Example sentences of "spend a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Councils can spend a quarter of their capital receipts from council house sales however they want . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | they might have a , they might spend a bit of time topic , but they want , they 're just looking at you know variations in |
| 4 | Andrew , of Whittinghame Drive , Kelvindale , senior non-commissioned officer of his school 's Combined Cadet Force air force section , will also spend a fortnight in North America , after winning one of just 12 places for UK cadets on the International Air Cadet Exchange Scheme . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 ) . |
| 6 | I was to have not only a tape-recorder but a minder as well to guide me through the intricacies and , I imagine , the possible legal hazards of broadcasting such an item ; he and his lady assistant would arrive and spend a day with me the following week . |
| 7 | At the end of May Margaret and one of her parents will spend a day in Dublin as guests of Twentieth Century Fox . |
| 8 | The outfit Madonna is wearing costs £340 , and Browns of South Molton Street , London , are the only stockists of it in England but , with a bit of confidence , you can spend a fraction of that . |
| 9 | After that I 'd spend a couple of hours on the script . |
| 10 | Do n't spend a fortune on entertaining this evening , do it all at home . |
| 11 | ‘ When things got too hot for her at home with Margaret she 'd often spend a night at my flat cooling off . ’ |
| 12 | No one could spend a night with him without wanting more . |
| 13 | They would n't spend a night like this in the forest with women and children to think of . ’ |
| 14 | No , he could never spend a night in that cottage . |
| 15 | He wo n't spend a night in the room . |
| 16 | On the other hand , why not spend a weekend with Ireland 's Eurovision Song Contest winners Johnny Logan and Linda Martin , from Friday , November 6 , to Monday , November 9 ? |
| 17 | There is no doubt she feels that she has paid a high price for her royal life and looks forward to the day when she can spend a weekend in Paris or , as she says , ‘ I can run along a beach without a policeman following me ’ . |
| 18 | And if you still have time to spare you can spend a weekend in Andorra ( beautiful and taxfree ) or jump on the train to Sitges or the Costa Brava . |
| 19 | During the period of the award the lecturer will ideally spend a period of 6–12 months industrial placement at one of the BP Chemicals manufacturing sites or research laboratories . |
| 20 | Cos last year he was n't working and he did n't spend a lot on her . |
| 21 | Well they do n't they keep there prices down because they did n't spend a lot on advertising . |
| 22 | I wish I had shown her more affection , although I did spend a lot of time collecting scraps of sheep 's wool off the barbed wire for her to put round her corns . |
| 23 | Inside , where they will spend a lot of time in this northern climate , the zoo has thoughtfully specified sleeping cubicles , scramble nets , climbing ropes and in particular , their log climbing frames . |
| 24 | Like Eddie Bleasdale , Xionics 's chairman , Mike Bevan , is keen that his firm should concentrate on new products , rather than spend a lot of time setting up mechanisms for producing and selling goods in massive numbers . |
| 25 | He was mean of temper , ever ready for fisti-cuffs with all and sundry ; was fond of gambling on horses , dogs and cards ; would spend a lot of money drinking with his mates ; but would begrudge paying his small contribution to the upkeep of our home . |
| 26 | They got on very well , nothing homosexual I do n't think , but they did spend a lot of time together . |
| 27 | So did you spend a lot of time in the mirror doing that ? |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Technology director of ICL operations Steve Sowery says the company spent a lot of time and will spend a lot of money on positioning the new ICL range . |
| 30 | You can spend a lot of money and still achieve a very poor result . |