Example sentences of "spend a lot " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The comfort of their home can be especially important if they spend a lot of time there . |
| 2 | ‘ When you are developing an act up to a record deal , you spend a lot of time with them , ’ confirms Doyle . |
| 3 | ‘ People spend a lot of their hard-earned money on holidays , ’ observes sales director Ray Wilkins , ‘ and they need professional service and advice . |
| 4 | Dolphins spend a lot of time enjoying sex and foreplay , and unlike most wild animals , their sexual interest is not determined by being ‘ in season ’ , or the urge to procreate . |
| 5 | I have decided that control is the key , and I spend a lot of time thinking about ‘ self-control ’ and ‘ willpower ’ . |
| 6 | Both the KGB and GRU spend a lot of time and energy seeking the West 's technical secrets . |
| 7 | If they have to make a lot of noise , spend a lot of time or risk being seen while breaking into your home , they may not even bother . |
| 8 | People spend a lot of time thinking about things which are beneficial to themselves ; consideration of welfare and the environment has a much larger element of unselfishness in it . |
| 9 | ‘ Nearly all supporters feel that their relative is not safe outside on their own , they spend a lot of time sitting around at home doing nothing , they can not occupy themselves , they seem unsteady on their feet , and naturally forget things that have just happened … . |
| 10 | Manufacturers and retailers spend a lot of time — and money — on analysing customer motivation and planning advertising campaigns . |
| 11 | ‘ Because we only have 5 to 6 full-time care assistants , I spend a lot of time in the first interview to make sure we get the sort of person who really understands our attitude , and what we expect of them . |
| 12 | ‘ In areas of the US such as Arizona they spend a lot of money making sure the product is moved off the shelf within three to five days or brought back . ’ |
| 13 | I spend a lot of my leisure time pursuing the sport of white water canoeing . |
| 14 | ‘ You two spend a lot of time talking , ’ she remarked one day , materializing beside my chair as Lynn shambled off into the house in search of tea to counter the Dionysiac influence of the southern sun . |
| 15 | You spend a lot of time in your garden , I know , planting , digging . |
| 16 | This liking for old gear means that they both spend a lot of time hunting it down , as Bryan explains … |
| 17 | ‘ It worries me and I spend a lot of time thinking about it what we should be doing , what we can do . |
| 18 | Indeed we sometimes spend a lot of our waking hours making sure that everything is as secure as we can make it . |
| 19 | Perhaps in societies where women in the extended family or tribe naturally spend a lot of time together , there is a healthier , more relaxed attitude to life . |
| 20 | Since most people spend a lot of time in the bathroom , make it fun to be in . |
| 21 | People spend a lot of money ‘ learning ’ to talk — in presentation skills , influencing and negotiating , leadership , assertiveness and media training courses . |
| 22 | Many humans spend a lot of time travelling from place to place , which is odd because there are usually too many humans at the place they 're going to anyway . |
| 23 | A lot of them have eight legs and spend a lot of time in webs waiting for six-legged inhabitants to arrive for lunch . |
| 24 | Geese spend a lot of time flying to other places . |
| 25 | I lead a very chaotic life and spend a lot of my time running around like a maniac so that keeps me fairly fit . |
| 26 | I spend a lot of time on the bathroom scales — too much time — I really should throw them away ! |
| 27 | Andrea Adams , author of Bullying At Work , told the Institute of Personnel Management : ‘ They spend a lot of time undermining people by rubbishing them in front of their workmates after setting impossible tasks . |
| 28 | I regularly take such groups of boys walking , and sometimes spend a lot of time apologising to other walkers . |
| 29 | Students , because their money is not tied up in big items such as mortgages , spend a lot on goods such as jeans , beer and cheap travel , and are therefore a target group . |
| 30 | He must , she thought , spend a lot of time in supermarkets , shopping for his mother , perhaps , on his way home from school . |