Example sentences of "[vb mod] have spend [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should have spent a little more time looking at the serious work being carried out by the Health Education Authority and less time on carping criticisms of the authority 's work . |
| 2 | He considered , now , that he should have spent the time he had wasted on all that fiction in working on his great book on Samuel Taylor Coleridge instead . |
| 3 | It is not therefore altogether surprising that he should have spent the years 1254–5 , 1261–3 , 1273–4 and 1286–9 in south-west France ; nor that his mind was often preoccupied with French and Gascon affairs both before and during his reign . |
| 4 | He must have spent a lot of time out in the sun — running ? |
| 5 | There is no doubt that Lowe used sign language — during sometime in his career , he must have spent a period or periods in Edinburgh because the Member 's List of Edinburgh 's Congregational Deaf Church lists a John William Lowe of London as Member no. 125 , married to a hearing wife , for the period 1836 to 1838 . |
| 6 | The other thing they say , if they 're Terrans , or actually , especially if they 're not , is , Well , you must have spent a good deal of time on Good Old Mother Earth . |
| 7 | er one thing or another , I must have spent a couple of thousand pounds on these photos . |
| 8 | Clare was , well , desirable to say the bloody least , and they must have spent a lot of time together writing speeches , or whatever it is politicians do . |
| 9 | They must have spent an hour sifting through letters , indentures and memoranda . |
| 10 | ‘ I must have spent the last week talking to hundreds of players . |
| 11 | ‘ We 'll have to spend the night at our own places . |
| 12 | I do n't envy you having to tell the dear lady that she 'll have to spend the rest of her holiday with her wrist in plaster ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ That means we 'll have to spend the rest of our time flat on our bellies . ’ |
| 14 | At this point , Alf Jacobson entered the room to inform us that when he rang the Canadian Pacific Railway to check on the 9.15pm train by which Mr Murray and party were to travel to Regina , he was informed that the train was held up at Swift Current because of the blizzard , and that it would seem the CBC party might have to spend the night in Moose Jaw . |
| 15 | ‘ We thought we might have to spend the night down there and that 's when we started getting a bit worried , ’ he said . |
| 16 | ‘ My parents might have spent every penny they earned on helping their out-of-work friends , but Gran brought me up to be thrifty and never to get into debt . ’ |
| 17 | It looked the sort of room Queen Anne might have spent a night in . |
| 18 | you might have spent a of time |
| 19 | Much better to be untruthful and leave Laura thinking that but for a migraine , they might have spent the night together . |
| 20 | John Bowes could have spent the whole of his fortune on good living and racing but he chose to apply a large proportion to this fabulous collection and its breathtaking setting , which now forms part of our local heritage . |
| 21 | Well I could have spent the whole week . |
| 22 | Oh I could have spent the whole week , I just , I just , I could of spent five afternoons in Ipswich , would of done or Norwich |
| 23 | I mean when , when , when she was home she could have spent the evening with us when all the children were there and joined in but she would n't , she cleared out back and that 's how Julie heard |
| 24 | ‘ You could have pitched it a bit more strongly , sir , ’ Talbot said , ‘ but I 'd have to spend the rest of the night thinking how . |
| 25 | We had Wednesday night in the Earls Court hotel , then I said I 'd have to spend the next night away , and she said OK . |
| 26 | I was beginning to think I 'd have to spend the night here . ’ |
| 27 | If there was trouble he 'd have to spend the rest of the day putting it down and would n't be able to get on with the arms search at all . |
| 28 | On the other hand , people whose words are not answered may have to spend a lifetime screaming for what they want or need , convinced that only if they demand loudly , cajole , beg , bully or threaten , will they obtain what they want . |
| 29 | I may have to spend a lot of my time in Scotland now — perhaps even look for a Scottish constituency — and your work is in London . ’ |
| 30 | Civil servants may have spent no more than a few million pounds on the metals , although they may authorise more hefty purchases later . |