Example sentences of "[modal v] spend time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was decided that before going up to Oxford , which in fact he never did , he should spend time with a German family in Mecklenburg and three months studying at the university in Jena , where he attended lectures on philosophy and political economy and made many close friends among German Jews . |
| 2 | This has major pedagogic implications , since students can no longer hope to make sense of poems or plays just by reading them carefully , but must spend time in libraries getting up on the historical context . |
| 3 | The fact that we must spend time in activities or surroundings which we find distasteful in support of a relationship is the cost of that relationship . |
| 4 | This meant the Duchess got a free air ticket to Sydney , Australia , and could spend time with Andrew while his ship was in southern waters . |
| 5 | Whether or not attitudes changed in the next ten years , by the Act 1 & 2 Victoria cap 110 of 1837 abolished arrest by ‘ mesne process ’ by which , as seen , a debtor could spend time in prison before his case had been tried in court and judgement made on it . |
| 6 | Announcing the Christmas plan , a palace spokesman said : ‘ During the Christmas holiday , Prince William and Prince Harry will spend time with each of their parents individually . |
| 7 | Nearly half a century after those dark days , 300 girls attending secondary schools will spend time over the next two weeks on a bus that is going nowhere . |
| 8 | Guests can spend time by the sea — the sandy beaches of Senigallia are only 20 miles away — or explore the major Umbrian cities , like Gubbio and Assisi , which are all within an hour 's drive of the hotel . |