Example sentences of "have spend [det] [art] [noun] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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1 | Jason Pierce has a rotten throat infection and has been forced to lay out $70 on antibiotics , drummer Jon Mattock has spent half an hour going round the college with a marker pen , adding Spiritualized 's name to the day-glo posters . |
2 | Of course , having spent half the night touring round in the pouring rain searching for Travis would n't sweeten anyone 's temper , would it , least of all his ? |
3 | She must have spent half an hour making herself up . |
4 | I 'd have to spend half an hour calming Dawn down after these attacks . |
5 | Both Jay and Dionne had spent many a dawn listening to each other on the latest One and Only . |
6 | To Black Cab drivers reading this with a told-you-so expression , I really had spent half an hour trying to flag one down ! |
7 | Early morning 's not my best time , specially when I 've spent half the night dreaming terrible dreams and the other half listening to some loon droning on about turtles in Japan — but it was great dawdling along by the river . |