Example sentences of "and spend [adj] of his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dean proved to be generally rude and disruptive to his fellow actors , and spent much of his free time in his dressing room , refusing to speak to anyone unless it directly concerned the film . |
| 2 | David Whitaker was born in Knebworth , Hertfordshire in 1928 , although fairly soon afterwards his family moved to Barnes in South-West London where he went to school and spent much of his adolescent life . |
| 3 | who was in precarious health and spent much of his time in Oxford , with the result that most of the observational work at Greenwich fell upon Green . |
| 4 | Thomas Wilson was first chairman of the Hull Underwriters Association , founded in 1867 , and spent much of his last years in various charitable enterprises . |
| 5 | He 's always been fond of animals and spent much of his life working for their welfare . |
| 6 | Now he found a young man from a few doors away was home on leave from the Royal Engineers and spent some of his leave with him and some visiting relations , as men on leave were expected to do . |
| 7 | Even though Richard Baxter was born in Shropshire and spent most of his life elsewhere , his name has always been closely associated with the town of Kidderminster . |
| 8 | By all accounts Blake was a very quiet person who did not join in any of the usual university activities and spent most of his time reading about Russia and its people . |
| 9 | He joined the Mott The Hoople fan club and spent most of his homework time addressing letters to that organisation . |
| 10 | Their father was a cabman and spent most of his time waiting for fares outside the Railway Station , the horse-drawn cabs being owned by Ivamy 's of Milford Street . |
| 11 | He preached his last sermon at Collin Wood , near the River Ayr , and spent most of his time in prayer . |
| 12 | He returned home only for a week or so each month and spent most of his time in his bathroom , which contained a colour television , telephones and a fully stocked cocktail bar . |
| 13 | Greek by nationality , he was born and spent most of his life in Russia , returning to the land of his ancestors only at the very end of his days , where he shortly thereafter died . |
| 14 | Orcadai was C'zinsit 's elder brother , and spent most of his time travelling from fief to fief , overseeing the military training of conscripts and inspecting the condition of arms and equipment . |
| 15 | Tom would n't talk about it and spent most of his spare time at his club . |
| 16 | ‘ He was a mining engineer and spent most of his time abroad South Africa , India , Burma … |
| 17 | James saw G P when he was up in Glasgow last week — he seems to have had a brilliant trip , and spent most of his time in Chile . |
| 18 | ‘ He lived alone on the hillside and spent most of his time praying . |
| 19 | Her husband is a district governor and spends much of his time away . |
| 20 | Does n't mix , and spends most of his time in Vienna on business , none of them seem too sure what . |
| 21 | He is armed with a silver sword , and spends most of his life in the dungeon beneath the castle where the jewels are kept ( the circle of children being the walls of the dungeon ) . |
| 22 | He 's always enjoyed it and spends most of his time working with it . |