Example sentences of "[coord] spend a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever you choose it will need to be a matter of trial and error , but avoid anything that is slow or spends a lot of time near the bottom — it wo n't stand a chance . |
| 2 | Unless she says she going to so to go over and spend a weekend now and again with her kids but er that sounds right . |
| 3 | Your parent 's agreement should be obtained too , if possible , for arrangements to be made for someone suitable to come and spend a day or evening with her regularly so that you can go out . |
| 4 | I was to have not only a tape-recorder but a minder as well to guide me through the intricacies and , I imagine , the possible legal hazards of broadcasting such an item ; he and his lady assistant would arrive and spend a day with me the following week . |
| 5 | Who would pay a small fortune to come and spend a week in a draughty Highland hotel miles away from the slopes , when they could get a package holiday to somewhere snowy , romantic and convenient in the Alps for half the price ? |
| 6 | One day , she had shyly asked the Princesse whether Portia might come and spend a week with her at the beginning of the summer break . |
| 7 | The father opposed Hitler and spent a year in a Nazi concentration camp in occupied France , then returned to Berlin in 1945 to help build a new Germany . |
| 8 | ‘ I read Middle Eastern Languages , and spent a year in Turkey after Oxford , then came back to the Museum . |
| 9 | In 1883 , Maginn quitted teaching and spent a year studying at home before going to Gallaudet College , Washington , U.S.A. ( the first British deaf student to do so ) in 1884 . |
| 10 | Schoolboy John Stevens from Uddingston suffered from rheumatoid arthritis as a child and spent a year in hospital . |
| 11 | He left Aberystwyth in 1879 and spent a year in Oxford on a non-collegiate basis . |
| 12 | He travelled widely after graduating with a second-class BA ( ordinary degree ) in 1878 and spent a year as a stockman in Queensland , Australia . |
| 13 | Style director Hamish Bowles , a lifelong fan , visited her at her magnificent home , Templeton , on Long Island and spent a day talking to and photographing her in some her favourite clothes ( see page 220 ) : ‘ It 's a ravishing and evocative home , C.Z. is a scintillating hostess and brings a contemporary touch to a house that is almost Edwardian in its management and battalions of staff . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I thought you 'd have taken the regular boat to Sanderstown and spent a night or two there . ’ |
| 15 | He could have just got the ferry to Fishbourne and spent a fortnight at Butlins . |
| 16 | In 1977 , I took my first ever sabbatical , and spent a couple of months at the Australian National University in Canberra . |
| 17 | He even drove down to Thanet and spent a couple of days driving round the maze of lanes , orchards and villages that lay south of the Stour inland from Sandwich . |
| 18 | its , it 's , it 's the same Saturdays and Sundays , I ca n't get him out of the house and yet soon as we get there we have friends and family and they say , keep saying come on , come up and see us , I went up in the mini on me own one day and spent a couple of days with her , but , it , it ai n't the same when you go on your own , I dare n't go too far in my mini because it 's , it 's erm , it 's not a car that you can be hundred per cent sure of it , I mean as soon as it rains it stops anyway , we went out in it today and there 's all water in the front of the , in the front , but |
| 19 | ‘ I left school and went to the South of France and spent a week sleeping on an electricity generator . |
| 20 | The diesel locomotive came to a halt a matter of feet from the structure ; eight people were fined £2,500 and spent a week in prison . |
| 21 | My first contact with the BBC came in the person of Lance Sieveking , a fastidious producer who came to Canada on loan to CBC , and spent a week or so in each of the regions . |
| 22 | and we called in at Naples , had a look round there and then we went through to Alexandria and spent a week there . |
| 23 | MEMBERS of a Rotaract club rolled up their sleeves , donned wellies and spent a morning in a river , to mark the group 's 25th birthday . |
| 24 | At the end of 1971 , playing for a World XI in Australia , he badly injured his back when diving to attempt a catch and spent a month in hospital . |
| 25 | Younger brother of former Springbok Helgard and spent a season playing in Dublin . |
| 26 | Elwood , 24 , has played for Ireland at under-21 level and spent a season in New Zealand . |
| 27 | On one memorable occasion , Mac came to one of the dances and spent a lot of time with me , even escorting me back to the Waaf site afterwards , making intelligent conversation about his home in Canada and shaking hands gravely as he said goodnight — so different from the smash and grab tactics I was usually treated to when trying to bring an evening to a satisfactory close . |
| 28 | Often she hated everyone and spent a lot of time crying , which the Robinses evidently decided not to see . |
| 29 | Millions of visitors have had a nice day out and spent a lot of money . |
| 30 | I was already identifying as a socialist and spent a lot of time arguing politics with the other girls . |