Example sentences of "[pers pn] have to spend a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In fact , I have to spend a lot of my time asking silly questions of people while standing in all sorts of silly places . |
| 3 | successful showcases can create substantial industry interest in a band , but if you are going to pull out all the stops , you have to spend a lot of money with no guarantee of a positive result . |
| 4 | There is a myth that ribbon cables are difficult to make and you have to spend a fortune on getting cables specially made . |
| 5 | This does n't mean that you have to spend a fortune on tools , but beware of cheap spanners and screwdrivers which may not be strong enough for the job or of cheap hammers which may lose their heads . |
| 6 | We have to spend a lot of time learning the limitations of the amplifier versus the guitar we 're using , and the microphones and console … ’ |
| 7 | But some in-laws do manage to get along remarkably well together , even when they have to spend a great deal of time in each other 's company . |
| 8 | Moreover , there is an absence of facilities for obtaining cards for the meters , so that many people who have to use them have to spend a considerable amount of money on travelling to get hold of cards . |