Sentence examples for books spent from inspiring English sources

Tove Jansson, who wrote the Moomins books, spent most of her life on these islands.

Mr. Smith, author of several comedy books, spent 10 years tracking down and studying the forgotten films and their auteurs.

In small, obscure printings, ignored by newspaper reviewers, the books spent only a few weeks in bookstores before being removed from the shelves.

He loved the sports of horse racing, billiards, and snooker and, as a collector of antiquarian books, spent enjoyable afternoons in the bookshops of Milan and Parma searching for books printed by Giambattista Bodoni.

Several business owners (a majority of whom sell books) spent most of the month of September noisily and repeatedly complaining that the young punk rock panhandlers were bad for business.

The first time she had visited my room, she had, after examining my meagre shelf of books, spent several minutes studying the mimeographed photo of Samuel Beckett sitting on the terrace of the Closerie des Lilas that I had taped to the wall.

You can earn reward points from rating and reviewing books, spending the points on new literature.

"The Road" is also one of McCarthy's most popular books, spending several weeks on numerous best-seller lists.

Over the next four years, by his own estimation, he read three hundred books, spending as many as five hours a day in the library.

You'll find that many sales and leadership books spend most of their time teaching this topic.

Dublin-born former Republic of Ireland Under-21 international Gunning was on Blackburn Rovers' books, spending loan spells with Tranmere Rovers, Rotherham United, Bury and Motherwell.