Example sentences of "[vb mod] spend a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The highest my mum goes is forty pounds cos she does n't think she should spend a lot of money on a pair of trainers that wo n't last . |
| 2 | Daisy had once said that the three of them might spend a holiday together next year in San Gimignano . |
| 3 | If you take one of our accountants who might spend a day a month with a small business , the fact that the business is small and we 're big does n't matter at all . |
| 4 | they might have a , they might spend a bit of time topic , but they want , they 're just looking at you know variations in |
| 5 | Apart from indicating status , each church represents perhaps the most important local focal place for any settlement , and we might spend a lot of time studying it in our local research . |
| 6 | Sometimes I may spend a week just looking for something I want . ’ |
| 7 | On the Neapolitan Riviera , you may spend a week in Sorrento visiting the famous sights of Pompeii , Herculaneum and Vesuvius , then spend a week relaxing on the captivating island of Capri . |
| 8 | After that I 'd spend a couple of hours on the script . |
| 9 | Everywhere I go like he follows me know what I mean , I 'm sitting up there at one stage and he , he 'd spend a day sort of curls , curls up and cuddles me . |
| 10 | There was a sort of bird sanctuary on an island in the middle of the lake and I 'd spend a lot of my time watching the comings and goings of the inhabitants . |
| 11 | Darlington Tory candidate Michael Fallon said Labour could spend a quarter of the £1m in borough council coffers on housing , but also had outstanding debts for constructing council properties . |
| 12 | No one could spend a night with him without wanting more . |
| 13 | ‘ If the Governor set aside four hours every day for two months he could spend a minute on each decision package , not enough time to read it , let alone make an analysis of its merits ’ ( Anthony , 1977 , p. 19 ) . |
| 14 | I could spend a day here , just looking . |
| 15 | One could spend a lifetime in Granada and still not see everything . |
| 16 | ‘ I could spend a week at Lilleshall . ’ |
| 17 | Choose your entertainments wisely this evening , as you could spend a lot more than you have bargained for . |
| 18 | You know we , we , we could spend , we could spend a month I know there 's a lot of figures floating around |
| 19 | As kids , we used to spend a month in the hills during the summer , ’ he informed her as he worked . |
| 20 | US jungle troops used to spend a week eating local food before starting active combat , to ensure their body odour — partly derived from Western foods — did not give away their location to the enemy . |
| 21 | I used to spend a lot of time in demanding places like the Andes and in remote parts of Africa . |
| 22 | Similarly , a Norfolk farm boy ‘ used to spend a lot of time ’ with his labouring grandparents : ‘ a dear old cupple , and I was very fond of them and they of me , and would never hear anything wrong of me ’ , although he was already in trouble with the authorities . |
| 23 | Something you used to spend a lot of time at but have n't done for some time . |
| 24 | ‘ Angharad used to spend a lot of time here , ’ said Beuno . |
| 25 | ‘ The sun comes round in the afternoon and Gifford used to spend a lot of time here after his stroke . |
| 26 | Joanna said , ‘ I had an uncle — he 's dead now , but I used to spend a lot of time in his surgery — and , apart from the essentials , he never went in for what he called expensive gimmicks . |
| 27 | how he would spend a wish , if he could have only one |
| 28 | We would spend a month at Orange learning the basics of marching , singing , fitness , weapons drill and Legion history . |
| 29 | Then we would move to a training ground in the foothills of the Alps at Canjuers , where we would spend a month away from the regiment and the barracks , and learning the basics of fieldcraft , tactics and shooting , and where we would spend a lot of time living outside as self sufficient soldiers . |
| 30 | I now decided that before going back to Oxford I would spend a month in the Danakil country . |