Example sentences of "spent a few [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rain spent a few minutes sympathizing with the psychic 's frustrations and then suggested that she try Maureen again , but with a specific request for a set of keys . |
| 2 | Daak spent a few minutes kicking the remains of the pilot out of the front of the cockpit , and then settled himself into the pilot 's bucket seat and swivelled lazily from side to side , waiting for the women . |
| 3 | Luckily , the rain had stopped and I spent a few minutes baling out , thinking once again that I must do something about drainage , but never seem to get round to it as the weather clears up and everything dries out very quickly . |
| 4 | He spent a few minutes making polite , nondescript conversation , then he proceeded to devote the remainder of the meal to Alyssia . |
| 5 | Before I left for San Francisco I spent a few days wandering the considerable length and the decidedly inconsiderable breadth of the Canal , newest of the major approaches to Balboa 's ocean . |
| 6 | We spent a few days talking about our friends in Moscow and Leningrad . |
| 7 | Shortly before moving to London , I spent a few days visiting ancient and mystical sites in Cornwall . |
| 8 | On leaving school , she spent a few years working in the British Transport Police . |