Example sentences of "[vb past] spend almost [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Channing had spent almost four years in the stage role , which also provided late-career hits for Ginger Rogers and Betty Grable , who were no longer considered box-office attractions . |
| 2 | Ismail Besikci , a leading sociologist who had spent almost 11 years in prison since 1971 , was released on July 27 , this time after four months . |
| 3 | ( He claimed in his memoirs that the Spanish ambassador had planned the incident and had spent almost 500,000 livres in organising and arming a mob of 2,000 men to attack d'Estrades and his retinue . ) |
| 4 | Carrie knew how hard it had been for her father , who had spent almost thirty-seven years as a horsekeeper for Galloway , to look for other employment . |
| 5 | When the female was close to laying , the alpha male stayed close to her almost all the time , but still had to spend almost 30 minutes in every hour chasing the beta male away . |