Example sentences of "spent a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They both spent a little time concealing a wad of wet blotting paper and seeds , then cutting small nicks for the cress to grow out of . |
| 2 | I spent a little time ‘ fishing ’ these to the back and either tying off , or sewing in . |
| 3 | It would have been inconsiderate , and the possibility was not discussed , although Groa , moving from hall to hall with her husband , took the chance to pack a few extra boxes with thick clothes and blankets , and spent a little time during her last call at Orphir studying the crucifix Bishop Jon had pinned over her bed and wondering whether or not it would be Christian to pray for a wind . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Between the two examinations he spent a few necessary days of recuperation at Swindon , spending some time with Dad Uzzell . |
| 6 | Dana and I spent a few days in London again before travelling to Spain . |
| 7 | Although he knew it was to soothe himself rather than a.i. ’ he spent a few last minutes communing with Thoth by neural link , explaining yet again how grieved he was to have to ask it to give its ‘ life ’ for him . |
| 8 | The landscape reminds me of the west coast of Ireland , of Inishere , the smallest of the Aran Islands on which I once spent a few days — the same tradition of building walls to clear land as much as to protect . |
| 9 | Because the panic attacks had become a habit with her , I spent a few sessions with Eileen teaching her how to overcome them . |
| 10 | Shortly before moving to London , I spent a few days visiting ancient and mystical sites in Cornwall . |
| 11 | They were , and the Pryces spent a few years in married bliss before the third Lady Pryce died in 1748 . |
| 12 | After an hour inside the school , all four spent a few minutes in a room of their own before Charles and Diana said goodbye to their sons . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | We spent a few days talking about our friends in Moscow and Leningrad . |
| 15 | As a soldier stationed on the South Coast at the time of D- Day , I spent a few days in London where I attended the Proms . |
| 16 | After living in London for a while the couple spent a few days in Bournemouth and on St Swithun 's Day 1875 they came by steamer to Swanage . |
| 17 | In August one year he spent a few days holiday at Saxon-les-Bains in the Rhone Valley , where he had an interest in a fruit preserving factory . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ We spent a few days on manoeuvres . |
| 20 | So then I spent a few hours quietly relaxing , until finally Posi reached the rendezvous point , reduced speed and gave the ’ spacecraft sighted ’ warning . |
| 21 | I spent a few moments in thought . |
| 22 | Cheyney passed from Sandhurst into the army , buying a commission in a regiment which was ordered to India , where he spent a few years in inactive service . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He spent a few minutes making polite , nondescript conversation , then he proceeded to devote the remainder of the meal to Alyssia . |
| 25 | After the atmosphere that sparked between them whenever they spent a few hours together … ! |
| 26 | I spent a few years on The Scotsman and then to Thomson House to join The Guardian soon after it dropped the ‘ Manchester ’ from its title and started printing in London . |
| 27 | But I spent a few bob buying drinks for a couple of old OSS types who 'd turned up in their London station and they took pity on me and let drop the codename : Winter Garden . |
| 28 | Leonora found a bathroom instead , and spent a few quiet minutes tidying herself up in peace . |
| 29 | On leaving school , she spent a few years working in the British Transport Police . |
| 30 | They all spent a few weeks with me , a manufacturing engineer , to set objectives , to create a manufacturing improvement strategy and policies and then to drive them . |