Example sentences of "spend a few [noun pl] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The boy would spend a few weeks at a time with his father and when Sheila one day came to collect Scott , she mentioned that she felt she might well marry again . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Having just spent a few nights in a major-accident ward , I 'd rather be late than hurry . ’ |
| 4 | ( Oh , yes , I had learnt to play this whilst spending a few months in a rotting gaol due to one of the many misunderstandings which plagued my life . ) |
| 5 | At this point , it might be appropriate to spend a few moments on a specifically Scottish aspect of the Bill . |
| 6 | But we forgot to dispose of the discarded furnishings , and six months later when I went to spend a few days with a senior Burmese colleague , he showed me with great satisfaction his small-town church , furnished with the discarded pews , pulpit , litany desks , with the collection bags being changed according to the ecclesiastical season ! |
| 7 | The idea is to spend a few days at a hotel and all you have to pay for are the meals and any extras , such as wine . |
| 8 | You spend a few minutes in a classroom and you find there 's budding farmers , policemen , bank clerks , bus drivers , mothers , harlots , fortunate and starved . |
| 9 | The first weekend I spend a few hours in a boat making a note of the various depths , the location of weedbeds , and any shelves or basins which could prove attractive to fish . |