Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] spend a " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Dad 's away on business again tomorrow and I want to spend a bit of time with him before he goes . |
| 2 | What I want to spend a few minutes on again this is something we 'll test tomorrow , right so I 'm giving you , training 's all about doing what do you think ? |
| 3 | I hope that the hon. Gentleman and I manage to spend a little time in Lancashire together , and that he will come to Bath . |
| 4 | ‘ I adore Ingrid , but I do spend a lot of time making love to her in the Baron and a man needs a change . |
| 5 | I 've spent a lifetime meeting the right sort of people . ’ |
| 6 | I 've spent a lot of time and effort getting this far . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've spent a lot of time in Paris , ’ explains Caine , ‘ and the result is I 'm now a committed Francophile . |
| 8 | I 've spent a lot of time on this . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Well , I 've spent a year doing what the Thing 's told me and I 've never had so much as a ‘ thank you ’ , ’ said Masklin . |
| 10 | And then he thought : I 've spent a long time doing things for everybody 's sake . |
| 11 | I 've spent a year … polishing brass , chipping rust , and slapping paint on bulkheads , and so far as being a deck officer goes , I 'm just where I started . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 've spent a long , long time thinking about this . |
| 13 | I 've spent a fortune in this place and all I 'm asking for is a reduction in the service charge . ’ |
| 14 | I 'VE SPENT a long time cultivating this dour image , I 'm not going to spoil it now . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've spent a lot of time on the Heath lately , ’ Bill says . |
| 16 | I 've spent a lot of time on this job — or rather wasted a lot of time — it meant a great deal to me . " |
| 17 | See you 've got to get rid of all that because at the back of your mind you 're still saying , Well I 've spent a lot of money still only done part of the job . |
| 18 | I I 've spent a fiver on . |
| 19 | And it is true that , I mean , well , you know , I 've spent a lot of time reviving typefaces that are not around , I mean , you know , propping them up , creating a waxed edition , sort of Madam Tussauds version of Lucien or something , but it 's very interesting — there is not , in type development terms , there is n't a whole lot that has happened after the Second World War that really turns me on . |
| 20 | Switch across to the Boost channel on OD2 and the setting still holds good for that real processed , ‘ I 've spent an arm and a leg on my effects rack ’ sound . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've got quite a lot of hair but it 's fine so , to make it look good , I need to spend a great deal of effort on it . |
| 22 | My position as warden means that I have to spend a fair amount of time in the office , dealing with correspondence and the large amount of information that our fieldwork generates . |
| 23 | In fact , I have to spend a lot of my time asking silly questions of people while standing in all sorts of silly places . |
| 24 | ‘ I have spent a few quid myself , like breaking the British record for a defender when I spent £2.5 m on Keith Curle . ’ |
| 25 | I have spent a deal of time these past few years on cultivating you , submitting you to a species of metaphysical topiary , clipping , pruning , stunting . |
| 26 | Granted that I have spent a considerable portion of my theoretical energies over the years criticizing reductionism , should I even be asking this question at all ? |
| 27 | I have spent a good deal of time trying to improve cost-efficiency without detracting too greatly from the service you enjoy , and I trust this is an acceptable compromise . |
| 28 | Anna and I have spent a lot of time talking about food . |
| 29 | During the last two years I have spent a total of 15 minutes a day with my son 's diaper bucket and can deal quickly with even the most challenging mess . |
| 30 | I have spent a most interesting afternoon . ’ |