Example sentences of "he have spend a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd spent a long time twisting bits of wire together and finding a safe way to steal electricity from the fusebox . |
| 2 | And he had to spend a good part of the campaign explaining that it meant caution and not complacency . |
| 3 | During dinner Sir Henry told us that he had spent a dull day and evening on his own . |
| 4 | The sea breeze was strong enough to mould the skirts of passing women , and Grunte , who could remember little of the events of the night , save that he had spent a good deal of money feeding the faces of his party faithful ( ‘ Pity about Hyacinth ’ ) , and that he had been seen back to the Grand after a drink or two by Leroy Burns ( ‘ Grand fellow , must see if I ca n't find him another Sierra ’ ) , gave thought to his pending performance . |
| 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 | He had spent a short period there as a singer , then formed a reputation at Bordeaux and elsewhere as a gifted opéra director and arranger . |