Example sentences of "they have spend [noun sg] " 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 | For the past six years they 've spent time perfecting the revolutionary 3.6 litre , 32 valve , V8 engine . |
| 3 | Already stretched by their individual remits , they had to spend time , much of it unproductive , in preparing papers and attending meetings . |
| 4 | They had spent Hogmanay at home , welcoming the groups of people roaming the village as they came round . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |