularly painful spot to be kicked and I spent some time hopping round the byre and cursing in a fervent whisper . |
| 21 | After finishing the course in June , I spent some time travelling within Eastern Europe and then spent two months in Austria to improve my German . |
| 22 | I spent three months knitting you a pair of bed-socks . |
| 23 | ‘ I spent three months working out in the gym and having voice therapy , ’ O'Donnell says . |
| 24 | I spent three days plucking up the courage . |
| 25 | ECHO FROM THE PAST In 1980 Marlies and I spent three days travelling with Senator Edward Kennedy in his motorcade during the presidential primary campaign . |
| 26 | I spent ten years faking it , and hating it , and it did n't get me anywhere . |
| 27 | Thus , I spent ten years working for Other Music Papers , never daring to aim for The Big One , editing Record Mirror and blooding young pups like Stuart Bailie and Roger Morton for greater things . |
| 28 | Sometimes I have spent longer periods overseas , and I would like to mention those in particular : in 1972 , I spent 6 months as a visiting professor at Brown University , Providence , R.I. , U.S.A. ; in 1977 , I spent 3 months teaching in various centres in China ; in 1984 , I spent 3 months as a visiting professor at Kobe University , Japan ; and in 1987 , I spent 3 months as a visiting professor at the University of Paris IV ( the Sorbonne ) . |
| 29 | The final morning brought even more snow , so much so , that I spent 2 hours digging my car out . |
| 30 | ‘ I spent 12 years working in the NHS and I did n't come into politics to privatise it . ’ |