Example sentences of "have spend [art] whole [noun] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd spent the whole evening trying half-heartedly to fight the inevitable attraction she felt for him . |
| 2 | Having spent the whole day listening to the contenders , I did not want to look at the list — I felt certain that my name would not appear . |
| 3 | Having spent the whole summer denying any link between its policies and the riots , the Government had to tread warily in responding to the economic and social policy proposals of the Scarman Report when it was published in November 1981 . |
| 4 | Her husband would have spent the whole day cooking for the steady stream of customers in the small , steamy back kitchen below and she felt that he needed a break . |
| 5 | Zvi Lipsky , the Burial Society Treasurer , had spent the whole afternoon trying to rid his mind of the annoyance of Arnold Wine 's advertisement in that morning 's Cork Examiner and now there was Wine himself , as bold as brass , sitting up in the front seats if you please , instead of at the back where he should be . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've spent the whole day searching for you . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ So I had to spend the whole morning trying to organise another venue . |