Example sentences of "[pers pn] have spend [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To begin with , I 'd spent part of the night dreaming about Father — one of those long , tangled dreams with occasional moments of such lucid clarity that you can remember them in detail for years afterwards . |
| 2 | I hope you can help I have spent hours with Memax etc trying to understand this . |
| 3 | Determined to follow in the stellar footsteps of Paul Morley , Chris Bohn and Ian Penman , I had spent hours sculpting a live review of Mark Stewart And The Mafia at the then-vibrant Camden Electric Ballroom . |
| 4 | At times I had spent hours roaming around pastures looking for poisonous plants but that was pointless with Billings 's calves because they had never been out ; they were mere babies ofa month old . |
| 5 | I had spent Monday , after a cursory check of the Poles , making one or two repairs and improvements to the Factory , working through the afternoon until my eyes got sore and my father had to call up to me to come down for my dinner . |
| 6 | ‘ You think because I 've spent money on you , lass — because your Dad 's spent money on you , you can do what you like now — eh Lily ? |
| 7 | I 've spent hours crouching behind plants watching birds and insects , hedgehogs , often frogs and toads and on one memorable occasion a young fox . |
| 8 | I 've spent hours listening to big time bullies , who like to saunter around clubs showing their bit-on-the-side exactly who they are , by demonstrating who they know , shaking every hand worth shaking . |
| 9 | I 've spent hours talking to friends , writers and non-writers about it . |
| 10 | I 've spent hours and hours and MORE hours helping him to learn to read … ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Only Ilsa , well , I 've spent hours chatting with her . |
| 12 | I 've spent hours , literally , dialling and re-dialling the place only to get the engaged tone every time . |
| 13 | I 've spent ages getting it so that it would er , you know , right |
| 14 | But erm I 've spent sort of twelve months trying to cope with snippets about S A T S. And his previous teacher who was in the second year , is a really good , very conscientious teacher . |
| 15 | I 've spent years on the road with natro groups , mostly abroad , just bumming around . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've spent years reconstructing , integrating , analysing and just plain digging through mud ; cataloguing alien ruins square centimetre by square centimetre and sticking together the pieces of damaged artifacts to form implausible shapes . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've spent weeks of my life doing that in the past , and it has n't helped . ’ |
| 18 | Look , I 've spent days in basements and places like that , but for fun . |
| 19 | Yes , exactly , I 've spent time in Russia , this guy went and put a model in these situations . |
| 20 | Jimmy Connors after being knocked out of Wimbledon in the first round I 'VE spent time with her and she is everything that a man could want . |
| 21 | But I 've spent time in her presence and she 's a very sexy lady . |
| 22 | Will look silly if I have to spend time driving around in circles to find it . |
| 23 | I have spent time with all three parties ' leaders during the past ten days . |
| 24 | ‘ I have spent time in Greece and Malta during those countries ’ General Elections and found the electorate involved themselves much more in the campaigns and really enjoyed the experience , ’ she said . |
| 25 | I now apply to the present case the principles that I have spent overlong in trying to identify . |
| 26 | Since she was fourteen months old she has spent hours in them . |
| 27 | She has spent £60,000 on cosmetic surgery , and had silicone breast implants two years ago . |
| 28 | On the few occasions she 'd spent holidays at home she 'd been a social outcast among her contemporaries . |
| 29 | He 'd taken her to dinner at The Black Dog and through him she 'd spent Christmas at Laura 's . |
| 30 | Will you have to spend money on them ? |