Example sentences of "have spend a [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet even DEC , which has spent a small fortune debugging and porting it , has loosened its bear hug . |
| 2 | He 'd spent a long time twisting bits of wire together and finding a safe way to steal electricity from the fusebox . |
| 3 | The evening had turned fine in the past hour or so , although there were still dark clouds massed in the west , over where Ireland lay , but Karen had spent a useful day revising , and felt virtuous . |
| 4 | She had spent a sleepless night agonising over what had happened between herself and David and she found herself dreading what the atmosphere would be like between them . |
| 5 | He shuddered and replaced the glasses , before describing how he had spent a sleepless night worrying what he should do and in the morning had made up his mind to tackle MacQuillan again . |
| 6 | I 'VE SPENT a long time cultivating this dour image , I 'm not going to spoil it now . |
| 7 | If I really had to spend a long time hurting someone slowly , I 'd have to use a blindfold : them or me , one of us would have to have their eyes hidden . |
| 8 | It is a tribute not only to the management at Yarrow but to the workers , who have spent a long time removing ill-considered demarcation practices — and it is as a shipbuilder that I say that . |
| 9 | In other words , if you have spent a long time writing programs to carry out tasks , you will have to start again from scratch . |
| 10 | It is worthwhile noting that Liverpool have spent a colossal amount rebuilding Anfield in addition to their outlay on linguistically-challenged scandinavian defenders . |