Example sentences of "they have spend [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd spent part of the morning carrying boxes of some sort from one hut to another , apparently fairly heavy boxes , because it took both men to carry them . |
| 2 | They 've spent years doing this sort of thing , now they 've decided that they want to do it for a living . |
| 3 | ‘ We believe the Tories know of the plans PDAG had for developing Welsh medium education because they 've spent years trying to avoid financing them . |
| 4 | Instead , they 've spent £1million on Dion Dublin , an unproven centre forward from the Second Division who may or may not come off . |
| 5 | For the past six years they 've spent time perfecting the revolutionary 3.6 litre , 32 valve , V8 engine . |
| 6 | Already stretched by their individual remits , they had to spend time , much of it unproductive , in preparing papers and attending meetings . |
| 7 | They had spent Hogmanay at home , welcoming the groups of people roaming the village as they came round . |
| 8 | But since the school term had started they had spent hour after hour in intense , ill-informed conversations about who was who in seventh-century Medina . |
| 9 | Many speakers rose to say that this was the first time they had actually met so-and-so , although they had spent hours communicating with them electronically . |
| 10 | The younger drivers were obviously under heavy pressure from their teams : they had spent years getting into the sport and they were being threatened with dismissal . |
| 11 | The hon. Gentleman will understand that the programme of NHS reforms gives managers a strong incentive to ensure that the money that they have to spend buys the very best possible . |
| 12 | They have spent £4.5m on new players since multi-millionaire Lionel Pickering took over as chairman . |
| 13 | Friends say they have spent hours together discussing their marital problems . |
| 14 | After some time though people begin to realize that they have spent minutes , hours , even days , without consciously thinking of the person who has died . |
| 15 | ‘ One of the most frustrating things for the police is to see someone they have spent weeks tracking down released on bail and subsequently re-offending . |
| 16 | In the past three years they have spent £1m transforming the former run-down pub on the banks of the River Severn into an attractive 34-bedroom hotel with restaurant and conference facilities . |
| 17 | They have spent £35 million on players but they are not a good team . |
| 18 | They have spent months rebuilding Kraljicamira church but it is completely bare . |
| 19 | But the men look , refreshingly , as if they have spent years away from the studio mirror . |
| 20 | In the six months preceding the survey , 40 per cent of them had spent £18 or less on textbooks . |
| 21 | Many of them had spent weeks getting there on a dangerous journey from their homes in Sarajevo . |
| 22 | If you doubt this , think of those patients who have slipped into a coma and who are awakened when those who love them have spent time with them , talking to them , touching them , playing their favourite music . |