Example sentences of "[modal v] spend the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we had five hundred years on earth we could say , ‘ OK , I 'll spend the first hundred years doing nothing in particular , the next hundred learning about life , the next hundred building a relationship , the next hundred working and my last hundred in leisure . ’ |
| 2 | You 'll spend the first couple of hours with ‘ Power Missy ’ trying to work out whether it 's a tease or a threat and then , just when you decide you really ca n't decide whether they 're all Polly Harvey bolshie or Sundays pliant , it may dawn on you that ‘ PM ’ is , in fact , f—ing scary , like playing S&M games with a dangerous schizophrenic . |
| 3 | A neophyte taking a skiing holiday used to spend the first week in excruciating , character-forming exercises . |
| 4 | The winner and their partner will spend the first week in Antigua , based at Hawksbill Bay , with its four magnificent beaches . |
| 5 | Anne and Tim will spend the first night of their honeymoon at Balmoral before travelling next day to an unknown destination . |