Example sentences of "spend a fortune " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't spend a fortune on entertaining this evening , do it all at home . |
| 2 | The band spent a fortune on chrysanthemums , employing people to distribute them at every gig . |
| 3 | I had bought her for a song , then spent a fortune restoring her and , when my term of service expired and I could afford to become the gypsy-sailor I had always wanted to be , I left the Marines and made Masquerade my new home . |
| 4 | ‘ They spent a fortune developing the place , ’ the Maggot said , ‘ but the rich folks never came , so they sold it to the rich dickheads instead . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I spent a fortune on drink and drugs . |
| 6 | He spent a fortune doing it up and then his girlfriend bolted and now he wants to sell . |
| 7 | He spent a fortune on taxis . |
| 8 | We spent a fortune . |
| 9 | Denis , 71 , has spent a fortune on his quest since the 1940s . |
| 10 | I 've spent a fortune in this place and all I 'm asking for is a reduction in the service charge . ’ |
| 11 | I remember hearing Hardnut their solicitor — saying that Dersingham had spent a fortune trying to trace someone to leave the place to . ’ |
| 12 | The Archdeacon said Louis had spent a fortune trying to trace an heir . ’ |
| 13 | Managers say they 've spent a fortune on sound proofing |
| 14 | A multi-millionairess with a fortune estimated at more than £10 million , a property tycoon in Australia where she was spending a fortune renovating her latest acquisition , a mammoth Victorian town house in the Melbourne suburbs , a singer poised to come of age with a backing band of her own and a world tour — the hologramic face of high technology in Japan , how could she ever again have been expected to have slipped into oily dungarees to tinker with the engine of a Land Rover ? |
| 15 | We said we will try to extract that sulphur … so we are spending a fortune , well over a billion in the first instance , and then another £600 million after that , to try to take the sulphur out . ’ |
| 16 | Some people find it does them good psychologically to use an expensive preparation but it is possible to keep the skin soft and free from unpleasant dryness without spending a fortune . |
| 17 | It 's quite easy to do this without spending a fortune |
| 18 | It 's quite easy to do this without spending a fortune , ’ she says . |
| 19 | And he had been spending a fortune , perhaps as much as £300,000 , on her . |
| 20 | Pond 's skincare range provides everything you need to keep your skin looking youthful — without spending a fortune ! |
| 21 | I have never been one for spending a fortune on equipment , so a dream tank was not something that had ever really passed through my mind . |
| 22 | Curtis said that Germany is currently spending a fortune on developing the telecommunications infrastructure in the east . |
| 23 | ‘ I decided I was spending a fortune at the hairdressers to no great effect and I find the home treatment better she says . |
| 24 | ‘ I can only wear an outfit a couple of times , so there 's no point spending a fortune , ’ she says . |
| 25 | Since August last year I have found myself spending a fortune as I desperately wanted to compete in the ‘ Sound Off Championships ’ 1992 . |
| 26 | He did this without spending a fortune , probably because there was not a fortune to spend . |
| 27 | ‘ I try to keep prices to a bare minimum so as to still allow people to have lunch without spending a fortune . |
| 28 | I mean things like what I want on desperately quickly is Rebel Yell cos they 're spending a fortune in the rock , well all our punters all know it . |
| 29 | Well they are spending a fortune on hounding Paul . |
| 30 | I 'm not joking , spending a fortune |