Example sentences of "have spend [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Brahmin has spent no money on the case — the state is representing him . |
| 2 | Catherine 's mum , Judith Wrathmall , has spent every day at her daughter 's bedside . |
| 3 | Network South East has spent a quarter of million pounds converting what used to be staff accommodation , into a kindergarten . |
| 4 | Waste Minimization and Containment Services Inc ( WMC ) of Cleveland , Ohio , has spent a year and a half and $750,000 harnessing the intriguing physics of CO2 . |
| 5 | Denis , 71 , has spent a fortune on his quest since the 1940s . |
| 6 | He estimates he has spent a total of 20,000 hours in front of flickering images on a silver screen . |
| 7 | Since that time the club has spent a total of £1.7m on Barry Horne , Paul Rideout and Preki . |
| 8 | White Waltham 's Joe Austin has spent a decade restoring this all-wood 1938 Chilton D.W.1 . |
| 9 | Charles was too sensitive for his liking , too intellectual , too philosophical , and although Charles adored his father and has spent a lifetime trying to please him and be as he would like , he has never really succeeded . |
| 10 | It is a view from the terraces written by a fan who has spent a lifetime supporting two of the world 's great lost causes , the Scotland national team and St Johnstone FC . |
| 11 | There is no evidence that he has actually coached his chosen club but one feels that he has spent a lifetime imbibing its history . |
| 12 | Like his father before him , he has spent a lifetime fighting against Chaos warbands , raiding Norse , and marauding Orcs , not to mention the occasional forays of bandits from Kislev . |
| 13 | She is trying out exciting sports she has spent a lifetime wanting to try . |
| 14 | I have tremendous admiration for anyone who has spent a lifetime in the mining industry , especially at the coalface . |
| 15 | " His business and his horses — and then it looks as though he has spent a lot of money on the stables . " |
| 16 | ‘ He has spent a lot of time showing you how his welfare works . |
| 17 | David Murray became chairman at Ibrox in 1988 and , asked about the Liverpool manager 's record in the transfer market , said : ‘ Sure Graeme has spent a lot of cash but he 's sold well as well . |
| 18 | Well this , who is must be related to David , anyway , erm they bought the house facing the o is it Old Cross , Old Gate bridge and has spent a lot of money on doing it up , li just over three million of course the whole of the downstairs was flooded today . |
| 19 | The 56-year-old from New Zealand has spent a month in Northern Ireland with the family he never knew he had . |
| 20 | ‘ You are an angel , Daddy , ’ said Sheila , and she added dreamily , ‘ I expect Clytemnestra has spent a penny by now . ’ |
| 21 | After devoting much of the first ten years of his presidency to slow development of the institutions of democracy , Mr Mubarak has spent the past two in regression . |
| 22 | The Cheltenham and Gloucester Building Society which directed more than 200,000 homebuyers to take out cover with MMI , has spent the day transferring policies to General Accident.They say premiums will be unchanged |
| 23 | A Tory M-P has spent the night sleeping rough on the streets . |
| 24 | Ian has spent the winter season rebuilding his machine to make it one of the fastest 600s on the grid . |
| 25 | He has spent the afternoon removing a uterus . |
| 26 | The NCCED and the other organisations listed on pages 145–7 offer support and counselling for a woman who has spent the whole of her life caring for parents or a relative who has died . |
| 27 | Nineteen-year-old Alan Parratt and his friend Paul Wilkins , 23 , has spent the evening drinking at the Bull Inn at Bentley without incident . |
| 28 | He lost his hair through chemotherapy treatment and has spent the time since recovering from the disease , which spread to his lungs . |
| 29 | Souness has spent the summer recuperating and renovating his house at Mere , Cheshire . |
| 30 | EAST Belfast student Kirsten Thompson has spent the summer installing a water supply in a Namibian desert and collecting life-saving data on endangered rhino ! |